事实：在迪拜机场被遗弃的豪华轿车-Luxury Cars Abandoned at Dubai Airport
时间：2019-01-19 作者：英语课 分类：Facts-事实
英语课
Pre-Listening Vocabulary
luxury: expensive
abandon: to leave without taking someone or something
expat: short for expatriate; a person who lives in a country that he/she is not a citizen of
auction 1: a public sale where the highest bidder 2 gets to buy the item
Luxury Cars Abandoned at Dubai Airport
Expensive cars, such as Corvettes, Ferraris and Porsches are regularly abandoned at airport parking lots in Dubai. The cars belong to expats or citizens who can no longer afford to pay down their car loans. Islamic law is still in place in the United Arab Emirates, and failing to pay one’s debt is a criminal offence that can result in jail time. To avoid getting in trouble with the law, many people flee the country and abandon their cars. The cars collect dust for a few months before they are sold at police auctions 3.
n.拍卖；拍卖会；vt.拍卖
- They've put the contents of their house up for auction.他们把房子里的东西全都拿去拍卖了。
- They bought a new minibus with the proceeds from the auction.他们用拍卖得来的钱买了一辆新面包车。
n.(拍卖时的)出价人，报价人，投标人
- TV franchises will be auctioned to the highest bidder.电视特许经营权将拍卖给出价最高的投标人。
- The bidder withdrew his bid after submission of his bid.投标者在投标之后撤销了投标书。