Hey there! Today, We're at an auction house!
我們今天在拍賣會場！

Auction houses are a bit like shopping malls... people go to them to buy
things.

Say you want to buy a new hat. In an auction house, they only have one very
special hat, and lots of people want to buy it!
如果你想要買帽子，在拍賣會只會有一頂特別的，而且大家都搶著要！

The auction house has to decide who gets to buy it. They do this by asking
everyone how much money they would like to spend. This is called "bidding".
Whoever bids the most money gets the hat!
大家會競標，願意付最多錢的人就可以買到。

Now, let's say you don't want a hat. Instead you want… a dinosaur skeleton!
You can't get that at the mall!
但如果你想買恐龍化石，大賣場就不會有了！

Well, a famous auction house in New York just sold a dinosaur skeleton for
LOTS of money: nearly 6 million dollars!
紐約的一個拍賣會上，一個恐龍化石賣了將近六百萬元！

This type of dinosaur is called a Gorgosaurus. They think it is nearly 77
million years old!
這頭恐龍叫做蛇髮女怪龍，有七千七百萬年的歷史！

It's special, because all the other Gorgosaurus skeletons we have found are
in museums, so people can study them and keep them safe. This is the first
one ever to be sold to just one person!
這種恐龍化石是第一次賣給一般人！

Do you think it's better for a dinosaur skeleton to be in a museum, for lots
of people to enjoy? Or do you think it would be fun to have one in your house
just for you?
你覺得化石在博物館比較好，還是放在自己家收藏？

What would you do with it?!
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Vocabulary
你會想出高價買恐龍化石嗎？

1. buy 買
Let's go to the shopping mall on Saturday. 我們星期六去購物中心吧。
What do you want to buy? 你想買什麼？
I'd like to check out something. 我想去找些東西。

2. spend 花錢
Don't spend too much money on toys. 別花太多錢在玩具上。
Hats aren't toys. 帽子不是玩具。
I don't think they sell hats there. 我想那裏不賣帽子。

3. sell 賣
Sure they do. 當然有賣。
They sell all kinds of hats at the mall. 購物中心有賣各種帽子。
Yeah, I forgot there is a hat store. 對，我忘了有一家帽子店。

4. museum 博物館
But the hats you like belong in a museum. 不過你喜歡的帽子屬於博物館。
That's not true. 才不會呢。
Museums don't have my taste. 博物館沒有我的品味。

今天的單字簡單而常用。
buy 買
spend 花錢
sell 賣
museum 博物館
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Quiz
1. How do you buy things at an auction house?
A: By bidding the least money
B: By bidding the most money
C: By baking a cake

2. What was a Gorgosaurus?
A: A dinosaur
B: A bowl of soup
C: A big fat cat

3. How old do they think this Gorgosaurus skeleton is?
A: 7 hundred years old
B: 17 thousand years old
C: 77 million years old

Answers
1. B
2. A
3. C