'Car boot sale' diamond set to fetch £350,000 at auction 旧货市场淘来的钻石拍卖价可能达35万英镑
<p>'<span word="Car">Car</span> <span word="boot">boot</span> <span word="sale">sale</span>' <span word="diamond">diamond</span> <span word="set">set</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="fetch">fetch</span> £350,000 <span word="at">at</span> <span word="auction">auction</span> 旧货市场淘来的钻石拍卖价可能达35万英镑</p><p> 一位女士在三十年前从旧货市场花了 10 英镑（约88.3元人民币）买到一颗钻石戒指，如今这枚钻石将有可能在拍卖场上以 35 万英镑（约 310 万人民币）的价格出手。在八十年代的一个周日，这枚钻石的主人在伦敦西部西米德尔塞克斯医院附近买下了这颗“大号”石头，那时她以为这只是一件普通的服装配饰。对这块石头的真实价值毫不知情的她这几十年来像 佩戴普通饰物 一样戴着这颗大约 在十九世纪就已被切割成形的 钻石。请听报道。</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="large">large</span> <span word="cushion">cushion</span>-<span word="shaped">shaped</span> <span word="stone">stone</span> <span word="caught">caught</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="eye">eye</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="woman">woman</span> <span word="who">who</span> <span word="bought">bought</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="one">one</span> <span word="Sunday">Sunday</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="car">car</span> <span word="boot">boot</span> <span word="sale">sale</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="West">West</span> <span word="Middlesex">Middlesex</span> <span word="Hospital">Hospital</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="London">London</span>.</p><p><span word="Unaware">Unaware</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="diamond">diamond</span>, <span word="she">she</span> <span word="treated">treated</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="ring">ring</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="everyday">everyday</span> <span word="jewellery">jewellery</span>, <span word="wearing">wearing</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="shops">shops</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="while">while</span> <span word="doing">doing</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="chores">chores</span>. <span word="Decades">Decades</span> <span word="later">later</span>, <span word="a">a</span> <span word="jeweller">jeweller</span> <span word="persuaded">persuaded</span> <span word="her">her</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="get">get</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="tested">tested</span>. <span word="She">She</span> <span word="took">took</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="Sotheby">Sotheby</span>’<span word="s">s</span>, <span word="whose">whose</span> <span word="experts">experts</span> <span word="confirmed">confirmed</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="diamond">diamond</span>.</p><p><span word="They">They</span> <span word="say">say</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="dates">dates</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="the">the</span> 19<span word="th">th</span> <span word="Century">Century</span>, <span word="when">when</span> <span word="diamonds">diamonds</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="cut">cut</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="size">size</span>, <span word="rather">rather</span> <span word="than">than</span> <span word="brilliance">brilliance</span>, <span word="which">which</span> <span word="might">might</span> <span word="explain">explain</span> <span word="why">why</span> <span word="its">its</span> <span word="true">true</span> <span word="nature">nature</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="value">value</span> <span word="went">went</span> <span word="unnoticed">unnoticed</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="so">so</span> <span word="long">long</span>. </p><p>词汇表<span word="cushion">cushion</span>-<span word="shaped">shaped</span> 垫形的、枕形的（钻石切割术语）</p><p><span word="caught">caught</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="eye">eye</span> <span word="of">of</span> 吸引了…的注意</p><p><span word="car">car</span> <span word="boot">boot</span> <span word="sale">sale</span> （把物品摆在汽车后备箱的）旧货市场</p>
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