梦露遗物紧身长裙拍得480万美元天价

 　　The dress worn by Marilyn Monroe as she sang "Happy Birthday Mr President" to John F Kennedy has been sold at auction¹ for $4.8m (3.9m pounds).

　　玛丽莲·梦露为约翰·肯尼迪总统献唱“总统生日快乐”一曲时穿过的连衣裙，近日以480万美元（390万英镑）的天价拍卖。

　　The figure-hugging Jean Louis gown, with 2,500 crystals, was bought by the Ripley's Believe It or Not museum chain, exceeding the $3m guide price.

　　这件镶满了2500颗水晶的让·路易紧身连衣裙，最终由雷普利连锁“信不信由你博物馆”收入囊中，其收购价格远超过指导价格300万美元。

　　The company's vice² president said it was "most iconic piece of pop culture that there is".

　　该公司的副总裁表示，这件连衣裙是“当时流行文化最具标志性的物件”。

　　梦露遗物紧身长裙拍得480万美元天价

　　Monroe died from a drug overdose just three months after the performance. The sultry rendition for President Kennedy's 45th birthday at a 1962 Democratic fundraiser at New York's Madison Square was one of her last public appearances.

　　就在表演后的三个月，梦露死于药物过量。1962年，在纽约麦迪逊广场民主党资金筹集活动中，梦露登台进行了性感表演以庆祝肯尼迪总统45岁生日，而这也成为她的最后一次公众表演。

　　President Kennedy was shot dead a year later.

　　而就在一年后，肯尼迪总统遭枪杀身亡。

　　The dress, which the auction house said was so tight she had to be sewn into it, had previously³ been bought at auction for $1.3m in 1999 by the late business mogul and collector Martin Zweig.

　　拍卖行称，这件连衣裙非常紧身，当年梦露必须先钻进去然后再将裙子缝起来才行。在1999年的一次拍卖会上，它曾以130万美元的价格由近代商业大亨、收藏家马丁·茨威格购买。

　　Marilyn Monroe's billowing white dress from the Seven Year Itch⁴ sold for $4.6 million (plus $1m in commission) in 2011.

　　此外，玛丽莲·梦露在电影《七年之痒》中那件蓬松飘逸的白色连衣裙在2011年时拍卖价达到了460万美元（再加上100万美元佣金）。

　　The largest collection of the screen star's possessions ever offered for auction is being sold by Julien's auction house in Beverly Hills over three days.

　　持有最多梦露私人物品的是比佛利山庄的朱利安拍卖行，他们在三天内售出了大量梦露的私人物品。

1 auction   

n.拍卖；拍卖会；vt.拍卖

参考例句：

• 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。

2 vice   

n.坏事；恶习；[pl.]台钳，老虎钳；adj.副的

参考例句：

• He guarded himself against vice.他避免染上坏习惯。
• They are sunk in the depth of vice.他们堕入了罪恶的深渊。

3 previously   

adv.以前，先前（地）

参考例句：

• The bicycle tyre blew out at a previously damaged point.自行车胎在以前损坏过的地方又爆开了。
• Let me digress for a moment and explain what had happened previously.让我岔开一会儿，解释原先发生了什么。

4 itch   

n.痒，渴望，疥癣；vi.发痒，渴望

参考例句：

• Shylock has an itch for money.夏洛克渴望发财。
• He had an itch on his back.他背部发痒。