Giant tuna is sold for record $736,000
巨大マグロが73.6万ドルの新高値で落札
Summary
6 January 2012
A bluefin tuna has been sold at a Tokyo market for nearly three-quarters of a million dollars, the most ever paid for a single fish. The 269kg tuna was bought by a local restaurant owner.
一匹のクロマグロが東京市場でほぼ３/４百万ドルで売られたが、これは一匹の魚としたは史上最高値だ。 その２６８キロのマグロは、地元のレストランのオーナーに買われた。
Grammar
auction
public sale where the person who offers most money receives the goods
closely watched
followed with particular attention
the bidding
the offering of money at an auction
smashed (a record)
easily broke (a record)
a chain (of restaurants)
a group of restaurants with similar appearance, name and shared central management
to liven up 景気をつける、活気付ける
to bring happiness and cheer
recover
to go back to the way it was (before a disaster, illness etc)
battered by (something)
badly affected by (something)
mouthful
a piece of food small enough to be eaten in one bite
works out at
is calculated to be
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