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First Superman comic sells for $1 mln Date: 2010-02-25
shǒu bǎn 超人 chāo rén 漫画 màn huà 当年 dāng nián 10 美分 měi fēn 如今 rú jīn 100 wàn  
 
This undated photo, a courtesy from ComicConnect.com, shows a 1938 copy of the first comic featuring Superman. The copy has sold for a record-smashing one million dollars in New York.(Agencies)
 
Get Flash Player 1938 nián 出版的 chū bǎn de běn 超人 chāo rén 漫画 màn huà 创刊号 chuàng kān hào 近日 jìn rì zài 纽约 niǔ yuē chuāng 纪录 jì lù pāi chū 100 wàn 美元 měi yuán de tiān jià
 
A 1938 copy of the first comic featuring Superman has sold for a record-smashing one million dollars in New York. ComicConnect.com 拍卖 pāi mài 网站 wǎng zhàn de 创始人 chuàng shǐ rén fēn · fēi shě ěr shuō :“ zhè (zhèi) běn shū shì 漫画 màn huà shū 中的 zhòng dì pǐn
 
"It's the Holy Grail of comic books," ComicConnect.com auctioneers' founder Stephen Fishler said. zhè (zhèi) běn 动作 dòngzuò 漫画 màn huà 杂志 zá zhì 本周 běn zhōu pāi chū pāi jià 轻松 qīng sōng 超过 chāo guò 去年 qù nián gāi 网站 wǎng zhàn 31.72 wàn 美元 měi yuán pāi 出的 chū de 另一 lìng yī běn 保存 bǎo cún 完好 wán hǎo duó shāo 次的 cì de 首期 shǒu 杂志 zá zhì chuāng xià xīn 纪录 jì lù
 
The record price was reached Monday, easily breaking a 317,200 dollar record set last year when ComicConnect.com sold another, less well preserved copy of the same first issue of Action Comics. zhè (zhèi) běn 杂志 zá zhì 最初 zuì chū zài bào tíng jǐn shòu 10 美分 měi fēn 即便 jí biàn shì 超人 chāo rén hěn nán 价格 jià gé biāo dào 如此 rú cǐ 地步 dì bù
 
The mark-up on the original news stand price of 10 cents is one that even a superhero might have trouble arranging. 不过 bù guò 拍卖 pāi mài zhè (zhèi) běn 杂志 zá zhì de wèi 透露 tòu lù 身份 shēn fèn de mài jiā shén zuàn le zài 15 年前 nián qián 15 wàn 美元 měi yuán de 价钱 jià qián pāi zhè (zhèi) běn 漫画 màn huà 杂志 zá zhì
 
But the unnamed seller didn't do too badly either: he'd bought the comic for 150,000 dollars at auction 15 years ago. zhè (zhèi) shì 超人 chāo rén 首次 shǒu cì 出现在 chū xiàn zài 漫画 màn huà shū zhōng 杂志 zá zhì 封面 fēng miàn shàng de 超人 chāo rén shēn 红色 hóng sè 斗篷 dǒu péng zhèng měng shuāi liàng 绿色 lǜ sè 汽车 qì chē wéi guān 人群 rén qún xià hún fēi sàn
 
The comic's cover marked Superman's debut. Wearing his red cape, he is pictured hurling a green car past terrified onlookers. fēi shě ěr shuō :“ zài 动作 dòngzuò 漫画 màn huà 创刊 chuàng kān 之前 zhī qián 根本 gēn běn 没有什么 méi yǒu shén me 超人 chāo rén 或者 huò zhě huì fēi de 卡通 kǎ tōng 人物 rén wù 形象 xíng xiàng
 
"Before Action Comics number one there was no such thing as a superhero or a man who could fly," Fishler said. 目前 mù qián 动作 dòngzuò 漫画 màn huà de 创刊号 chuàng kān hào zài 全世界 quán shì jiè jǐn shèng yuē 100 běn dàn xiàng 本周 běn zhōu pāi 出的 chū de zhè (zhèi) běn 保存 bǎo cún 如此 rú cǐ 完好的 wán hǎo de 据称 jù chēng zhǐ 剩下 shèng xià běn
 
About 100 copies of the first Action Comics issue remain but only one other is considered to be in as good condition as the one sold Monday. 相关 xiāng guān 阅读 yuè dú
 
(Read by Renee Haines. Renee Haines is a multimedia journalist at the China Daily Web site.) 中国日报 zhōng guó rì bào wǎng 英语 yīng yǔ diǎn jīn Julie 编辑 biān jí cài shān shān
 

来源: 中国日报英语,英语点津


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