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A.Goods for auction sales? B.Definition of bidding? C.Way to sell more goods by auction? D.Auction sales in history? E.Brief introduction to auctions? F.Making a larger profit as an auctioneer? |
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Auctions are public sales of goods,conducted by an officially approved auctioneer.He asks the crowd assembled in the auction-room to make offers,or “bids”,for the various items on sale.He encourages buyers to bid higher figures,and finally names the highest bidder as the buyer of the goods.This is called “knocking down” the goods,for the bidding ends when the auctioneer strikes a small hammer on a table at which he stands.?
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The ancient Roman probably invented sales by auction,and the English word comes from the Latin auctio,meaning “increase”.The Romans usually sold in this way the goods taken in war.In England in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries,goods were often sold “by the candle”,a short candle was lit by the auctioneer,and bids could be made while it stayed alight.?
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Practically all goods whose qualities vary are sold by auction.Among these are coffee,skins,
wool,tea,furs,silk and wines.Auction sales are also usual for land and property,furniture,
pictures,rare books,old china and similar works of art.?
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An auction is usually advertised beforehand with full particulars of the articles to be sold and where and when they can be viewed by potential buyers.If the advertisement cannot give full details,catalogues are printed,and each group of goods to be sold together,called a “lot”,is usually given a number.The auctioneer need not begin with Lot 1 and continue in the order of numbers:he may wait until he notices the fact that certain buyers are in the room and then produce the lots they are likely to be interested in.
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The auctioneer's services are paid for in the form of a percentage of the price the goods are sold for.The auctioneer therefore has a direct interest in pushing up the bidding as high as possible.
He will not waste time by starting the bidding too low.He will also play on the opponents among his buyers and succeed in getting a high price by encouraging two business competitors to bid against each other.?
A sense of humour is universally considered the most valuable asset(资产) in our personality.It is born within every person's heart,but it has to be cultivated.A person without a sense of humour is just like a spring without flowers or a dish without seasoning.In a sense,your personality lies in your sense of humour.
Humour can enhance(提高) physical as well as mental well-beings.It helps us bare our burden,reduce tension,helps us overcome our frustrations,relax our muscles and dissolve countless trifles and irritations offered by daily life.
With the cracking of a joke,all of our worries and sadness disappear like mist and we are full of vigor once again.Besides,humour helps us live in harmony with others.With it you can always stay on good terms with others.
One way to cultivate a sense of humour is to have a wide range of knowledge about many topics so that the slightest differences in meaning of a joke can be fully understood;otherwise we would be simply at a loss in such a situation.Another important point in developing a sense of humour is to have a rich imagination.Nothing can be worse than the lack of imagination to kill an otherwise funny joke.
A sense of humour is one of the ways in which we relax and recreate ourselves.The things we find humourous may vary,but to have a sense of humour is very important and should be cultivated to get the most out of life.
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The benefit of humour A.Humour can promote (1)________as well as (2)________ well-beings. B.Humour can help us live in (3)________with others. C.Humour can make us (4)________ and (5)________ourselves. |
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How to develop your sense of humour A.One way to develop a sense of humour is to (6)__________________. B.Another way is to (7)_________________. |