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39 A $210,000 Wallet 价值21万美元的钱包 1. Buffett auctionedn/vt拍卖，竞拍 his 20-year-old wallet on December 3, 1999 and received a high bid出价，投标 of $210,000 which went to a charity慈善机构, Girls Inc. of Omaha. The story about the batteredadj破旧的，打扁了的，敲碎的 old black billfoldn皮夹 brokevt透露，说出 in The Wall Street Journal (December 2,1999). Ive never gone for the top of the line头条, Buffett was quotedv.引用, 援引; quotation n. 引用, 引述. 1. 1999年12月3日，20年之久的钱包，21万美元的拍卖所得全部捐给了慈善机构奥马哈女童之家。《华尔街日报》(1999年12月2日)刊登了有关这个黑色旧皮夹的故事，报纸援引巴菲特的话说：“我还从来没有上过头条。” 2. The wallet survived the dunking in a Minnesota明尼苏达州 lake after a fishing boat capsizedvt翻，颠覆，倾覆 leaving Buffett dogpaddling狗刨式游泳. Buffet didnt include his credit cards, drivers license or a pass for free免费券 McDonalds hamburgers. He did include an expired到期的 half-price pass from Hooters restaurant chain连锁店 given to him for allowing the chain to note Buffetts birthday on their calendar日历. I plan to leave the name of a stock tip股票信息 in it for whoever buys it, Buffett told the Journal. It turned out to be First Industrial Realty Trust第一工业房地产信托公司. 2.这个钱包曾经被水浸泡过。一次，，，3. Television interviewer采访者，记者 Bob McCartney of KETV in Omaha asked Buffett if he thought the wallet bidding would get to the seven figure mark七位数. No, no, I dont think so...if it got that high, Id be sorry I didnt sell it myself. When the subject came up提及，提到 of the Hooters pass, Buffett said: It expired, and they didnt offer me a renewal续办，合同的续订. As for至于，关于，说起 the stock tip, Buffett said there might be a little mention of a company Berkshire bought that wasnt public knowledge yet. 3. 奥马哈的KETV电视台记者鲍勃·麦卡特采访巴菲特时问他，4. John Morgan of Wayzata, Minnesota, won the wallet with a $210,000 bid. Morgan was born and raised in Omaha in an area that was served by Girls Inc. Reports said Morgan would share the stocks name with people who gave $1,000 or more to Girls Inc., whose board偏意: n. 董事会,委员会 is headed by Buffetts daughter, Susie, who came up with想出来，追赶上 the auction idea. So whats her next auction ite