美国路易斯安那州女子伊迪丝·帕克以2美元的价格廉价卖掉了一幅很可能是西班牙抽象派大师毕加索的真迹,实际价格可能高达数百万美元。
A woman from Louisiana, US might have had an original Picasso painting in her possession, potentially worth hundreds of thousands or even millions of dollars, but sold it at a garage sale for $2.
移民提供了廉价劳动力,降低了从农产品到新房等一切商品的价格,让消费者的口袋里能多留一些钱。
Immigrants provide cheap labor, lower the prices of everything from farm produce to new homes, and leave consumers with a little more money in their pockets.
国会对廉价出售的后果一无所知:全球氦气价格被人为压低,以至于几乎没有人愿意回收这种物质或明智地使用它。
The Congress is ignorant of the consequence of fire sale: global helium prices are so artificially deflated that few can be bothered recycling the substance or using it judiciously.
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