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A man who used to own McDonald’s restaurants in North Dakota is about $10,000 richer after selling a 20-year-old container of McJordan barbecue sauce to a buyer in Chicago.
一名過去在（美國）北達科他州擁有幾家麥當勞餐廳的男子，在賣掉一罐有20年歷史的麥可喬丹烤肉醬汁給一名芝加哥的買家後，賺了1萬美元。
The sauce was used on McJordan Burgers, named for basketball icon Michael Jordan. The promotional item was sold in limited markets for a short time in the 1990s, when Jordan led the Chicago Bulls to six NBA championships.
這種醬汁是用在以籃球大帝麥可喬丹為名的「麥可喬丹漢堡」上。此一促銷商品只在1990年代、喬丹帶領美國職籃芝加哥公牛隊拿下6屆NBA冠軍時，在某些市場短暫販售過。
Mort Bank, of Bismarck, saved the gallon jug of sauce after selling his McDonald’s restaurants in Bismarck-Mandan and Minot in 1996.
（北達科他州）俾斯麥的莫特．班克在1996年把他位於俾斯麥—曼登與米諾特的麥當勞餐廳轉賣給他人後，留下了這罐1加侖的醬汁。
Bank advertised the sauce on eBay, saying： "A once in a lifetime chance to own the rarest of rare Michael Jordan and McDonald’s collectible!" It sold for $9,995 to a buyer from Chicago whom Bank has not identified.
班克在eBay上幫這罐醬汁寫的廣告詞說：「擁有超級罕見的麥可喬丹與麥當勞收藏品的一生難得一次的機會！」該醬汁以9995美元賣給一名班克未透露身分的芝加哥買主。
Bank told the Chicago Tribune that the buyer was not Jordan himself. "I’m sure he’s a Bulls or Michael Jordan fan, and hopefully he’s not going to put it on his ribs or his burger," Bank told KXMB-TV of the buyer. "But it’s up to him; he can do whatever he wants with it."
班克告訴芝加哥論壇報，買主不是喬丹本人。「我確定他（買主）是公牛隊或麥可喬丹的粉絲，希望他不會把醬汁倒在肋排或漢堡上，」班克對KXMB電視台談論買主時說，「但一切還是由他做主，他想怎樣就怎樣。」
新聞辭典
rarest of rare：罕見中的最罕見，非常罕見。rare，形容詞，罕見。例句：The court said the case falls in the category of "rarest of rare case".（法庭稱此案屬於「極為罕見的案例」類別。）
once in a lifetime：慣用語，一輩子只可能發生一次的事。例句：An offer like that will come just once in a lifetime.（這種提議一輩子只有一次。）
up to：慣用語，視…而定；靠…。例句：The success of this project is up to you.（該計畫的成功就靠你了。）
文章出處：自由時報電子報中英對照新聞
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