Men, women and children are no longer shackled, put on the auction block and sold like prize cattle to the highest bidder.

过去，奴隶主给男人、女人、儿童带上镣铐，像拍卖捕获的牛一样将他们卖给出价最高者。 当今世界，一个人不能购买另一个人并拥有此人的人身权。

Martin:No, the reserve is too high. See? The opening bid is over 10,000 dollars. I'm not surprised. Items of that quality don't appear on the auction block very often.

马丁：不，保留价太高了，明白不？起拍价超过一万美元。我一点也不吃惊。拍卖会上很少出现品质如此高的拍品。

On Thursday evening, works by Claude Monet, Frida Kahlo, Pablo Picasso and other perennial favorites are going on the auction block at Christie's sale of impressionist and modern.

周四晚间，在佳士得印象派与现代派画作中，来自克劳德·莫奈、弗里达·卡罗、巴勃罗·毕加索等知名作家画作榜上有名。