One day a man went to an auction. While there, he bid on a parrot. He really wanted this bird, so he got caught up in the bidding. He kept on bidding, but kept getting outbid, so he bid higher and higher and higher.

一天一個人去參加拍賣。他相中了一只鸚鵡，他真的很想要這只鳥兒，于是他在競價中緊緊跟著。他一直出價，出得比別人都高，最終，價格一路水漲船高。

Finally, after he bid way more than he intended, he won the bid - the parrot was his at last!

在出到比預(yù)想要高得多得的價格后，他贏了這次競價，鸚鵡終于是他的了！

As he was paying for the parrot, he said to the Auctioneer, "I sure hope this parrot can talk. I would hate to have paid this much for it, only to find out that he can't talk!"

他去付錢時對拍賣人說，“我希望這只鸚鵡一定要會說話。如果出了這么高的價，它還不能說話的話，我肯定會很難過的?！?/div>

"Don't worry." said the Auctioneer, "He can talk. Who do you think kept bidding against you?"

“不要擔(dān)心?！迸馁u人說，“它可以說話的。你以為時誰在競價時一直跟你對著干？”