Just When You Think We Had Civilized...

Apparently, the seventies and eighties weren't long enough to change mens' minds that women are more than their property. Slightly funny, a lot disturbing...

From Liberty Times, 4 November 2008 (http://www.libertytimes.com.tw/2008/new/nov/4/today-int7.htm)

一名羅馬尼亞男子把自己25歲的妻子放到中古車專賣網站上拍賣1。艾力克斯．克銳圖，20歲，定居2布加勒斯特，希望賣妻可以拿到400萬英鎊，但為了迅速成交3，已降價至3,000英鎊。他在www.okazii.ro網站上張貼的廣告寫著：「賣妻。1983年款，狀況佳。全配4，懸吊5棒，行李廂寬敞6，二手車主。」「價可議7，附3年與5年配件8。無誠勿試9。」艾力克斯說他把廣告刊登在這個網站，一部分是因為他受夠了10妻子嘮叨11沒完，一部分是因為好玩。他說他等到妻子前往西班牙工作才這麼做，因此她不會知道拍賣這回事。他收到許多買方開價，但截至目前沒有一件可接受，因為潛在買主不是開價太低，就是12想用分期付款13的方式買她。

1 pai1mai4 (verb): auction off
2 ding4ju1 (verb): reside
3 cheng2jiao1 (verbal phrase): settle the deal
4 quan3pei4 (adjective): fully accessorized
5 xuan2diao4 (noun): suspension (on a car)
6 kuan1chang1 (adjective): spacious
7 ke3yi4 (verb): can be negotiated
8 pei4jian4 (noun): accessories
9 wu4cheng2wu4shi4 (set phrase): if you're not motivated, don't apply
10 shou4gou4le (phrase): (I've) had enough!
11 lao2dao1 (verb): nag
12 bu2shi4...jiu4shi4 (grammatical structure): if it's not..., then it's...(negative connotation)
13 fen1qi1fu4kuan3 (adverbial phrase): pay in (monthly) installments