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　　The current downturn in the art market is the worst since the Japanese stopped buying Impressionists at the end of 1989, a move that started the most serious contraction in the market since the Second World War. This time experts reckon that prices are about 40% down on their peak on average, though some have been far more fluctuant. But Edward Dolman, Christie’s chief executive, says: “I’m pretty confident we’re at the bottom.”

　　current“目前的”，current situation“現(xiàn)狀”;currency可以表示“貨幣”;since“自從”，引導時間狀語從句;impressionist“印象派藝術(shù)家”;at the end of“在...盡頭”;move“舉措”;contraction“收縮”;expert“專家，行家”，也可以充當形容詞，表示“熟練的，內(nèi)行的”;reckon“估計”;peak“巔峰”;on average“平均”，average也可以表示“普通的”，average person“普通人”;fluctuant“波動的，起伏的”;Christie’s“克利斯蒂拍賣行”;chief executive“董事長”;confident“確信的”，常見搭配be confident in“對...有信心”，be confident that“確信”。

　　What makes this slump different from the last, he says, is that there are still buyers in the market. Almost everyone who was interviewed for this special report said that the biggest problem at the moment is not a lack of demand but a lack of good work to sell. The three Ds -- death, debt and divorce -- still deliver works of art to the market. But anyone who does not have to sell is keeping away, waiting for confidence to return.

　　slump“衰退，暴跌”;be different from“與...不同”，反義詞組be similar to“與...相似”;interview“采訪”;special report“專題報道，特別報道”;at the moment“此刻，現(xiàn)在”;a lack of“缺乏”;demand“需求”;兩個破折號之間補充說明，可以直接略過，當然題干涉及的話另當別論;debt“債務”;divorce“離婚”;deliver“交付，遞送”;keep away“離開”;wait for“等待”，相當于await;confidence“信心”，self-confidence“自信”。