导读:1962年，玛丽莲梦露为肯尼迪总统庆生时登台表演所穿的连衣裙，近日以天价在拍卖会上成交。
The dress worn by Marilyn Monroe as she sang "Happy Birthday Mr President" to John F Kennedy has been sold at auction for $4.8m (3.9m pounds).
玛丽莲·梦露为约翰·肯尼迪总统献唱“总统生日快乐”一曲时穿过的连衣裙，近日以480万美元（390万英镑）天价拍卖。
The figure-hugging Jean Louis gown, with 2,500 crystals, was bought by the Ripley’s Believe It or Not museum chain, exceeding the $3m guide price.
这件镶满了2500颗水晶的让·路易紧身连衣裙，最终由雷普利连锁“信不信由你博物馆”收入囊中，远超过指导价格300万美元。
The company’s vice president said it was "most iconic piece of pop culture that there is".
该公司副总裁说，这件连衣裙是“当时流行文化最具标志性的物件”。
Monroe died from a drug overdose just three months after the performance.
就在表演后的三个月，梦露死于药物过量。
The sultry rendition for President Kennedy’s 45th birthday at a 1962 Democratic fundraiser at New York’s Madison Square was one of her last public appearances.
1962年，在纽约麦迪逊广场民主党资金筹集活动中，梦露登台进行了性感表演以庆祝肯尼迪总统45岁生日，而这也恰巧成为她最后一次公众表演。
President Kennedy was shot dead a year later.
一年后，肯尼迪总统遭枪杀身亡。
The dress, which the auction house said was so tight she had to be sewn into it, had previously been bought at auction for $1.3m in 1999 by the late business mogul and collector Martin Zweig.
拍卖行称，这件连衣裙非常紧身，当年梦露必须先钻进去然后再将裙子缝起来才行。1999年的一次拍卖会上，它曾以130万美元的价格由近代商业大亨及收藏家马丁·茨威格购买。
The sum raised is likely to set a new world record for the most expensive dress sold at auction. Marilyn Monroe’s billowing white dress from the Seven Year Itch sold for $4.6 million (plus $1m in commission) in 2011.
加起来的总和很可能为拍卖会上出售的最昂贵连衣裙创下最新世界纪录。2011年，玛丽莲·梦露在电影《七年之痒》中那件蓬松飘逸的白色连衣裙拍卖价为460万美元（再加上100万美元佣金）。
The largest collection of the screen star’s possessions ever offered for auction is being sold by Julien’s auction house in Beverly Hills over three days.
持有最多梦露私人物品的是比佛利山庄的朱利安拍卖行，三天内售出了大量梦露的私人物品。
Also sold on Thursday was the cocktail dress she wore in "Some Like it Hot", which fetched $450,000.
在周四同时拍卖的还有她在《热情似火》中穿过的一件酒会礼服，成交价为45万美元。
Many of the 1,000 lots come from the estate of her acting coach, Lee Strasberg, who became a close friend of the actress.
这1000多件拍卖物中，有很多来自于梦露的表演教练李·斯特拉斯伯格，他是梦露非常要好的朋友。
She bequeathed her personal effects and clothing to him in her will.
梦露在遗嘱中把自己的私人物品和衣服都馈赠给了李。
