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1、美国市民宣称发现可口可乐配方副本Atlanta'sCliffKlugeclaimstohavestumbledupona70-year-oldcopyoftheofficialrecipeforCoca-Cola,andhe'ssellingitoneBayfor$5million.美国亚特兰大市的克利夫·克拉格宣称，他无意中发现七十年前的一份可口可乐正式配方副本，并在eBay网站标价500万美元（约合人民币3072万元）出售。IsthisthesecretrecipeforCoca-Cola? "Youdon'tstumbleon（
2、偶然遇到）thingslikethisveryoften,"KlugetoldWXIA."It'saletter,andaformula,andtheprocessestomakeit.Ithinkit'salittledeeperthanhavingfun;Ithinkit'stherecipeforCoca-Cola." Foritspart,Coca-Colamaintainsthatthesecretrecipefortheworld'sbest-sellingsoftdrinkisstillsafelyensconced（安
3、置，隐藏）attheWorldofCoca-ColaindowntownAtlanta. 2"Throughtheyears,manyhavetriedtocrackthesecretformula,butnoonehasbeenabletoreproducethe'realthing,'"thecompanysaidinastatement."TherealformulaissafelytuckedawayinavaultattheWorldofCoca-ColainAtlanta." Klugesaysthatheandhiswi
4、fediscoveredtherecipeinsideaboxoflettersandpaperstheyrecentlypurchasedfromanestatesale.Therecipeisdated1943.Coca-Colasaysitsrecipehasbeenkeptasecretsincethe19thcentury. However,KlugesayshisrecipecloselyresemblesthatofoneuncoveredbyNPRin2011andairedontheepisode"TheRecipe
5、"of"ThisAmericanLife."WhenNPRpostedthatrecipeonline,thenumberofusersclickingitcausedNPR'ssitetocrash. ButifyouwanttobuyKluge'srecipe,youwon'tjustbeabletocopyifoffofeBay.Hehasredactedmostofthespecificdetailsfortherecipe.Instead,you'llneedsomesparechange:$5million.Or$15mi
6、llionifyouwanttoguaranteeyourselfawinningbidbyusingthe"BuyItNow"option. So,hasanyonesteppeduptomeetminimumaskingprice? "Uh,no,"KlugetoldWXIA. "It'sjustexcitement,"headded."It'sanEasteregghunt,lookingforeggsoutthere.Andwhenyoucomeupwithsomethinglikethis,it'sChristmas." K
7、lugesaidhereachedouttoCoca-Colabuthasn'theardback. "Theytoldmethey'dcallmebackin7-10businessdays,"hesaid."Well,theyhaven'tcontactedmeback."2
