词汇提示

1.garage 车库

2.lawn 草坪

3.dealer 经销商

4.antique 古董

5.flea 跳蚤

6.motto 座右铭

7.boast 夸耀

8.catalogues 目录

9.attic 阁楼

原文

Garage Sales and Yard Sales

Every Saturday morning in our part of the world - except in winter - many people drive around the city looking for yard sales.

Yard sales, or garage sales, often take place in the driveway of someone's home, or perhaps on the front lawn.

The homeowners take out all the stuff they don't want and arrange it in front of their house.

Usually,they put a price tag on items.

People driving by will stop to see if there is anything they want.

Many people spend every Saturday morning shopping at yard sales.

If they find that they have bought too many things, then they have a yard sale of their own.

Some of the shoppers are dealers who buy things for resale.

Sometimes they resell them at their own yard sales.

But some dealers are professionals who run antique stores, used bookshops, flea markets or used furniture and appliance stores.

Usually the dealers will try to get to the yard sale before anyone else.

That way they have the best selection.

Often they will try to buy items for less than the price tag says.

The cheaper they can buy the item, the more profit they can make when they resell it.

Their motto is, "Buy low. Sell high."

Sometimes a merchant will boast that he paid one dollar for a glass or china cup at a yard sale, and sold it for $100 at his store, or on the Internet.

By having catalogues that show the value of "collectibles," dealers can sometimes make large profits.

Now,however, many of the people having yard sales will try to check the value of the things they are selling first.

So it is getting harder to get a real bargain.

One reason for yard sales is that North Americans often live in big houses, which fill up with things.

People may use the basement, the attic, the spare room and the garage to store things that they are not using.

If they store things in their garage, all they have to do is open the garage door to have a garage sale.

When children grow up and move away, the parents will often sell the children's old clothes, toys and furniture.

Another reason for yard sales is that there are a lot of things that people might like,but don't want to pay full price for.

For example, if someone likes to read novels, they may be happy to pay one dollar for a book at a yard sale,rather than 20 or 30 dollars at a retail store.

What sorts of things are sold at yard sales?

Just about anything that you might find in a house or a yard.

There are ornaments, china, home decorations, sports equipment, bicycles, games, dolls,toys, tables and chairs,lamps, appliances, books, records,paintings, clothes, record players, and much more.

Some items are things that were popular a few years ago but have now gone out of fashion.

This might include many toys, books and games that relate to an old television show that is no longer being shown.

While a lot of older people go to yard sales, so do a lot of students.

Students and young people may need cheap furniture for their apartment or a bicycle to get to school or work.

They may not be able to pay full price.

If you are lucky, you can find almost anything at a yard sale.

The trick is to get there early.

Most yard sales are advertised to start at 9:00 am, but dealers may arrive as early as 7:30 am.

By 10:00 am the busiest part is already over, although most yard sales go on into the afternoon.

Yard sales tend to prove the common saying that "one person's trash is another person's treasure.

翻译

车库售卖和庭院售卖

在我们这片土地上，除了冬天，每个星期六的早晨，都会有许多人开车在城市里转来转去，寻找旧货出售。
庭院销售或车库销售通常发生在某人家的车道上，或者可能在前面的草坪上。
房主把所有他们不想要的东西都拿出来，放在他们的房子前面。
通常，他们会在商品上贴上价格标签。
开车经过的人会停下来看看是否有他们想要的东西。
许多人在每周六上午在庭院大甩卖中购物。
如果他们发现他们买了太多的东西，那么他们有一个自己的庭院出售。
有些购物者是买东西转售的经销商。
有时他们会在自己的庭院拍卖会上转卖。
但有些经销商是经营古董店、二手书店、跳蚤市场或二手家具和电器店的专业人士。
通常经销商会比其他人先到旧货市场。
这样他们就有了最好的选择。
他们通常会尝试以低于标价的价格购买商品。
他们买的东西越便宜，他们转售时能赚的利润就越多。
他们的座右铭是“低价购买”。高卖。”
有时，一个商人会吹嘘他在庭院拍卖中花了一美元买了一个玻璃杯或瓷杯，而在他的商店或互联网上以100美元的价格出售。
通过拥有显示“收藏品”价值的目录，交易商有时可以赚取巨额利润。
然而，现在，许多进行庭院销售的人会先检查他们出售的东西的价值。
因此，想要买到真正的便宜货越来越难了。
庭院销售的一个原因是北美人通常住在大房子里，房子里堆满了东西。
人们可能会用地下室、阁楼、空房间和车库来存放他们不用的东西。
如果他们把东西存放在车库里，他们所要做的就是打开车库门进行车库甩卖。
当孩子们长大搬走后，父母通常会卖掉孩子们的旧衣服、玩具和家具。
庭院拍卖的另一个原因是，有很多东西人们可能喜欢，但不想付全价。
例如，如果有人喜欢读小说，他们可能会乐意在庭院拍卖中花一美元买一本书，而不是在零售店花二三十美元买一本书。
庭院旧货拍卖会上卖什么东西?
你可以在房子里或院子里找到任何东西。
有装饰品、瓷器、家庭装饰品、运动器材、自行车、游戏、娃娃、玩具、桌椅、灯具、电器、书籍、唱片、绘画、衣服、唱机等等。
有些东西几年前很流行，但现在已经过时了。
这可能包括许多与不再播放的旧电视节目有关的玩具、书籍和游戏。
虽然很多老年人会去旧货拍卖，但很多学生也会去。
学生和年轻人可能需要便宜的家具来装饰他们的公寓，或者需要一辆自行车去上学或上班。
他们可能无法支付全价。
如果幸运的话，你几乎可以在庭院拍卖中找到任何东西。
关键是要早到。
大多数庭院甩卖广告都是早上9点开始，但经销商可能早在早上7点半就到。
到上午10点，最忙的时候已经过去了，尽管大多数庭院甩卖一直持续到下午。
庭院甩卖往往证明了一句老话:“一个人的垃圾是另一个人的宝藏。”

Level 4-Day 80.Garage Sales and Yard Sales

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