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1、大学英语自学教程上册11-25课文逐句翻译Unit11TextATheGreatAmericanGarageSale价廉物美的美国车库旧货展卖真不错Notlongago,不久前,CharlesEricksonandhisfamilydecidedtodosomespringhousecleaning.查理士.艾里克逊和他的家人决定进行春季室内大清理.Sortingthroughtheirpossessions,整理所的物件之后,theycameupwithsome1,500old,unwanteditems他们理出
2、了1500来件旧的不用的东西allsortsofthingstheywantedtogetridof.全是些他们想处理掉的东西.TheEricksonsdecidedtodowhatalotofotherAmericansaredoingthesedays艾里克逊一家决定按照当今许多美国人的做法-havea"garagesale."举办一次家庭旧贷展卖.Theypostedhomemadesignsthroughouttheneighborhood他们在整个街头贴出了自做的展卖标志,rananadvertiseme
3、ntinthelocalnewspaper,在本地报纸登了广告,thensetouttheunwantedobjectsonthefrontyardoftheirhome然后,在密电码歇根州布隆菲尔德山镇自家的庭院前inBloomfieldHills,Michigan,andwaitedtoseeifanyonewouldcome.摆出那些无用的物件,等待是否有人来买.TheEricksonsneedn'thaveworried.艾里克逊一家根本不用担心,Eagerbuyersboughtallbut50ofthe
4、itemsinoneweekend,热心的买主在一个周末买走了除50件以外的全部东西,leavingthefamily$442richer.给这家人增加了442美元的收入.Garagesale,yardsale,basementsale车库展卖,庭院展卖,地下室展卖whateverthey'recalledandwhereverthey'reheld,不管叫什么,在哪能儿举行,Americansarehavingtheminever-in-creasingnumbers.美国人这样的做法正在与日俱增.Thevari
5、etyofthingsputupforsaleisreallywonderful--dishes,books展卖物品种类确实非同一般:碟盘,书籍,usedclothing,tools,tires,emptybottles,bicycles,furniture.旧衣服,工具,轮胎,空瓶,自行车,家具等等.AmaninAtlanta,Georgia,得治亚州亚特兰大市的一位男士,evensoldafull-sizereplicaofa1931Ford甚至卖掉了一辆1931年款式福特车的全尺寸复制品."Youwouldn
6、'tbelievethestuffpeoplewillbuy"你可能不会相信有人会买这些东西,saysMrs.JerryMcNeelyofHouston,Texas,德克萨斯州休斯敦市的杰里.麦克尼利太太whohasheldtwogaragesaleswithfriends."和朋友一起举行了两次旧货展卖,她说:"Ontheotherhand,这些东西,另一方面,youwouldn'tbelievesomeofthethingspeoplewillputouttosell."你又可能不相信有些东西人们会拿出来卖."
7、WhywouldAmericanswanttoshop为什么美国人愿意bysearchingamongsomeoneelse'scast-offs?在他人不要的旧货中寻觅要买的东西呢?Risinglivingcosts不断上升的生活费用areconsideredbyalmosteveryoneasareasonbothforholdingsales几乎每个人都认为,是举办旧货展卖andforattendingthem.和光顾旧货展卖的原因.Thesellermakesalittleextramoneyandtheb
8、uyersavesquitealot,车库展卖的物品的价格往往只有原来价格的很小部分,sincegarage-saleitemsusually所以卖主能挣一点额外的钱,arepricedataverysmallpartoftheiroriginalcost.买主则节省了许多钱.Butbeyondthat,they'refun.此外,展卖很有趣,Garages
