大学英语自学教程 上册 un11

[00:00.00]Unit 11 Text A
[00:04.18]The Great American Garage Sale
[00:06.86]价廉物美的美国车库旧货展卖真不错
[00:09.53]Not long ago,
[00:11.42]不久前,
[00:13.30]Charles Erickson and his familydecided to do some spring housecleaning.
[00:16.88]查理士.艾里克逊和他的家人决定进行春季室内大清理.
[00:20.45]Sorting through their possessions,
[00:22.64]整理所的物件之后,
[00:24.82]they came up with some 1,500 old, unwanted items
[00:29.15]他们理出了1500来件旧的不用的东西
[00:33.49]all sorts of things they wanted to get rid of.
[00:36.36]全是些他们想处理掉的东西.
[00:39.24]The Ericksons decided to do what a lot of other Americans are doing these days
[00:43.02]艾里克逊一家决定按照当今许多美国人的做法
[00:46.81]-have a "garage sale."
[00:48.84]举办一次家庭旧贷展卖.
[00:50.86]They posted homemade signs throughout the neighborhood
[00:53.75]他们在整个街头贴出了自做的展卖标志,
[00:56.63]ran an advertisement in the local newspaper,
[00:59.42]在本地报纸登了广告,
[01:02.20]then set out the unwanted objects on the front yard of their home
[01:05.92]然后,在密电码歇根州布隆菲尔德山镇自家的庭院前
[01:09.64]in Bloomfield Hills,Michigan,and waited to see if any one would come.
[01:13.98]摆出那些无用的物件,等待是否有人来买.
[01:18.32]The Ericksons needn't have worried.
[01:20.44]艾里克逊一家根本不用担心,
[01:22.57]Eager buyers bought all but 50 of the items in one weekend,
[01:25.96]热心的买主在一个周末买走了除50件以外的全部东西,
[01:29.34]leaving the family $ 442 richer.
[01:32.51]给这家人增加了442美元的收入.
[01:35.69]Garage sale, yard sale, basement sale
[01:38.82]车库展卖,庭院展卖,地下室展卖
[01:41.96]whatever they' re called and wherever they're held,
[01:44.99]不管叫什么,在哪能儿举行,
[01:48.02]Americans are having them in ever-in-creasing numbers.
[01:51.10]美国人这样的做法正在与日俱增.
[01:54.18]The variety of things put up for sale is really wonderful--dishes, books
[01:58.71]展卖物品种类确实非同一般:碟盘,书籍,
[02:03.25]used clothing, tools, tires, empty bottles, bicycles, furniture.
[02:08.17]旧衣服,工具,轮胎,空瓶,自行车,家具等等.
[02:13.09]A man in Atlanta, Georgia,
[02:15.17]得治亚州亚特兰大市的一位男士,
[02:17.25]even sold a full-size replica of a 1931 Ford
[02:20.97]甚至卖掉了一辆1931年款式福特车的全尺寸复制品.
[02:24.69]"You wouldn't believe the stuff people will buy
[02:27.58]"你可能不会相信有人会买这些东西,
[02:30.47]says Mrs.Jerry McNeely of Houston, Texas,
[02:33.20]德克萨斯州休斯敦市的杰里.麦克尼利太太
[02:35.92]who has held two garage sales with friends. "
[02:38.45]和朋友一起举行了两次旧货展卖,她说:
[02:40.97]"On the other hand,
[02:42.70]这些东西,另一方面,
[02:44.44]you wouldn' t believe some of the things people will put out to sell."
[02:47.42]你又可能不相信有些东西人们会拿出来卖."
[02:50.40]Why would Americans want to shop
[02:52.53]为什么美国人愿意
[02:54.65]by searching among someone else' s cast-offs?
[02:57.58]在他人不要的旧货中寻觅要买的东西呢?
[03:00.51]Rising living costs
[03:02.79]不断上升的生活费用
[03:05.08]are considered by almost everyoneas a reason both for holding sales
[03:08.71]几乎每个人都认为,是举办旧货展卖
[03:12.34]and for attending them.
[03:14.36]和光顾旧货展卖的原因.
[03:16.39]The seller makes a little extra money  and the buyer saves quite a lot,
[03:20.27]车库展卖的物品的价格往往只有原来价格的很小部分,
[03:24.15]since garage-sale items usually
[03:26.63]所以卖主能挣一点额外的钱,
[03:29.11]are priced  at a very small part of their original cost.
[03:32.30]买主则节省了许多钱.
[03:35.48]But beyond that, they're fun.
[03:37.91]此外,展卖很有趣,
[03:40.34]Garage sales have become suburban social events,drawing people of all ages.
[03:44.61]它们成为郊区的社交活动,吸引着不同年龄层次的人.
[03:48.88]Neighbors enjoy meeting new peoples,
[03:51.47]邻居们乐意认识新人,
[03:54.06]some families even serve drinks and cakes.
[03:57.09]有些家庭甚至招待饮料和点心.
[04:00.12]One psychologist suggests that people are fedup  with the computerization of their lives
[04:04.49]一位心理学家提出,人们厌倦了生活的计算机化,
[04:08.87]they may be searching for their roots.