口语进阶-叙事口语材料：庭院拍卖和车库拍卖03
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原文及翻译
What sorts of things are sold at yard sales? Just about anything you might find in a house or 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, much more.
庭院拍卖会出售哪些东西？几乎任何你能在房子或院子里找到的东西。有装饰品、瓷器、家居装饰品、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、电唱机等等。
Some items are things that were popular a few years ago but now have 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.
有些物品是几年前流行但现在已经过时的东西。这可能包括许多与不再播放的旧电视节目相关的玩具、书籍和游戏。
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.
虽然很多老年人去庭院拍卖，但很多学生也去。学生和年轻人可能需要便宜的家具来装饰他们的公寓，或者需要骑自行车去学校或上班。他们可能无法支付全价。
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 a.m., but dealers may arrive as early as 7:30 a.m. By 10 a.m., the busiest part is already over, although most yard sales go on into the afternoon.
如果你很幸运，你可以在庭院拍卖会上找到几乎任何东西。诀窍是早点到那里。大多数庭院拍卖会都宣称在上午 9 点开始，但经销商可能早在 7:30 就到了。到上午 10 点，最繁忙的部分已经结束，尽管大多数庭院拍卖会持续到下午。
Yard sales tend to prove the common saying that one person's trash is another person's treasure.
庭院拍卖往往证实了一句俗话：一个人的垃圾是另一个人的宝藏。
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