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Working for Fun and Profit

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Summary of Text B

Detailed Study of Text B

Text Reading

Time for Fun

Second Reading

1. Flea markets are only found out of town.

2. Garage sales are more popular than flea markets in the

United States.

3. If you want to sell your goods in a flea market, you have to

pay some money to rent a space.

4. Some people buy goods from a flea market and resell them in

their own stores.

First Reading

Read the text and then decide whether the following statements are

True or False according to the text.

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F

F

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5. There is more merchandise in garage sales than in flea

markets.

6. Merchandise is generally more expensive in flea markets than

in garage sales.

7. People sometimes get information about garage sales from the

ads in the newspapers.

8. Flea markets and garage sales provide Americans an

opportunity to make a little extra money and a lot of fun as well.

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F

F

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Read the text again and answer the following questions.

1. Why are garage sales and flea markets popular in the United States?

2. Where are flea markets usually held?

3. What are usually found in garage sales?

In open spaces in or out of town.

Mainly household items.

Second Reading

Because many Americans find that they can make a little extra

money and have fun being “weekend entrepreneurs.”

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5. Why do families gather their unwanted household goods and sell

them together?

4. When do people usually have garage sales?

Before they move and on weekends when the weather is

nice.

To attract more customers.

6. What else do people do to attract more customers?

They put ads in the newspapers, or put signs up around the

neighborhood.

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Working for Fun and ProfitDetailed Study of Text B

It’s a sunny weekend morning. You decided to take a walk. Everyth

ing is quiet except for a group of people and some colorful objects you

see about three blocks away. As you get closer, you notice that there

are many things lying on the ground: some Time and People magazin

es, a collection of toy trucks, some weight-lifting equipment, two bicycl

es, and a set of chairs. People are parking cars, getting out, and lookin

g over the objects in the driveway. You consider taking a detour aroun

d the group of people, but you are curious. Was there an accident? Is t

his a party? No! Welcome to your first garage

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except for: apart from; not including

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Except for one old lady, the bus was empty.

Everything is perfect except for the weather.

除了一位老太太 , 公共汽车里空荡荡的。

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His apartment is two blocks away from the school.

A group of politicians blocked the proposal.

block: n. A section of a city or town

v. to prevent or obstruct

My view was blocked by a tall man in front of me.

他的公寓离学校两个街区远。


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Time: n. an American weekly news magazine that is

sold in the US and around the world.


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People: n. a US magazine with many short articles

about and pictures of well-known people,

especially people known from television and film.

people


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collection: n. a group of objects or people

There is always a strange collection of drinkers in the bar.

There was a collection of stamps in the album.

集邮册里有收集来的邮票。

这个酒吧里聚着一群奇怪的酒徒。

collection


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equipment: n. the things that are needed for a

particular purpose or activity

medical / office equipment

a useful piece of equipment for the kitchen

equipment


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a set of: a group of similar things that belong together in

some way

a set of false teeth

a set of tools

a new set of rules

一套工具一副假牙一套新的条例


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look over: to examine something to see how good, big, etc. it is

We looked over the house again before we decided to rent it.

Do you have a few minutes to look these samples over?

我们租房之前又察看了一遍房子。

您有几分钟来检查一下样品吗 ?


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There was a car parked in / on the driveway.

driveway: n. a wide hard path or a private road

that leads from the street to a house


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You consider taking a detour around the group of people,

but you are curious.

— You think about taking a longer route in order to avoid the

crowd, but you want to know about what is happening there.

detour: n. a way of going from one place to another that is

longer than the usual way

We took a detour to avoid the town center.

It’s well worth making a detour to see the scenic spot.

我们绕道避开城市中心。

绕道去看看那个景点是值得的。


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Garage sale: An outdoor sale often takes place

either on the front lawns or in the garages, at

which people sell used articles, unwanted

possessions from the household or fresh produce

to passers-by. The goods are always sold at

greatly reduced prices.


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On the same morning, a friend of yours takes a drive. He makes a

mistake at an intersection and takes a wrong turn. He passes a large p

arking lot full of people, not cars. He sees many multicolored objects.

At first he thinks it’s an art show. Then he decides it’s a fair. He parks

his car and gets out to explore. He’s just arrived at his first flea market.

Garage sales and flea markets are popular in the United States.

Many Americans find that they can make a little extra money and have

fun being “weekend entrepreneurs.” They take children’s clothing, appl

iances, toys, and books and resell them at garage sales and flea

markets.

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markets.

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a large parking lot: a large area where people can

leave their cars

a vacant lot

lot: n. an area of land used for a particular purpose

一片空地

A large parking lot










markets.

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many multicolored objects: many objects of different colors

The prefix “multi-” has a sense of “many, more than one”

multicultural

multinational

多元文化的

multifunctional 多功能的multimillion 数百万

多国的 , 跨国的 , 多民族的

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markets.

show: n. an occasion when a collection of things are brought

together for people to look at

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the Paris fashion shows

At first he thinks it’s an art show. Then he decides it’s a fair.

— At the beginning, he thinks it is an art show. Then he thinks it

must a fair.

fair: n. an event at which people, businesses, etc. show and sell

their goodsworld trade fair/ an antique fair/ a craft fair

巴黎时装表演

世界贸易博览会 / 古董市场 / 手工艺品市场

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markets.

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Flea market: An open-air market is usually in open

spaces in or out of town, where old or new goods

are sold, usually at low prices.

Flea market

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markets.

Many Americans find that they can make a little extra money

and have fun being “weekend entrepreneurs.”

— Many Americans discover that they can make some additional

money and at the same time they can enjoy themselves by being

“weekend businesspersons.”

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Many americans

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Flea markets are generally open spaces in or out of town that bec

ome busy sales centers on weekends. People who want to sell new o

r used clothing, tools, furniture, or books rent a space for the day for a

small amount of money and sell their merchandise. Shoppers from ne

ar and far come to get good buys on imported watches, house plants,

magazines, cameras, children’s clothes, and handmade goods such a

s pillowcases or jewelry. Some shoppers even buy and sell antiques.

They search flea markets for special treasures that they can resell in t

heir own stores for lots of money.

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Flea markets are generally open spaces in or out of town

that become busy sales centers on weekends.

— Flea markets are, in most cases, held in open areas in

town or out of town. These areas become sales

centers on Saturdays and Sundays.

CloseI generally get up at six.

generally: adv. in most cases; usually

我一般六点起床 .










rent: v. to pay money to someone so that you can use

something for a short period of time

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to live in rented house

In the long run, it works out more expensive to

rent a car than to buy one.

住在一处租来的房子里

从长远看租辆车比买辆车还贵。

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merchandise: n. goods that are bought or sold in a shop/store

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a wide selection of merchandise

The store has the best merchandise in town.

广泛的可供挑选的货物

merchandise

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Shoppers from near and far come to get good buys on

imported watches, …

— Shoppers from different places/from a very wide area come to

buy imported watches, … that are of good quality and are not

expensive.

That jacket was a really good buy.

cf. bad buy: something that is not worth the amount of money you

paid for

a good/better/best/great buy: a thing that is worth the money that

you pay for it那件夹克买的真值啊。

shoppers

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heir own stores for lots of money. Close

They search flea markets for special treasures that they

can resell in their own stores for lots of money.

— They examine flea markets carefully to find unusually

valuable things that they can sell again in their own stores

to make a large amount of money.

Firefighters searched the buildings for survivors.

search … for: to try very hard to find by looking or enquiry

救火队员在大楼内搜寻幸存者。

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Garage sales are smaller than flea markets, and the merchandis

e consists mainly of household items. Dishes, pots and pans, books,

and children’s clothing are inexpensive and common at garage sales.

People frequently have garage sales before they move and on weeke

nds when the weather is nice. Sometimes several families gather thei

r unwanted household goods and sell them together. More merchandi

se attracts more customers. Sometimes, to attract more customers, p

eople even put ads in the newspapers, or

put signs up around the neighborhood.

Cleaning, organizing, pricing, and moving merchandise is hard w

ork, but the opportunity of flea markets and garage sales proves

that many Americans work for fun!

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… the merchandise consists mainly of household items.

… the goods are mainly household items.

The committee consists of ten members.

consist of: to be formed from

委员会由十人组成。

他们的食谱中包含大量的蔬菜。Their diet consisted largely of vegetables.

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People frequently have garage sales before they move

and on weekends when the weather is nice.

— People often have garage sales before they move to

another place and on Saturdays and Sundays when the

weather is fine.frequently: adv. often

这是一些关于互联网经常被问到的问题。

These are some of the most frequently asked questions

about the Internet.

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…or put signs up around the neighborhood.

… or fix signs in the public places near the place where they live to

tell people there is going to be a garage sale.

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The sign on the wall said “No smoking”.

Follow the signs to the city centre.

sign: n. Something that gives information, instructions, a warning, etc.

He shouted so loudly that the whole neighborhood could hear him.

neighborhood: n. a district or an area of a town; the people who

live there

We grew up in the same neighbourhood.

Or put signs up

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a reasonably priced house

These goods are priced too high.

price: v. to write or stick tickets on goods to show

how much they cost

一所售价合理的房子

这些货物标价过高。

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Summary of Text B Garage sales and flea markets are popular in the United States.


fun being “weekend entrepreneurs.” Flea markets are generally open

spaces in or out of town that become busy sales centers on

weekends. People who want to sell new or used clothing, tools,

furniture, or books rent a space for the day for a small amount of

money and sell their merchandise. Garage sales are smaller than flea

markets, and the merchandise consists mainly of household items.

People frequently have garage sales before they move and on

weekends when the weather is nice. Sometimes several families

gather their unwanted household goods and sell them together.

Sometimes, to attract more customers, people even put ads in the

newspapers, or put signs up around the neighborhood. Flea markets

and garage sales give many Americans an opportunity of working for

fun and profit. Click the title to continue…

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Time for Fun

1 So you want a day off. Let’s take a look at what you are asking for. There are 365 days per year available for work. There are 52 weeks per year in which you already have 2 days off per week, leaving 261 days available for work. Since you spend 16 hours each day away from work, you have used up 170 days, leaving only 91 days available. You spend 30 minutes each day on coffee break which counts for 23 days each year, leaving only 68 days available. With a 1 hour lunch each day, you used up another 46 days, leaving only 22 days available for work. You normally spend 2 days per year on sick leave. This leaves you only 20 days per year available for work. We are off 5 holidays per year, so your available working time is down to 15 days. We generously give 14 days vacation per year which leaves only 1 day available for work and I’ll be darned (我真想不到 ) if you are going to take that day off!

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2 The manager of a large office approached the new man who had just been hired one day and asked him to come into his office. “What’s your name?” asked the manager when they were in his office. “John,” the new man replied. “Okay. First rule,” the manager said in a stern voice. “Here we don’t call anyone by their first names. It breeds familiarity and that leads to a breakdown in authority. I refer to my employees by last name only -- Smith, Jones, Baker – that’s all. I am to be referred to as Robinson. Are we clear on that?” “Yes,” the new man said. “Good,” said the manager. “What is your last name?” “Darling,” the man replied. “My name is John Darling.” The manager’s face went through a series of twisted expressions. He looked down for a moment, then back up. He continued, “Okay, John, listen...”

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