by Denise

楊舟 編譯

Have you ever been to a garage sale？ A garage sale is a great way to reduce2 clutter3 around your house while making some extra money.

Garage sales are very popular in the U.S. especially in the spring and summer time. A garage sale is when people get items4 that they no longer want and put them out for sale. Most of the time those items are used items， but sometimes theyre new items， too. Sometimes neighbors will get together and have a joint5 garage sale. That way they have a lot more items to offer to the buyers and it makes the sale more attractive6 to buyers. Sometimes whole neighborhoods will get together to have a sale. That way everyone in the neighborhood will have their garage sale on the same day as everyone else and there are more sales so its more attractive to buyers. Usually the items at a garage sale are in the garage and on the driveway. Sometimes theyre displayed just on the yard of a home and in that case the sale is often called a yard sale. Well， lets take a look at this garage sale， see what we can find.

There are books， pet equipment， baskets and dishes. Theres clothing， baby toys， school things， shoes， bedding， and pictures. Here are some items from another garage sale. Theres a chair， a few tables， some dishes， and some lamps. Each garage sale is different， so if you see a sign， stop by. You may see something you really like.

The prices at garage sales are usually really reasonable7. Sometimes you can even bargain8 but not always. The next time you see a garage sale sign， maybe you can stop by and get a great buy.

On the first Thursday in August， there is the worlds longest yard sale. Truly an American event， the Worlds longest yard sale takes place along Highway 127 near Jamestown， Tennessee. Part flea9 market， part fair， the yard sale has thousands of sellers， even more buyers， and lasts for four days.

你去過車庫大甩賣嗎？車庫大甩賣是一個減少你房子里外的雜物，同時賺一些額外的錢的好方法。

車庫大甩賣在美國，尤其是在春季和夏季的時候，十分流行。車庫大甩賣是指人們把不再需要的東西拿出來出售。大多數(shù)情況下，這些東西都是用過的東西，但有時也有新的東西。有時鄰居們會聚在一起，合辦車庫大甩賣。這樣，他們就有更多東西可以賣給買家，這會使大甩賣更吸引買家。有時整個街區(qū)都會聚在一起賣東西。這樣，小區(qū)里的每個人都會和其他人在同一天進(jìn)行車庫大甩賣，會有更多的東西出售，因此對買家來說更具吸引力。通常車庫大甩賣的物品都擺在車庫和車道上。有時，東西僅只擺在一家的院子里，這種情況下的甩賣通常被稱為庭院甩賣會。好吧，讓我們看看這場車庫大甩賣里能找到什么。

有書、寵物用品、籃子、盤子，有服裝、嬰兒玩具、學(xué)校用品、鞋子、床上用品及照片。這是另一個車庫大甩賣的一些東西。有一把椅子，幾張桌子，一些盤子和一些臺燈。每個車庫大甩賣都不一樣，所以如果你看到一個標(biāo)志，就過來看看吧。你可能會看到一些你真的喜歡的東西。

車庫大甩賣的價格通常很合理。有時你甚至可以討價還價，但并不總是這樣。下次你看到一個車庫大甩賣的標(biāo)牌，也許你就可以順道買到點(diǎn)好東西。

而在八月的第一個星期四有世界上最長的庭院甩賣會。這是個真正的美國活動，這個世界上最長的庭院甩賣會在127號公路附近的田納西州詹姆斯敦進(jìn)行，一部分是跳蚤市場，一部分是集市，有成千上萬的賣家，還有更多的買家，活動會持續(xù)四天。

（英語原文摘自：www.coopos.com）