大學英語自學教程 unit 11

[00:00.00]Unit 11 Text A [00:04.18]The Great American Garage Sale [00:06.86]價廉物美的美國車庫舊貨展賣真不錯 [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.艾里克遜和他的家人決定進行春季室內大清理. [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]他們理出了1500來件舊的不用的東西 [00:33.49]all sorts of things they wanted to get rid of. [00:36.36]全是些他們想處理掉的東西. [00:39.24]The Ericksons decided to do what a lot of other Americans are doing these days [00:43.02]艾里克遜一家決定按照當今許多美國人的做法 [00:46.81]-have a "garage sale." [00:48.84]舉辦一次家庭舊貸展賣. [00:50.86]They posted homemade signs throughout the neighborhood [00:53.75]他們在整個街頭貼出了自做的展賣標志, [00:56.63]ran an advertisement in the local newspaper, [00:59.42]在本地報紙登了廣告, [01:02.20]then set out the unwanted objects on the front yard of their home [01:05.92]然后,在密電碼歇根州布隆菲爾德山鎮(zhèn)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]擺出那些無用的物件,等待是否有人來買. [01:18.32]The Ericksons needn't have worried. [01:20.44]艾里克遜一家根本不用擔心, [01:22.57]Eager buyers bought all but 50 of the items in one weekend, [01:25.96]熱心的買主在一個周末買走了除50件以外的全部東西, [01:29.34]leaving the family $ 442 richer. [01:32.51]給這家人增加了442美元的收入. [01:35.69]Garage sale, yard sale, basement sale [01:38.82]車庫展賣,庭院展賣,地下室展賣 [01:41.96]whatever they' re called and wherever they're held, [01:44.99]不管叫什么,在哪能兒舉行, [01:48.02]Americans are having them in ever-in-creasing numbers. [01:51.10]美國人這樣的做法正在與日俱增. [01:54.18]The variety of things put up for sale is really wonderful--dishes, books [01:58.71]展賣物品種類確實非同一般:碟盤,書籍, [02:03.25]used clothing, tools, tires, empty bottles, bicycles, furniture. [02:08.17]舊衣服,工具,輪胎,空瓶,自行車,家具等等. [02:13.09]A man in Atlanta, Georgia, [02:15.17]得治亞州亞特蘭大市的一位男士, [02:17.25]even sold a full-size replica of a 1931 Ford [02:20.97]甚至賣掉了一輛1931年款式福特車的全尺寸復制品. [02:24.69]"You wouldn't believe the stuff people will buy [02:27.58]"你可能不會相信有人會買這些東西, [02:30.47]says Mrs.Jerry McNeely of Houston, Texas, [02:33.20]德克薩斯州休斯敦市的杰里.麥克尼利太太 [02:35.92]who has held two garage sales with friends. " [02:38.45]和朋友一起舉行了兩次舊貨展賣,她說: [02:40.97]"On the other hand, [02:42.70]這些東西,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東西人們會拿出來賣." [02:50.40]Why would Americans want to shop [02:52.53]為什么美國人愿意 [02:54.65]by searching among someone else' s cast-offs? [02:57.58]在他人不要的舊貨中尋覓要買的東西呢? [03:00.51]Rising living costs [03:02.79]不斷上升的生活費用 [03:05.08]are considered by almost everyoneas a reason both for holding sales [03:08.71]幾乎每個人都認為,是舉辦舊貨展賣 [03:12.34]and for attending them. [03:14.36]和光顧舊貨展賣的原因. [03:16.39]The seller makes a little extra money and the buyer saves quite a lot, [03:20.27]車庫展賣的物品的價格往往只有原來價格的很小部分, [03:24.15]since garage-sale items usually [03:26.63]所以賣主能掙一點額外的錢, [03:29.11]are priced at a very small part of their original cost. [03:32.30]買主則節(jié)省了許多錢. [03:35.48]But beyond that, they're fun. [03:37.91]此外,展賣很有趣, [03:40.34]Garage sales have become suburban social events,drawing people of all ages. [03:44.61]它們成為郊區(qū)的社交活動,吸引著不同年齡層次的人. [03:48.88]Neighbors enjoy meeting new peoples, [03:51.47]鄰居們樂意認識新人, [03:54.06]some families even serve drinks and cakes. [03:57.09]有些家庭甚至招待飲料和點心. [04:00.12]One psychologist suggests that people are fedup with the computerization of their lives [04:04.49]一位心理學家提出,人們厭倦了生活的計算機化, [04:08.87]they may be searching for their roots. [04:11.30]他們也許在尋找自己的根. [04:13.73]Many of the younger buyers [04:16.16]許多年輕的買主 [04:18.59]say they are turned off by the poor quality of modern goods [04:21.86]說他們已經對劣質的現代商品失去興趣, [04:25.14]and are looking for remnants of a stronger and firmer era [04:28.62]他們在尋找更強盛和可靠時代遺留下來的東西, [04:32.09]when things were built to last. [04:34.52]那時的東西造得經久耐用. [04:36.95]Some people have made garage-sale shopping into a hobby; [04:40.28]有人已把在車庫舊貨展賣中買東西當顧了嗜好. [04:43.61]they spend their weekends going from sale to sale [04:46.34]他們周末逛完一家又一家, [04:49.07]hoping to run across a real treasure. [04:52.01]希望能巧遇一件真正的寶貝. [04:54.95]Says one long-time weekend bargain hunter,In the back of your mind [04:58.97]一位長期專在周末找便宜貨的人說: [05:02.99]you have the hope of finding some fabulouspainting [05:06.32]"你心底里暗自希望能找到藏在什么地方的某幅珍奇的繪畫 [05:09.66]stored away somewhere or something else of great value for a bargain price." [05:14.64]或者廉價買到一些很有價值的物品." [05:19.63]Diana McLellan, a reporter for the Washington Star-News,wrote, [05:23.32]的記者,黛安娜.麥克萊化寫道: [05:27.00]"The garage sale is like the quality of mercy [05:30.38]"家庭舊貨展賣的性質如同行善一樣, [05:33.77]it blesses him that gives and him that takes. [05:37.45]它既降福予者也降福取者. [05:41.13]It separates clothes, toys, pots, cups, [05:44.37]它讓衣服,玩具,茶壺,杯子. [05:47.61]forks and knives from their reluctant owners [05:50.55]叉子離開不情愿的主人, [05:53.49]and places them in loving new homes." [05:56.52]進入喜愛自己的新家." [05:59.55]How long will all this enthusiasm continue? [06:02.72]這樣的激情還能繼續(xù)多久? [06:05.90]Says one recent seller," [06:07.97]最近一位賣主說: [06:10.05]Some day [06:11.74]"總有一天 [06:13.42]the people who are buying are bound to be faced with the same peoblem we had-- [06:17.10]那些買東西的人一定會面臨我們遇到的同一問題- [06:20.79]getting rid of this stuff." [06:23.16]怎么打發(fā)掉這些東西." [06:25.54]Text B [06:28.39]American Stores [06:30.02]美國商店 [06:31.65]In the United States [06:33.23]在美國, [06:34.81]you will find yourself being urgedfrom every page of every newspaper [06:37.64]你會覺得每一份,每一版的報紙, [06:40.46]and on practically every television station [06:42.53]每一家電視臺都慫恿去購買各種各樣的東西, [06:44.61]to buy all kinds of goods you are actually quite happy without. [06:47.69]實際上沒有這些東西也無所謂. [06:50.78]Not only is there a wide range of prices for goods in America, [06:53.56]在美國,不僅商品的價格差別很大, [06:56.34]there is also a wide range in the quality of goods offered for sale. [06:59.17]銷售品質量也大有不同. [07:02.01]Unlike some countries [07:03.63]和別的國家不一樣, [07:05.25]Americans generally pay the price of a product without question, [07:07.89]美國人,往往照商品標價付錢, [07:10.52]instead of trying to get a lower price by bargaining. [07:13.01]平時不討價還價來爭取低價. [07:15.49]However, there are many "sales" in the United States, [07:18.01]不過,在美國卻有許多"大減價"銷售, [07:20.53]during which time stores will lower their normal prices. [07:23.12]在降價期間商店把價格格不從平時價格降下來. [07:25.70]This may all be very confusing to the visitor. [07:28.03]然而,令顧客困惑的是, [07:30.35]Which is the best product to buy out of hundreds to choose from? [07:33.19]在可供選擇的上千種商品中買哪一種最好? [07:36.02]How are you going to know how to "get your money' s worth" when you shop? [07:38.84]買東西時怎樣才能做到物有所值? [07:41.66]Perhaps the best advice is: Don't hurry. [07:44.14]也許最好的忠告是別心急, [07:46.63]Visit'various stories and determine the quality of goods [07:49.36]多看幾家商店來確定商品的質量, [07:52.08]Examine them carefully. [07:53.82]仔細查看商品. [07:55.56]Read the advertisements so that you can compare prices. [07:58.18]看看廣告可以比較價格 [08:00.81]Explore and examine before you buy. [08:03.00]購買之前實地調查清楚. [08:05.20]There is a great variety of shops in the United States, [08:07.56]美國的商店也是各式各樣, [08:09.93]ranging from very large stores called "department stores," [08:12.66]其他商品的大商店即百貨公司, [08:15.39]offering clothing,furniture, household :goods as well as many other goods [08:18.93]從賣服裝,家具,家庭用品 [08:22.47]to very small shops that specialize in just one kind of product. [08:25.80]到專賣一種商品的小店. [08:29.13]There are "discount houses" offering goods at low prices, and "dime stores" [08:32.67]有賣低價的商品的折扣商店, [08:36.21]specializing in a wide range of inexpensive items. [08:38.83]也有專賣各類低價商品的"一角錢"商店. [08:41.46]Most department stores in large cities [08:43.53]大城市的多數百貨公司出售的商品, [08:45.61] carry averageto better quality products at average to higher prices. [08:48.89]其質量從中等到良好,價格從適中到較高不等. [08:52.17]However, they offer the shopper great convenience [08:54.69]不過它為顧客提供了很大的方便, [08:57.21]since they contain such a wide variety of products. [08:59.74]因為它們擁有如此大的商品選擇范圍. [09:02.28]If convenience isn't as important to you as price [09:04.76]如果你不嫌麻煩,但求價廉, [09:07.24]you may want to shop in some of the discount houses. [09:09.51]你可能想去扣商店買東西. [09:11.78]These stores have nearly as great a variety of goods as department stores [09:14.72]這些商店擁有的商品種類與百貨公司幾乎可以媲美, [09:17.66]but offer lower prices. [09:19.35]但是價格更低. [09:21.03]They can do so or several reasons. [09:23.06]它們能做到這樣有幾方面的原因: [09:25.08]They don't offer the same services to buyers that department stores do; [09:27.86]不向顧客提供百貨公司同樣的服務; [09:30.64]there may be fewer sales people; [09:32.84]售貨員更少; [09:35.03]and the store probably doesn't deliver purchases. [09:37.85]而且可能不用送貨上門. [09:40.68]There are many small shops in America, as there are everywhere, [09:43.55]像許多其它地方一樣,美國也有許多小商店, [09:46.42]that offer a more limited quantity of products. [09:48.85]經營數量有限的商品. [09:51.28]Usually run by a small number of sales people, [09:53.62]這些商店往往由少數幾名售貨員管理, [09:55.96]these shops offer products that range from inexpensive to very expensive [09:58.99]它們出售的商品有低價位的也有高價位的, [10:02.02]depending on the shop. [10:03.55]這取決于商店本身. [10:05.07]You are likely to receive more attention from the sales-people [10:07.56]你在小商店從售貨員那里 [10:10.04]in small shops than in department stores. [10:12.38]得到的關照可能比在百貨公司多. [10:14.71]Another popular shop is the "dime store, [10:16.84]另一種流行的商店是"一角錢"商店, [10:18.97]sometimes referred to as the "five and ten." [10:21.24]有時稱為"五分與一角"商店. [10:23.52]No longer selling many things for five or ten cents, [10:26.15]他們不再出售五分或一角的商品, [10:28.79]these stores got their name in the last century [10:30.87]因為這一名稱是上個世紀取的, [10:32.95]when it was decided that a small profit on a great quantity of goods [10:36.23]當時確認薄利多銷 [10:39.50]would be betterthan a large profit on fewer sales. [10:41.88]比少銷厚利更好. [10:44.26]Dime stores specialize in a wide variety of inexpensive items and today [10:47.94]一角錢商店專營各種低價商品, [10:51.62]prices range from a quarter or 50 cents up to several dollars. [10:54.71]今天的價格從25美分或者50美分到幾美元不等. [10:57.79]If you need a small item and don't want to spend very Much, [11:00.27]如果你需要一件小商品,又不想花很多錢, [11:02.75]the dime store is likely to have just what you are looking for. [11:05.27]一角錢商店正好有你所需要的. [11:07.79]The United States is also known for its supermarkets [11:10.29]美國還以其超級市場著稱, [11:12.78]where huge quantities of all kinds of food and household articles are sold [11:15.91]這里出售大量各種食品和家庭用品, [11:19.03]These stores offer good quality food at lower prices than smaller food stores [11:22.45]這里出售的食品的質量好且比小食品店的價格低. [11:25.87]The vast majority of Americans do all their food shopping in supermarkets. [11:29.01]絕大多數的美國人在超級市場購買他們全部所需的食品. [11:32.14]One of the most interesting sections to visit is the frozen food section. [11:34.92]最值得光顧的是冷凍食品部. [11:37.70]With discoveries in methods to preserve food, [11:39.92]由于創(chuàng)造了多種保存食品的方法, [11:42.15]almost every kind of food can be frozen and yet keep its original flavor. [11:45.27]幾乎每一種食品都能冷凍,并且能保持原味. [11:48.39]Since frozen foods require so little time to cook, [11:50.88]既然烹調冷漠食品的時間很短, [11:53.38]they have naturally become very popular everywhere in the country [11:56.04]冷凍食品自然成為全國最受歡迎的食品.

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