美语情景对话 第783期:Flea Market 跳蚤市场

Todd: Hey, Melissa, we're talking about big events this week and what are some big events that you really enjoy?

托德：嗨，梅丽莎，我们这周要谈论的话题是大型活动，你喜欢哪种大型活动？

Melissa: I like doing community events. I'm trying to get more involved in community events. There's a flea market this weekend.

梅丽莎：我喜欢社区活动。我在努力地参与社区活动。这周末有跳蚤市场。

Todd: A flea market?

托德：跳蚤市场？

Melissa: Yes.

梅丽莎：对。

Todd: Oh, yeah.

托德：好。

Melissa: At the beachside, and there's going to be lots of different eco-friendly stuff going on there, so it's kind of a mix of a reuse, resell your old stuff. Get new stuff for cheap.

梅丽莎：在海边举行，到时会有很多环保物品，在那里可以对旧物品进行再利用和转卖。还可以用便宜的价格买到全新的物品。

Todd: OK, so for people who might not be familiar with the term flea market, can you explain?

托德：好，可能有些人不太了解跳蚤市场，你能解释一下吗？

Melissa: A flea market is basically a place where people can take old clothes, old utensils, forks, spoons, knives, things like that from the kitchen, and other housewares either sell them or give them away at a cheap price, and it's fun because the customers ... a lot of them like to come and look at all the different stuff and even maybe haggle some prices, so try to get you to give a lower price, or if you're trying to get rid of a lot of stuff you might try to get the customer to take two things for the price of one. Things like that.

梅丽莎：人们可以在跳蚤市场低价出售旧衣服、旧用具还有叉子、勺、刀等旧的厨房用具，那里很有意思，有很多人喜欢去跳蚤市场，寻找他们需要的东西，还可以讨价还价，尽量用更低的价格买到需要的东西，如果卖家要出售的旧物品比较多，那你可以用一件东西的价格买到两样物品。大概就是这样。

Todd: Yeah, right. Like when I was a kid I used to always go to flea marts, or flea markets with my grandparents, and what I thought was great is that you can haggle.

托德：对，没错。我小时候经常和我祖父母一起去跳蚤市场，因为可以砍价，所以我觉得很不错。

Melissa: Yeah.

梅丽莎：对。

Todd: Right? Cause in the U.S. you can't haggle at a store.

托德：对吧？因为美国的商店不能讨价还价。

Melissa: Yeah, exactly. And I like doing that when I'm travelling ... haggling. Trying to get a good deal, so it's fun to do it at a flea market when you're selling your own stuff.

梅丽莎：对，没错。我在旅行的时候一般都会砍价。因为要尽量买到便宜货，在跳蚤市场转卖自己的旧东西很好玩。

Todd: So, this weekend, are you selling or buying?

托德：那这周末你是准备卖东西还是买东西？

Melissa: Well, I actually don't have that much stuff to sell cause I've recently moved so I've gotten rid of a lot of stuff I don't need, but I do plan bring some old pieces of clothing and things like that that I want to get rid of, and yeah, I'm really into flea markets and old thrift stores and stuff like that, so I just like to see what people have. If there's something cool, I might buy it.

梅丽莎：我没有太多的旧物品要转卖，因为我刚搬家不久，搬家时扔了很多不需要的东西，不过我打算拿几件不需要的旧衣服去跳蚤市场上卖，我真的很喜欢跳蚤市场和旧货店这样的地方，因为我对其他人的东西感兴趣。如果我看到不错的东西，那我可能会买下来。

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重点讲解：
1. get involved in 卷入的；参与的；与…有密切关联的；
例句：In addition to my studies, I got involved in lots of extracurricular activities.
除了学习以外，我参加许多课外活动。
2. be familiar with 熟悉；熟知；
例句：I am quite familiar with this school.
我对这所学校非常熟悉。
3. get rid of 扔掉；丢弃；
例句：We have to get rid of these old newspapers.
我们必须把这些旧报纸处理掉。
4. used to do sth. 过去常常；过去曾；
例句：It used to cost nothing to visit a museum.
过去参观博物馆是不收分文的。
5. be into sth. 对…很感兴趣；极喜欢；
例句：He is into science fiction while I am into poems.
他喜欢科幻小说而我喜欢诗歌。