美語情景對話 第783期:Flea Market 跳蚤市場

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

託德：嗨，梅麗莎，我們這周要談論的話題是大型活動，你喜歡哪種大型活動？

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

梅麗莎：我喜歡社區活動。我在努力地參與社區活動。這週末有跳蚤市場。

Todd: A flea market?

託德：跳蚤市場？

Melissa: Yes.

梅麗莎：對。

Todd: Oh, yeah.

託德：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.

梅麗莎：在海邊舉行，到時會有很多環保物品，在那裏可以對舊物品進行再利用和轉賣。還可以用便宜的價格買到全新的物品。

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

託德：好，可能有些人不太瞭解跳蚤市場，你能解釋一下嗎？

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.

梅麗莎：人們可以在跳蚤市場低價出售舊衣服、舊用具還有叉子、勺、刀等舊的廚房用具，那裏很有意思，有很多人喜歡去跳蚤市場，尋找他們需要的東西，還可以討價還價，儘量用更低的價格買到需要的東西，如果賣家要出售的舊物品比較多，那你可以用一件東西的價格買到兩樣物品。大概就是這樣。

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.

託德：對，沒錯。我小時候經常和我祖父母一起去跳蚤市場，因爲可以砍價，所以我覺得很不錯。

Melissa: Yeah.

梅麗莎：對。

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

託德：對吧？因爲美國的商店不能討價還價。

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.

梅麗莎：對，沒錯。我在旅行的時候一般都會砍價。因爲要儘量買到便宜貨，在跳蚤市場轉賣自己的舊東西很好玩。

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

託德：那這週末你是準備賣東西還是買東西？

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.

梅麗莎：我沒有太多的舊物品要轉賣，因爲我剛搬家不久，搬家時扔了很多不需要的東西，不過我打算拿幾件不需要的舊衣服去跳蚤市場上賣，我真的很喜歡跳蚤市場和舊貨店這樣的地方，因爲我對其他人的東西感興趣。如果我看到不錯的東西，那我可能會買下來。

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重點講解：
1. get involved in 捲入的；參與的；與…有密切關聯的；
例句：In addition to my studies, I got involved in lots of extracurricular activities.
除了學習以外，我參加許多課外活動。
2. be familiar with 熟悉；熟知；
例句：I am quite familiar with this school.
我對這所學校非常熟悉。
3. get rid of 扔掉；丟棄；
例句：We have to get rid of these old newspapers.
我們必須把這些舊報紙處理掉。
4. used to do sth. 過去常常；過去曾；
例句：It used to cost nothing to visit a museum.
過去參觀博物館是不收分文的。
5. be into sth. 對…很感興趣；極喜歡；
例句：He is into science fiction while I am into poems.
他喜歡科幻小說而我喜歡詩歌。