第733期:老外在二手市场的惊喜发现

Thrift¹ stores are full of broken junk and useless odds². However, once in a blue moon, people get lucky and find something so fantastic. Bored Panda created this list of unexpected thrift store finds to give you your daily dose of laughter and amazement³. Scroll⁴ down and check out.

旧货商店里到处都是破粹的垃圾和一些没用的东西。然而，偶尔人们就会幸运地发现一些如此奇妙的东西。Bored Panda创立了这个在旧货商店里的惊喜的发现的清单，一定会给你的生活带来笑声和惊喜。请滑动查看。

New Words：

thrift store 旧货店;二手商店;

scroll down 向下滚动;

distributor n. 经销商; 分销商;

lizard⁵ n.蜥蜴;

bakelite n.胶木；人造树胶；

creepy adj. 令人毛骨悚然的;

Got this free giant cup! The lady who gave it to us said her husband was a liquor distributor and got it free. She just wanted it gone

得到这个免费的大杯子！把它给我们的女士说她丈夫是个酒水经销商，免费得到了这杯子。她只想赶紧把它弄走。

I picked up this sweater a few years ago and listed it on Ebay. It sold for around $80 and the buyer username was the Goldberg Studios. I started recording⁶ the TV show and it made its appearance the following season!

几年前我买了这件毛衣并在Ebay上出售。它的售价约为80美元，买家的用户名是戈德伯格工作室。我开始录制电视节目，它在下一季出现了！

I found this cute little love seat at my favorite thrift store thinking it would be the perfect size for my lizard. I bought it and he actually loves it

我在我最喜欢的旧货店找到了这个可爱的小椅子，我想会完全符合我的蜥蜴的尺寸。我买下它，我的蜥蜴真的很喜欢呢。

Found her yesterday, it's a shelf & heavy! Made of bakelite. Don't know anything about it but she looks like a creepy version of me so yep.. She's mine now.

昨天找到她了，这是个架子，很重！由胶木制成。虽然对她一无所知，但她看起来像是我的一个令人毛骨悚然的版本。所以，她现在是我的了。

1 thrift   

adj.节约，节俭；n.节俭，节约

参考例句：

• He has the virtues of thrift and hard work.他具备节俭和勤奋的美德。
• His thrift and industry speak well for his future.他的节俭和勤勉预示着他美好的未来。

2 odds   

n.让步，机率，可能性，比率；胜败优劣之别

参考例句：

• The odds are 5 to 1 that she will win.她获胜的机会是五比一。
• Do you know the odds of winning the lottery once?你知道赢得一次彩票的几率多大吗？

3 amazement   

n.惊奇，惊讶

参考例句：

• All those around him looked at him with amazement.周围的人都对他投射出惊异的眼光。
• He looked at me in blank amazement.他带着迷茫惊诧的神情望着我。

4 scroll   

n.卷轴，纸卷；(石刻上的)漩涡

参考例句：

• As I opened the scroll,a panorama of the Yellow River unfolded.我打开卷轴时，黄河的景象展现在眼前。
• He was presented with a scroll commemorating his achievements.他被授予一幅卷轴，以表彰其所做出的成就。

5 lizard   

n.蜥蜴，壁虎

参考例句：

• A chameleon is a kind of lizard.变色龙是一种蜥蜴。
• The lizard darted out its tongue at the insect.蜥蜴伸出舌头去吃小昆虫。

6 recording   

n.录音，记录

参考例句：

• How long will the recording of the song take?录下这首歌得花多少时间？
• I want to play you a recording of the rehearsal.我想给你放一下彩排的录像。