13a部分翻译
Read the article written by afather for a newspaper. What is his family going to sell at the yard sale?
读一位父亲写给一家报社的这篇文章。在庭院拍卖会上．他的一家打算卖掉什么？
My children are growing up fast. My daughter is 16 and my boy is already in junior As they get bigger our house seems to get smaller. So we want to sell some of our things in a yard sale and give the money to a children's home.
我的孩子们长得很快。我的女几16岁了，我的儿子已上初中。随着他们一天天长大，我们的房子似乎变得越来越小了。所以我们想在庭院拍卖会上卖掉我们的一些东西，并把钱捐给儿童之家。
We have already clared a lot of things from our bedrooms We have decidedto each sell five things that we no longer use.My son was quite sad at first.Although he has not played with his old toys for a long time，he still wanted to keep them For example，he has owned atrain and railway set since，his fourth birthday，and he played with it almost every week until he was about seven And he did not want to lose his toy monkey，either. He slept next to the monkey every night when he was a child. My daughter was more understanding,although she also feLt sad to part toys.
我们已经从卧室里清理出了许多东西。我们决定每人出售5件不再使用的物品。一开始，我的儿子相当难过。虽然他很长时间不玩他的旧玩具了，但他仍想留着它们例如，自从他的4岁生日起，他就拥有了一套火车和铁路轨道的玩具。他几乎每周都玩这套玩具，一直玩到大约7岁时。他也不想失去他的玩具猴。在他还是个孩子时，每晚他都要紧靠着那只玩具猴睡觉。我的女儿比较懂事，尽管是去某玩具她也感到很难过。
As for me，I did not want to give up my football shirts，but,to be honest have not played for a while now.I am getting older,too!
至于我，我不想放弃我的橄榄球球衫，但是，说实在的，现在我已 经有一段时间不玩球了。我也在变老！
23b部分翻译
Read the article agiun and answer the questions.
再读一遍文章并回答问题。
1．Why did they decide to have a yard sale?
他们为什么决定举行庭院拍卖会？
2．What do they want to do with the money from the sale?
他们想要用从拍卖会中筹集的钱做什么？
3．Why does the son want to keep his trainand railway set?
儿子为什么想要保留他那套火车和铁路轨道的玩具？
4．How can the old toys be useful again?
那些旧玩具怎样能再有用呢？
5．Have you ever thought about having a yard ale to sell your things?
你曾经想过举行庭院拍卖会，卖掉你的东西吗？
What would you do with the money you raise?
你会用你筹集的钱做什么？
33c部分翻译
Find the words or phrases in the article which can be replaced with the ones below and write them next to the words.
在文章中找出能替换下面内容的单词或者短语，并把它们写在这些词语旁边。
lose-part with
失去——放弃；出让
kids-______
孩子们——______
many-______
许多——______
truthful-______
诚实的，真是的——
some time-______
一段时间一一
even though-______
尽管一一______
quickly-______
quickly-______
?迅速地，快地——______
older-______
比较大——______
Grammar Focus语法聚焦
How long have you had that bike over there?
那边的那辆自行车你买了多长时间了？
I've had it for three years.
我买了3年了。
How long has his son owned the train and railway set?
他的儿子拥有那套火车和铁轨的玩具多长时间了？
He's owned it since his fourth birthday.
自从他4岁生日起，他就拥有它了。
Have you ever played football?
你曾经踢过足球吗？
Yes,l did when I was little, but I haven't played for a while now.
是的，我很小的时候踢过，但是我现在已经有一段时间不踢了。