美国习惯用语-第65讲:flea market
<p>美国习惯用语-第65讲:<span word="flea">flea</span> <span word="market">market</span></p><p><span word="to">to</span> <span word="clam">clam</span> <span word="up">up</span></p><p>科学家们说，世界上有许多昆虫对人类是有益的，但是也有好多小虫子使人感到讨厌，比如说像蚊子、苍蝇、跳蚤等。特别是跳蚤，它虽小，但是咬起人来很利害，让人感到非常痒，而且还可能会传染致命的病菌。可是，美国人倒是很喜欢跳蚤市场。跳蚤市场在英文里就是叫：<span word="flea">flea</span> <span word="market">market</span>。</p><p>什么是<span word="flea">flea</span> <span word="market">market</span>呢？<span word="Flea">Flea</span> <span word="market">market</span>实际上和跳蚤一点关系都没有。<span word="Flea">Flea</span> <span word="market">market</span>是一种往往在周末举行的非正式集市，<span word="flea">flea</span> <span word="market">market</span>一般都是在户外，那儿有许多摊贩出售各种各样的东西，有不少都是用过的旧东西，新的东西也有，但是质量一般都比较差，价钱也很便宜。可是，要是你眼光敏锐的话，你能花很少的钱买到很有价值的古董和其他东西，就像下面这个人一样：</p><p>例句-1: "<span word="I">I</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="lucky">lucky</span> <span word="when">when</span> <span word="I">I</span> <span word="went">went</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="flea">flea</span> <span word="market">market</span> <span word="today">today</span>. <span word="In">In</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="middle">middle</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="all">all</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="worthless">worthless</span> <span word="junk">junk</span> <span word="I">I</span> <span word="found">found</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="carved">carved</span> <span word="jade">jade</span> <span word="Chinese">Chinese</span> <span word="snuff">snuff</span> <span word="bottle">bottle</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="bought">bought</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="five">five</span> <span word="dollars">dollars</span>: <span word="the">the</span> <span word="seller">seller</span> <span word="didn">didn</span>\'<span word="t">t</span> <span word="know">know</span> <span word="what">what</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="was">was</span>."</p><p>这个人说：“我今天去跳蚤市场，运气还真不错。在那些毫无用处的破玩意儿堆里，我找到一个中国鼻烟壶，是用玉做的，上面还有雕刻。我才化了五块钱。卖东西的人根本不知道那是什么东西。”</p><p>有的人很容易伤感，看到一些旧的东西就触景生情，钩起他们对以往的回忆。下面就是一个例子：</p>
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