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bedroom n. 卧室 railway n. 铁路；铁道 junior adj. 地位 (或职位、级别) 低下的 junior high school 初级中学 e.g. We could give the job to somebody junior. 我们可以把这份工作交给职位较低的人。 own v. 拥有；有 e.g. Most households now own at least one car. 大多数家庭现在至少有一辆汽车。 truthful adj. 诚实的；老实的 e.g. He was not always truthful. 他并非总是说真话。 Read the article written by a father for a newspaper. What is his family going to sell at the yard sale? Son: a train and railway set the toy monkey Daughter: certain toys Father: football shirts 3a Read the passage and choose true (T) or false (F). 1. My daughter is 15 and my boy has already started junior high school. 2. Our house really get smaller. F F 3. My son was quite sad at first. 4. My daughter felt happy to part with certain toys. 5. I want to give up my football shirts. F T T Read the article again and answer the questions. 3b 1. Why did they decide to have a yard sale? 2. What do they want to do with the money from the sale? Because the father’s children get bigger and their house seems to get smaller. They want to give the money to a children’s home. 3. Why does the son want to keep his train and railway set? 4. How can the old toys be useful again? Because he has owned it since his fourth birthday, and he played with it almost every week until he was about seven. They can be sold to the people who need them. 5. Have you ever thought about having a yard sale to sell your things? What would you do with the money you raise? Yes, I have. I would give it to the charity. 1. We have already cleared out a lot of things from our bedrooms. clear v. 清理；清除 clear out 清理；丢掉 e.g. I’ll clear out that closet for you. 我要替你把那个小衣橱清理出来。 2. We have decided to each sell five things that we no longer use. 我们决定每人出售五件不再使用的商品。 1) no longer意为“不再；不复”，有时可 用not …any longer或not … anymore 替换。如： He no longer lives here. (= He doesn’t live here anymore