What is his family going to sell at the yard sale? |
他的家人打算在庭院拍卖会上卖什么? |
My children are growing up fast. |
我的孩子们成长很快。 |
My daughter is 16 and my boy is already in junior high school. |
我女儿16岁,我儿子已经上初中了。 |
As they get bigger our house seems to get smaller. |
随着他们变大,我们的房子似乎变小了。 |
So we want to sell some of our things in a yard sale and give the money to a children's home. |
所以我们想在庭院大甩卖中卖掉一些东西,然后把钱捐给一个儿童之家。 |
We have already cleared out a lot of things from our bedrooms. |
我们已经清理了卧室里的很多东西。 |
We have decided to each sell five things that we no longer use. |
我们决定各自出售五件不再使用的东西。 |
My son was quite sad at first. |
我儿子一开始很伤心。 |
Although he has not played with his old toys for a long time, he still wanted to keep them. |
虽然他已经很长时间没有玩他的旧玩具了,但他仍然想保留它们。 |
For example, he has owned a train and railway set since his fourth birthday, |
例如,他从四岁生日起就拥有一辆火车和一套铁路, |
and he played with it almost every week until he was about seven. |
他几乎每周都玩,直到7岁左右。 |
And he did not want to lose his toy monkey, either. |
他也不想失去他的玩具猴子。 |
He slept next to the monkey every night when he was a child. |
他小时候每晚睡在猴子旁边。 |
My daughter was more understanding, although she also felt sad to part with certain toys. |
我的女儿更加理解我,尽管她也对放弃某些玩具感到难过。 |
As for me, I did not want to give up my football shirts, |
至于我,我不想放弃我的足球衫, |
but, to be honest, I have not played for a while now, |
但是,老实说,我已经有一段时间没有踢球了, |
I am getting older, too |
我也在变老! |