Working for Fun andProfit

It's a sunnyweekend morning. You decide to take a walk.Everything is quite except fora.group of people and some colorful objects you see about three blocks away.As

you get closer,younotice that there are many things lying on the ground.some National Geographicmagazines,a collection of toy trucks,some weight lifting equipment,two

bicycles,and a setof chairs.People are parking cars,getting out,and looking over the objects inthe driveway.You consider taking a detour around the group of people,but you

are curious.Wasthere an accident?Is this a party?No!Welcome to your first garage sale!

2.On the samemorning,a friend of yours takes a drive.He makes a mistake at an intersectionand takes a wrong turn.He passes a large parking lot full of people,not cars.He

sees manymulticolored objects.At first he thinks it's an art show. Then he decides it'sa fair. He parks his car and gets out to explore.He's just arrived at his firstflea market.

3.Garage sales andflea market are popular in the United States.Many Americans find that they canmake a little extra money and have fun being"weekend

entrepreneurs”.Theytake outgrown clothing,appliances,toys,and books and resell them at garagesales and flea markets.

4.Flea markets aregenerally open spaces in or out of town that become busy sales centers onweekends.People who want to sell new or used clothing,tools,furniture,or books

rent a space for theday for a small amount of money and sell their merchandise.Shoppers from nearand far come to get good buys on imported watches,house

plants,magazines,microscopes,children'sclothes,and handmade goods such as embroidered pillowcases or jewelry.Someshoppers even buy and sell antiques.They search flea

markets for specialtreasures that they can resell in their own stores for lots of money.

5.Garage sales aresmaller than flea markets,and the merchandise consists mainly of householditems.Dishes,pots and pans,coat hangers,and children's clothing are

inexpensive andcommon at garage sales. People frequently have garage sales before they moveand on weekends when the weather is nice.Sometimes several families gather

their unwantedhousehold goods and sell them together. More merchandise attracts morecustomers.

6.Cleaning,organizing,pricing,andmoving merchandise is hard work,but the popularity of flea market and garagesales proves that many Americans work for fun!It's really easy to move merchandise.

A.Right

B.Wrong

C.Not mentioned