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In
every British town, large and small, you will find shops that sell second-hand goods.
Sometimes such shops deal mostly in furniture, sometimes in books, sometimes in
ornaments(装饰品) and household goods, sometimes even in clothes.
The
furniture may often be "antique", and it may well have changed hands many
times. It may also be very valuable, although the most valuable piece will usually
go to the London salerooms, where one piece might well be sold for hundreds of thousands
of pounds. As you look around these shops and see the polished wood of chests and
tables, you cannot help thinking of those long-dead hands which polished that wood,
of those now-closed eyes which once looked at these pieces with love.
The
books, too, may be antique and very precious; some may be rare first printings.
Often when someone dies or has to move house, his books may all be sold, so that
sometimes you may find whole libraries in one shop. On the border between England
and Wales, there is a town which has become a huge bookshop as well. Even the cinema
and castle have been taken over, and now books have replaced sheep as the town's
main trade.
In
every British town, large and small, you will find shops that sell second-hand goods.
Sometimes such shops deal mostly in furniture, sometimes in books, sometimes in
ornaments(装饰品) and household goods, sometimes even in clothes.
The
furniture may often be "antique", and it may well have changed hands many
times. It may also be very valuable, although the most valuable piece will usually
go to the London salerooms, where one piece might well be sold for hundreds of thousands
of pounds. As you look around these shops and see the polished wood of chests and
tables, you cannot help thinking of those long-dead hands which polished that wood,
of those now-closed eyes which once looked at these pieces with love.
The
books, too, may be antique and very precious; some may be rare first printings.
Often when someone dies or has to move house, his books may all be sold, so that
sometimes you may find whole libraries in one shop. On the border between England
and Wales, there is a town which has become a huge bookshop as well. Even the cinema
and castle have been taken over, and now books have replaced sheep as the town's
main trade.
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