Treasure Hunting

Listen to the podcast.

Which words do you hear?

junk or garbage
gold or treasure
light or lamp
popular or unpopular
recovering or painting
pillows or cushions
change or coins
haggle or negotiate
mouse or rat
two years or ten years
looking around or poking around
bargain or good buy

Listen to the podcast again.

Who loves garage sales?

Leslie
Diana
Terry

What does 'One man's junk is another man's treasure.' mean?

someone might think something is wonderful but it means nothing to someone else
some people just like to have a lot of junk that they want to sell for a lot of money
some people just don't know what real treasure is

Replace the word or words with words from the podcast.

a good deal/ worthless/ recover/ a pack rat / change / gathering/ next-to-nothing/ jazz it up

1 My old computer is so slow that it is worthless.
2 The old lamp was gathering dust in the basement.
3 I'm not going to get rid of my grandmother's chair. I am going to recover it instead.
4 I could jazz it up with some new cushions.
5 I always take some change with me in case I want to buy some coffee from the machine.
6 You can usually get a good deal later in the morning.
7 She furnished her home for next-to-nothing.
8 Her husband says that Diana is a pack rat.