9 . Society looks down on people who collect the wastes of others, but what they don’t realize is that they could get more money in one day than what they get in one week working at their daily job from selling other people’s unwanted goods.
I am no “make-money-quick guru” but I have made a couple thousand dollars from selling what others throw out to the garbage. As the saying goes: “One man’s trash is another man’s treasure.”
You don’t have to start a business. You could simply sell second-hand things people give away and profit from it. In my high school days, I had my first experience selling an old pre-loved Logitech keyboard to a buyer on Gumtree.com.au for $50. I remember how exciting it was for me to make money from something I no longer needed. I technically made a $50 profit in less than an hour.
How to make $1,000 with $0 in a day?
Go on platforms such as Facebook market or Gumtree and find things people are giving away for free in your local area, then sell them. I found an abundance of household items like cupboards, shelves, mirror cabinet, and chairs that sell very well. Don’t worry what people think of you, remember that you could get a few hundred for those.
Reinvest your money and buy something with a higher value that someone might be happy to get rid of, and sell that for a profit of $600, etc. Your action is not just about making money, but also seeing it as using the earth’s resources efficiently and not wasting them in the trash.
If there is one thing I learned from this practice, it is that: there is always someone out there who considers one man’s trash as treasure, no matter what the item is.
1. What may a “make-money-quick guru” do in paragraph 2?
| A．A person who works in a company. |
| B．A person who throws unwanted things. |
| C．A person who makes money by selling second-hand things. |
| D．A person who teaches people how to make great profit. |
2. How did the writer start his business?
| A．By buying valuable things. | B．By collecting others’ trash. |
| C．By selling his old things. | D．By giving away useless things. |
3. Why did the writer suggest others buy more valuable things?
| A．To collect them for later use. |
| B．To sell them and get a higher profit. |
| C．To learn from the practice. |
| D．To get rid of the unwanted things. |
4. Which of the following could be the best title for the text?
| A．Sell Unwanted Things |
| B．Make Money in a New Business |
| C．One Person’s Trash, Another Person’s Cash |
| D．Live an Environmentally Friendly Life |
