Mini课堂第32期丨你的房间也有too much stuff吗？

| Mini课堂 第32期 |

你的房间也有too much stuff吗？

●主讲=Nicola

Nicola在周末进行了一次大扫除(spring cleaning)，当整理衣柜(wardrobe)时，突然间好多东西哗啦啦掉出来砸了一脑袋(tumble on the head)！Nicola不禁疑惑，到底为何东西会这么多？！好啦，今天的有声Mini课堂我们就来探讨一下这个问题，以及到底该怎么处理这些杂物：语音链接戳：语音.mp3

      I have plenty of plastic bags. I think they're useful, but they're getting out of hand – and that means not under control. They're taking over my kitchen! Now, usually I don't have a lot of clutter in my flat. Clutter makes it harder to find the things you need. And it makes moving house a nightmare ——All those boxes full of things you don't need.

我有很多塑料袋，我觉得它们很有用，但是它们也让我措手不及，因为它们正在占领我的厨房！通常我的房子里没有乱七八糟的东西，这些杂物使你更难找到你所需要的东西，这让搬家成为一场噩梦——箱子装满了你不需要的东西。 

I’ve heard a three buckets system. You sort things into three different buckets: one you label as 'to keep', one as 'to get rid of', one as 'maybe to get rid of'. Get rid of, by the way, means to remove something you don't want. It's the 'maybe' bucket that's tricky – You never know if you might need something in the future. 
 

我听说过“三桶制原则”。你可以把东西分类到三个桶里：一个贴上“保留”的标签，一个贴“处理”，第三个写“或许要处理”。就是这第三个桶让你最棘手——因为你永远不知道未来你会用到什么。

l think we could all live better with less. There is a book named Zero Waste Home talking about a minimalist or deliberately simple lifestyle.

我觉得我们可以用更少的东西生活的更好。有本书叫做《零废物家庭》，讲的就是极简主义和刻意从简生活方式。

We can really live with fewer things. But some people can't help looking for the latest version of something or go for designer goods. But they don’t need them.

但是有些人就是忍不住购买最新款的东西或名牌货。但实际上他们根本用不到它们。

This thing about need is such a dangerous term because what do you need? And I'm not anti-stuff, stuff is good. I'm anti too much stuff and I'm anti the wrong stuff. Don't go out and buy that labeled good that you think is going to make people think something more of you. That's not going to make you happy.(And labeled goods or products are the ones with a famous brand name. )

“需求”这个词就成了一个危险词汇，你到底需要什么呢？每人都有不一样的界定。我不会反对有一些杂物，但是我反对有太多、不需要的杂物。不要去买那些你认为别人会高看你一眼的名牌货了，这不会使你快乐。

But not everything is the wrong stuff. For example, I'm very fond of my large schoolgirl collection of comics. I might not need them, but they make me happy. So what stuff makes you happy?

也不是所有东西都是错误的。我非常喜欢一系列漫画，我可能并不需要它们，但它们让我很快乐。能让你快乐的东西是什么呢？

Also I like my music CDs and my books, even though I've got the music on my mobile and I don't often pull a book out from the bookcase. But they have sentimental value.

我也喜欢音乐CD和书，尽管我可以在手机上听音乐、我也不经常从书柜里取书看，但是它们具有情感价值的。

Do you have too much stuff? Remember, the things you own end up owning you.

你也有很多东西吗？记住，你所拥有的一切，最终束缚了你。

Key Words：

out of hand意思是失控

clutter意思是很多乱七八糟的东西

nightmare噩梦

get rid of 意思是将不想要的东西处理掉

tricky棘手的

minimalist极简主义

deliberately 故意地，刻意地

can't help 忍不住

designer goods 名牌货

anti 反对

be fond of 喜欢

sentimental value情感价值

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