第1432期:Too much stuff

Do you have too many pairs of shoes or old gadgets lying around your home? 你家有太多双鞋或旧小玩意吗？I'm sure many of us have too much stuff that we don't really use and when it starts getting out of hand, it really is time to do some spring cleaning to de-clutter our lives.我敢肯定，我们中的许多人都有太多我们没有真正使用的东西，当它开始失控时，真的是时候做一些春季大扫除来整理我们的生活了。However, deciding which items to get rid of can be tricky especially if you are materialistic, believing that physical possessions are the most important thing in life. 然而，决定扔掉哪些物品可能会很棘手，特别是如果你是物质主义者，因为你会相信物质财富是生活中最重要的东西。Also, some people are sentimental about letting go of their personal property. 此外，有些人对放弃他们的个人物品是多愁善感的。But if you haven't got room in your house to move, it's time to evaluate what is really important to you and decide what are your prized possessions and what is just junk.但是，如果你的房子没有足够的空间可用，那么是时候想一下什么对你来说是真正重要的，并决定什么是你珍贵的财产，什么是垃圾。Instead of just chucking it away and filling up landfill sites, items could be recycled or given to a charity to re-sell. 与其只是将其丢弃并填满垃圾填埋场，不如将物品回收或捐赠给慈善机构转售。You could also make some money by using websites where people are willing to pay for second-hand goods. 您还可以通过二手货网站来销售来赚钱。Some people have taken a minimalist approach, deliberately trying to keep life simple. 有些人采取了极简主义的方法，刻意让生活保持简单。Bea Johnson, author of Zero Waste Home, has done this. 《零垃圾之家》的作者 Bea Johnson 做到了这一点。She says "we've asked really true questions, and evaluated every single thing that we have. 她说：“我们提出了非常真实的问题，并评估了我们拥有的每一样东西."There is nothing that we overlooked. I even came to look at my vegetable peeler for example and asked myself, 'do I really need that vegetable peeler'?"没有什么是我们可以忽略的。比如，我甚至看到我的蔬菜削皮器并会问自己，‘我真的需要这个吗？”Of course, if you're a shopaholic or a fashion-victim it's hard to stop buying and shopping online makes purchasing stuff very easy.当然，如果您是购物狂或时尚受害者，则很难停止购买，而在线购物使购买东西变得非常容易。 James Wallman is a writer and journalist – he questions what we actually need. 詹姆斯沃尔曼是一名作家和记者——他质疑我们真正需要什么。He says "I'm not anti-stuff – stuff is good. 他说：“我不是反物质——东西都是好的。I'm anti too much stuff and I'm anti the wrong stuff. 我反对太多的东西，我反对错误的东西。Don't go out and buy that labelled good that you think is going to make people think something more of you.不要出去购买那些你认为会让人们对你有更多看法的标签商品。 That's not going to make you happy."它不会让你开心的。”This sounds like good advice. It's good to take stock of what we have and what we really need. 这听起来是个好建议。盘点一下我们拥有什么以及我们真正需要什么是很好的。But there are still some things I just can't face parting company with; my CD collection, even though I now download my music, and my childhood teddy bear. 但还是有一些我无法面对分手的事情；我的 CD 收藏，尽管我现在下载我的音乐和我童年的泰迪熊。What about you – have you got something that you just can't throw away?你呢——你有什么东西不能扔掉吗？词汇表getting out of hand 失去控制spring cleaning 彻底打扫，大扫除de-clutter 整理，清除杂物get rid of 扔掉、丢弃materialistic 追求物质的，拜金的sentimental 感情用事的，多愁善感的prized possessions 珍贵的财产、物品junk 垃圾、没用的东西chucking it away 把它扔掉landfill sites 垃圾填埋场recycled 回收利用的minimalist  简约主义的overlooked 忽略了，没有考虑到的shopaholic 购物狂fashion-victim 盲目追求时尚的人labelled 贴了（名牌）标签的take stock 仔细考虑，作出判断parting company 与…分离