你的家需要斷捨離嗎？⏲️ 6分鐘英語：英語精讀講義

6 Minute English from bbclearningenglish.com.

bbclearningenglish.com 的《6分鐘英語》。

Hello, this is 6 Minute English from BBC Learning English.

大家好，這裡是 BBC Learning English 的《6分鐘英語》。

I'm Neil.

我是 Neil。

And I'm Georgie.

我是 Georgie。

Do you live in a neat and tidy home or is there stuff everywhere? 片語搭配

你的家是整潔乾淨的，還是到處都堆滿了東西？

If your room is filled with heaps of clothes and piles of books, 片語搭配

如果你的房間裡堆滿了衣服和成堆的書籍，

you may have a problem with clutter. 片語搭配

你可能就面臨著雜物堆積的問題。

Things in your home which take up space in an untidy, disorganized way. 片語動詞

也就是家裡那些以凌亂無章的方式佔據空間的東西。

Clutter is a common problem.

雜物堆積是一個普遍的問題。

In fact, clutter was the topic of a recent episode of BBC Radio 4 program Woman's Hour.

事實上，雜亂正是 BBC Radio 4 節目《Woman's Hour》最近一期的話題。

Here's presenter Nuala McGovern reading a message from one listener.

下面是主持人 Nuala McGovern 在宣讀一位聽眾的留言。

Some of you have been in touch already to share your thoughts and experiences when it comes to clutter. 講解

關於雜物堆積，你們中有些人已經聯繫了我們，分享你們的想法和經歷。

Here is one.

這是一條留言。

The clutter in my house is actually starting to affect my mental health. 文法

我家裡的雜物實際上已經開始影響我的心理健康了。

I can't think or work anymore.

我無法再思考或工作了。

So much so, it woke me at 4:00 a.m. this morning 表達脈絡

以至於它今天凌晨四點把我弄醒了，

and I felt a strong urge to tidy. 片語搭配

我感到有一種強烈的衝動想要收拾。

I have given myself a week as I cannot take it anymore. 講解

我給了自己一週的時間，因為我再也受不了了。

So, Neil, do you have a problem with clutter?

那麼，Neil，你有雜物堆積的問題嗎？

Well, I don't have a problem with clutter,

嗯，我個人沒有雜亂的問題，

but I live with children and there is clutter everywhere

但我跟孩子們住在一起，家裡到處都是雜物，

and it drives me mad. 慣用語

這快把我逼瘋了。

Ugh, that's so annoying.

呃，那太煩人了。

How about you?

你呢？

Yeah, I don't have a problem with clutter.

是的，我沒有雜物堆積的問題。

I would describe myself as a minimalist. 片語搭配

我會把自己描述成一個極簡主義者。

I don't have very much stuff.

我沒有太多東西。

Ah, very efficient.

啊，非常高效。

Yes.

是的。

So, we don't have a problem with clutter,

所以，我們倆都沒有雜亂的問題，

but if you do, there's a simple solution. 文法

但如果你有，這裡有一個簡單的解決辦法。

Decluttering or throwing away some of the unused stuff filling our homes. 講解

斷捨離（清理雜物），也就是扔掉塞滿我們家裡的那些沒用的東西。

But deciding what to keep and what to throw away is not so easy. 文法

但是決定保留什麼、扔掉什麼並不那麼容易。

So, in this episode, we'll hear some advice on keeping your life clutter-free 片語搭配

所以，在本期節目中，我們將聽到一些關於如何讓生活遠離雜亂的建議，

along with some useful new words and phrases. 片語搭配

以及一些有用的新單詞和短語。

And remember, you can find all the vocabulary for this program

記住，你可以找到本節目的所有詞彙，

along with a quiz and worksheet on our website bbclearningenglish.com.

以及在我們的網站 bbclearningenglish.com 上找到測驗和練習表。

But first, I have a question for you, Georgie.

但首先，我有個問題要問你，Georgie。

Decluttering was popularized by Marie Kondo's best-selling 2011 book 講解

清理雜物之所以流行，是因為 Marie Kondo 2011 年的暢銷書

The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up.

《怦然心動的人生整理魔法》。

And there's still lots of interest today.

如今人們對此依然有濃厚的興趣。

So, how many Instagram posts can you currently find under the hashtag declutter? 文化背景

那麼，目前你在 Instagram 上可以找到多少帶有 declutter 標籤的貼文？

Is it A, 2.6 thousand,

是 A，2600，

B, 2.6 million,

B，260萬，

or C, 26 million?

還是 C，2600萬？

Mm, I'm going to go in the middle and say B, 2.6 million.

嗯，我要選中間的那個，選 B，260萬。

Okay, we'll find out the answer at the end of the program.

好的，我們將在節目最後揭曉答案。

As well as social media, decluttering has become popular with television shows 表達脈絡

除了社群媒體，清理雜物在電視節目中也變得受歡迎，

including the BBC's Interior Design Masters.

包括 BBC 的《Interior Design Masters》。

Here, one of the show's judges, Michelle Ogundehin,

在這裡，節目評委之一 Michelle Ogundehin，

tells BBC Radio 4's Woman's Hour why she thinks clutter is such a problem.

告訴 BBC Radio 4 的《Woman's Hour》為什麼她認為雜亂是一個如此嚴重的問題。

Visual clutter is more exhausting than we realize. 文法

視覺上的雜亂比我們意識到的更令人疲憊。

It's not just stuff. 表達脈絡

這不僅僅是物品的問題。

Our brains are constantly processing our surroundings, 片語搭配

我們的大腦不斷在處理周圍的環境，

so they have to work overtime if they're surrounded by chaos. 講解

所以如果大腦被混亂包圍，它們就不得不加班工作。

So, if you feel drained or exhausted at home, 片語搭配

因此，如果你在家裡感到精疲力竭，

it could be your clutter.

可能就是你的雜物造成的。

I mean, we know that homily, clear space, clear mind. 慣用語

我的意思是，我們都知道那句格言：空間清爽，頭腦清晰。

And I promise you that when you clear away the stuff that has no purpose in your life, 片語動詞

我向你保證，當你清理掉生活中毫無用處的東西時，

you will feel better, lighter, uplifted, energized.

你會感覺更好、更輕鬆、振奮且充滿活力。

In a cluttered room, our brains work overtime,

在一個雜亂的房間裡，我們的大腦會加班（work overtime），

meaning they work extra hard to make sense of the disorder, 片語搭配

意思是它們需要格外努力地去理清混亂，

leaving us exhausted.

讓我們筋疲力盡。

Work overtime also often means work longer than your set hours.

Work overtime 通常也指工作時間超過你規定的時間。

Getting rid of clutter makes us feel uplifted, cheerful, happy, and more positive. 片語搭配

擺脫雜物讓我們感覺 uplifted（受到鼓舞的）、愉悅、快樂、更積極。

It sounds simple, doesn't it? 文法

聽起來很簡單，不是嗎？

And there's even an expression in English, clear space, clear mind.

英語中甚至有一個表達：clear space, clear mind（空間清爽，頭腦清晰）。

So, why do many of us find it hard to throw stuff away, 文法

那麼，為什麼我們中許多人覺得扔東西很難呢，

even things we rarely use?

甚至是那些我們極少使用的東西？

One reason people put off decluttering is the time it takes. 片語動詞

人們推遲清理雜物的一個原因是它很耗費時間。

Plus, it can be emotionally disturbing deciding what to keep and what to throw away. 用詞

另外，決定保留什麼和扔掉什麼也會在情感上讓人困擾。

But don't worry,

但別擔心，

says professional organizer and host of the Declutter Club podcast, Ingrid Jansen. 用詞

專業收納師、《Declutter Club》Podcast主持人 Ingrid Jansen 說道。

The answer is to go slow, 表達脈絡

答案是慢慢來，

as she explains here to BBC Radio 4's Woman's Hour.

正如她在這裡向 BBC Radio 4 的《Woman's Hour》解釋的那樣。

You have to do decluttering slowly but surely, 片語搭配

清理雜物必須 slowly but surely（緩慢但穩妥地）進行，

one drawer, one cupboard at a time. 片語搭配

一次整理一個抽屜，一個櫥櫃。

You can't go in all guns blazing. 慣用語

你不能一上來就 all guns blazing（火力全開）。

You can't go in, that's what we hear all the time,

你不能一上來就——這是我們經常聽到的——

this weekend, I'm going to sort out my whole room of doom. 講解

“這個週末，我要把我那如同末日廢墟般的整個房間收拾好。”

And after 2 hours in, they will look around and go,

然後在幹了兩個小時後，他們環顧四周，心想，

what have I done? 語氣意圖

我都幹了些什麼？

There's more chaos than there was before because they've bitten off too much that they can chew. 文法

這比以前還要亂，因為他們 bitten off too much that they can chew（貪多嚼不爛）。

When it comes to decluttering your home,

談到清理家裡的雜物，

it's best to do things slowly but surely,

最好 slowly but surely（緩慢但穩紮穩打地）做事，

in a gradual but reliable way which will achieve the results you want.

以一種漸進但可靠的方式，實現你想要的結果。

It's a mistake to try to declutter everything all at once,

試圖一次性清理所有雜物是個錯誤，

with all guns blazing,

並且 with all guns blazing（火力全開），

an idiom meaning to do things dramatically,

這是一個習語，意思是轟轟烈烈地做某事，

with lots of energy and enthusiasm.

充滿精力和熱情。

After an hour or two of this,

這樣幹了一兩個小時後，

decluttering becomes physically and emotionally exhausting.

清理雜物會在身體上和精神上讓人精疲力竭。

You may have bitten off more than you can chew, 慣用語

你可能 bitten off more than you can chew（貪多嚼不爛），

another idiom meaning to try doing something which is too difficult for you.

這是另一個習語，意思是試圖做對你來說太困難的事情。

So, if you want to declutter without stress,

所以，如果你想毫無壓力地清理雜物，

remember break the job down and go slow. 片語動詞

記住分解任務，慢慢來。

Right, it's time to reveal the answer to my question, Georgie.

好了，是時候揭曉我剛才那個問題的答案了，Georgie。

I asked you how many Instagram posts you can currently find under the hashtag declutter.

我問你目前在 Instagram 上可以找到多少帶有 declutter 標籤的貼文。

I said B, 2.6 million.

我選了 B，260萬。

Well, you were correct.

嗯，你答對了。

Well done.

做得好。

Yay!

耶！

Okay, let's recap the vocabulary we've learned in this episode about clutter.

好的，讓我們來回顧一下本期學到的關於 clutter（雜亂）的詞彙。

Things we buy which fill up our homes in an untidy, disorganized way. 片語動詞

指我們買來的、以凌亂無章的方式堆滿我們家中的東西。

When something has to work overtime,

當某個東西必須 work overtime（加班工作）時，

it works extra hard using lots of energy.

它就是格外努力地工作，耗費大量精力。

Work overtime also often means work longer than your set hours.

Work overtime 通常也指工作時間超過規定的時間。

The adjective uplifted means feeling cheerful, happy, and optimistic. 用詞

形容詞 uplifted 意思是感到愉悅、快樂和樂觀。

If you do something slowly but surely,

如果你 slowly but surely 地做某事，

you do it in a gradual but reliable way which will achieve the result you want.

你就是以一種漸進但可靠的方式行事，會達到你想要的結果。

The idiom with all guns blazing describes doing things with lots of energy and enthusiasm.

習語 with all guns blazing 描述的是充滿活力和熱情地做事。

And finally, if you bite off more than you can chew,

最後，如果你 bite off more than you can chew，

you try to do something which is too difficult for you.

你就是在試圖做對你來說太難的事情。

Once again, our 6 minutes are up,

我們的六分鐘又到了，

but why not head over to our website bbclearningenglish.com to try the quiz for this episode. 語氣意圖

為什麼不去我們的網站 bbclearningenglish.com 試一試本期的測驗呢。

Good luck decluttering and see you again soon.

祝你清理雜物好運，我們下期再見。

Goodbye.

再見。

Bye.

拜拜。

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