
麻理惠收納術
Judy and Anna are in the living room. Anna is folding clothes.
朱迪和安娜在客廳,安娜正在摺衣服。
fold(v.)摺
Anna: Oh, I hate folding clothes so much! There are always a bunch of clothes to fold because you don’t even bother to help!
安娜:哦,我討厭摺衣服!總是有一堆衣服要摺,因為你根本就懶得幫忙!
a bunch of N.一堆=a pile of N.bother to RV費心、盡力做⋯
Judy: Alright. I’ll fold them. Go get yourself a cup of coffee and calm down a bit, will you?
朱迪:好啦,我來摺。去給自己倒杯咖啡喝然後冷靜一下,好嗎?
calm(v.) down冷靜下來calm(adj.)平靜的
Anna: I think we need to find a way to tidy up our place. It’s always cluttered with our clothes and stuff.
安娜:我想我們需要找到一種方法來整理我們的屋子,我們的房子總是很亂,到處都是衣服和雜物。
be cluttered with亂堆著、散落各處clutter N. with N.把⋯地方弄亂
Judy: Let me check for one of those YouTube videos that introduce tips for tidying…
朱迪:我來查一下那些YouTube影片,有介紹收納技巧的⋯⋯
check(v.)查找introduce(v.)介紹
Anna: You know what? An organizing expert named Marie Kondo shares her method for storage in her books.
安娜:你知道嗎?有位叫近藤麻理惠的收納顧問在她的書中分享了她的收納方法。
organizing(adj.)整理的organize(v.)組織、整理expert(n.)專家method(n.)=way方法storage(n.)收納
Judy: I know! She’s been very popular recently. There’s even a TV series on Netflix about her. She visits a family in each episode and helps them tidy up their place.
朱迪:我知道!她最近很受歡迎,甚至連Netflix都有關於她的系列節目,她在每集中拜訪一個家庭,並幫助他們整理自己的住處。
has V.pp現在完成式popular(adj.)受歡迎的TV series電視劇episode(n.)集
Anna: And this video of her says that if you fold a piece of clothing in the right way, it will stand by itself!
安娜:她的這段影片說,如果你以正確的方式摺一件衣服,它就會自己立起來!
clothing(n.)衣服
Judy: She’s really an interesting person. She says “thank you” to all of the items thrown away.
朱迪:她真的是個有趣的人,她對丟棄的所有物品說「謝謝」。
really真的是=suchitem(n.)物品throw away丟掉
Anna: That’s what she does! She even sincerely greets the house she visits before cleaning it up.
安娜:這就是她會做的事!在整理之前,她甚至會真誠問候了她到訪的這棟房子。
sincerely(adv.)誠心地greet(v.)問候clean(v.) up打掃乾淨
Judy: She’s like a magician who helps people return to a better life with her own magic.
朱迪:她就像一個魔術師,用她的魔法幫助人們回歸美好生活。
magician(n.)魔術師return to N.恢復至(原本的狀態)
Anna: We should really start folding the clothes!
安娜:我們真的該開始摺衣服了!
Judy: Ok! I’ll watch Kondo’s video and fold them the right way. You can go take a break.
朱迪:好的!我來看一下近藤的影片,學習如何用正確的方式摺衣服。你可以休息一下。
take a break,take a rest休息一下