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OK… I think it’s b) materialism.
我认为是b) 物质主义。
OK. Well, we’ll find out if you got the answer right or wrong later on in the show. Now let’s listen to Bea Johnson, author of Zero Waste Hometalking about how she and her family have adopted a minimalist – or deliberately simple – lifestyle in their California home.
好的，之后我们再看你回答得是否正确。现在我们来听听《零费物家庭》的作者Bea Johnson的采访，她介绍了她和家人在加利福尼亚过着极简主义的生活。
We’ve really asked ourselves ’what is it that we really need?’We’ve asked really true questions, and evaluated every single thing that we have.There is nothing that we overlooked.I even came to one day look at my vegetable peeler for example and asked myself, ’Do I really need that vegetable peeler’?
我们会问自己，“什么才是我们真正需要的？”我们的问题都很现实，对每一件我们拥有的东西进行评估。我们没有忽视任何一件东西。例如我有一天甚至看到蔬菜削皮器，自问“我真的需要蔬菜削皮器吗”
So one day Bea Johnson decided to evaluate, or to judge the importance of something, to see if she needed it.
例如我有一天甚至看到蔬菜削皮器，自问“我真的需要蔬菜削皮器吗”
She evaluated her vegetable peeler and decided to put it in the ’get rid of’ bucket!
她对蔬菜削皮器也进行评估，然后决定将其放到“扔掉”那个桶。
Yes, and to overlook something means not to see it.Now, I don’t blame Bea at all because I don’t like peeling vegetables either.And you could actually get the benefit of the vitamins and minerals by eating the skins.
是的，忽视某物是指没有看到。我觉得Bea 的做法没有什么值得责备的，因为我也不喜欢蔬菜削皮器。食用蔬菜表皮可以获得维他命和矿物质。
Very healthy, Rob!
很健康！
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. Writer and journalist James Wallman warns us about this. He wonders how much stuff is too much.
即便东西很少我们也可以生活。但是一些人就是忍不住购买最新版的东西或时髦产品。作家兼记者James Wallman就这一点表达不满。他在想多少东西才算太多。
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 labelled good that you think is going to make people think something more of you. That’s not going to make you happy.
“需要”这个词是一个很危险的术语，因为到底什么是我们需要的？我不反对物质，物质是好的。我反对的是太多的物质，我反对购买错误的物质。不要出门就去买那些你觉得人们凭此就可以高看你一眼的名牌商品。那不会让你快乐的。
James Wallman there. Now, Alice, do you buy labelled goods?
上述是James Wallman的采访。爱丽丝，你会买那些名牌商品吗？
I’m afraid I do. And labelled goods or products are the ones with a famous brand name, like Gucci, Dior, Prada etc.But I do think James Wallman is right – buying things just because other people have them, for example, doesn’t make us happy.
恐怕会的。名牌商品是指像古驰、迪奥、普拉达等著名品牌的产品。但是我认为James Wallman的观点是正确的，只是因为其他人拥有，自己就跟风去买，不会让我们真正快乐。
Yeah, that’s true, but as he says, not everything is the wrong stuff.For example, I’m very fond of my large schoolboy collection of superhero comics.I might not need them, but they make me happy.So what stuff makes you happy, Alice?
没错，但就像他所说，并不是所有东西都不好。例如，我非常喜欢学生时代时收藏的那些超级英雄漫画。我也许不需要它们，但它们让我很快乐。有什么东西会让你很开心吗？
Oh, well, I like my music CDs and my books– even though I’ve got the music on an mp3 player and I don’t often pull a book out from the bookcase.
我喜欢我的音乐CD和书，虽然我用MP3听音乐，也很少从书架中抽书来读。
They have sentimental value, don’t they?
它们具有情感价值，是吧？
Yes.
没错。
And that means the importance of something because of a personal or emotional feeling that we attach to it.Well, I sold all my music CDs online ages ago.
情感价值是指某件东西之所以重要，是因为上面承载了个人情感。但很多年前我把我所有的音乐CD都卖了。
That sounds like the sensible thing to do.OK, I think it’s time for the answer to today’s quiz question, Rob.
听上去是明智的做法。好了，我觉得是时候公布今天问题的答案了。
Yes, I asked you: Which word means a belief that physical possessions are the most important thing in life?Is it… a) metaphysics, b) materialism or c) existentialism?
我问你，哪个词代表物质财富是生活中最重要的这种观点？a) 形而上学?b) 物质主义?还是 c) 存在主义?
I said b) materialism.

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