The joy of taking out the trash | Aparna Nancherla

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You might not know this just from looking at me,
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你可能光看我不知道,
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but you might guess it from smelling me.
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但闻到我的味道就会猜到。
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One of my favorite things to do is take out the trash.
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我最喜欢做的一件事就是扔垃圾。
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It's the laziest way to technically pare down your possessions,
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从技术上讲,这是最懒惰的方法 来减少你的私有物。
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because the one thing you can never do enough of
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因为有一件事你永远也做不完的,
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in a small New York City apartment like mine
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在像我这样的纽约市小公寓里
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is get rid of stuff.
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把东西处理掉。
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The stuff that our modern consumerist carbon-powered culture
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我们的现代消费主义碳动力文化
让我们没完没了地买东西,
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makes us buy endlessly and often for no reason.
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而且经常毫无理由地去买。
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Getting rid of people never hurts either.
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摆脱人们也不会造成伤害。
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Roommates, family members,
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室友,家人,那个在你客厅里 呆了几个星期的老太太。
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that old lady who's been in your living room for weeks.
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Who is she anyway?
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她到底是谁?
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No squatters allowed.
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禁止擅自占地。
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I don't care if you're a ghost.
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我不在乎你是不是鬼。
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Also, not to brag,
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另外,也不是为了吹牛,
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but I've been micro-decluttering since before Marie Kondo got big.
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但在近藤麻里(Marie Kondo)闻名之前,
我就已经开始微整理了。
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In fact, I've cut out her step
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事实上,我已经省去了她捡东西的步骤,
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of picking things up and figuring out whether they spark joy in me
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并弄清楚它们是否能激发我的乐趣,
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because I already know what sparks joy in me,
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因为我已经知道什么能激发我的快乐,
扔垃圾。
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throwing out trash.
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What kind of trash?
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什么样的垃圾?
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Well, I'll give you a clue.
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好吧,我给你一个线索。
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It starts with H and it ends with air.
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它以 H 开头,以 air 结尾。
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That's right, it's a lot of hair.
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没错,就是一堆头发(Hair)。
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Don't try and picture how much; you'll feel sick.
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不要尝试想象有多少,你会觉得恶心。
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And if you don't feel sick, you haven't pictured enough.
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而且,如果你没有觉得恶心, 那说明你想象得不够多。
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I shed like an Instagram influencer sheep dog
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我就像一个 Instagram 网红的牧羊犬一样掉发,
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who's decided fur is the only thing holding her career back.
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她认为毛发是她事业的唯一障碍。
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We're all trying to reduce our carbon footprints and consumption.
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我们都在努力减少我们的碳足迹和消耗,
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So by throwing out trash,
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所以,我所说的扔掉垃圾,
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I also naturally mean recycling and composting.
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自然也是指回收和堆肥,
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I try to do both.
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我尽量做到这两点。
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In fact, I once carried a takeout container across half the city
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实际上,我曾经带着一个外卖箱
穿越半个城市,
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just to put it in the right bin.
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只是为了将其放在正确的垃圾箱中。
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Where's my inspiring biopic?
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我的励志传记片在哪呢?
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But then I learned recycling frequently isn't working.
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但是后来我了解到经常回收是行不通的,
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Even if we all separate out glass, cans and cardboard,
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即使我们将玻璃、罐头和纸板都分类,
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a lot of stuff doesn't neatly fit into those categories.
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很多东西并不完全适合这些类别。
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Paper envelopes lined with bubble wrap can't be recycled.
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衬有气泡膜的纸质信封不能回收,
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Pizza boxes with grease stains can't be recycled.
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有油渍的披萨盒不能回收。
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That memory from seventh grade when I ...
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那是七年级的时候,当我……
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Ah, who am I kidding?
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哦,我在跟谁开玩笑?
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All of seventh grade can't be recycled.
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所有七年级?都无法回收!
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There's even a term for it: aspirational recycling.
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甚至还有一个术语来形容它, 即渴望回收。
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At first, I thought that's if you went to spin class last week,
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一开始我以为那是指 如果你上周去上室内单车课,
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so it should count for this week too.
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那么这周也应该算你去了。
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China used to import a lot of the US's recyclables,
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中国过去进口了很多美国的可回收物,
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but they stopped accepting foreign garbage in 2018
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但他们作为污染禁令的一部分
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as part of a pollution ban.
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在 2018 年停止接受外国垃圾。
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Whatever happened to one country's trash is another country's treasure?
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如果一个国家的垃圾
成为了另一个国家的宝藏?
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Now, a lot of US recycling goes straight to landfills.
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现在,美国许多回收物 直接进入垃圾填埋场。
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The EPA says that only 10 percent of plastic has ever been recycled.
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环保局(EPA)说 只有 10% 的塑料有被回收。
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Not that this is about me,
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并不是说我, 但这让我的焦虑膨胀了,
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but this balloons my anxiety the size of the giant Pacific garbage patch
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像漂浮在太平洋海面上的 巨大垃圾地的大小,
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way out in the ocean
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我们最终都会去那里 参加下一个目的地婚礼。
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where we'll all eventually go for our next destination wedding.
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02:48
So, if you're American,
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所以,如果你是美国人,
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hound your political representatives to work on this recycling issue,
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恳请你的政治代表 在这个回收问题上努力,
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and try to create less waste overall by reusing materials.
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并尽量通过材料的再利用 来减少整体的浪费。
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Here's stuff I've been reusing in my life:
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这些是我一生中 一直在重复使用的东西:
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plastic bags, salsa jars and old fights with my boyfriend.
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塑料袋,辣调味汁瓶, 以及与我男朋友的所有拌嘴。
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Now, the next time I have to throw out the trash,
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现在,下次我必须扔掉垃圾时,
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I can confidently ask:
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我可以自信地问:
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Hey, can I reuse this loose ball of hair again?
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嘿,这个松散的毛球我还能再利用吗?
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And you know what? I probably can.
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你知道吗?我大概可以。
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In fact, I'm going to give it to that old ghost lady as a going away present.
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其实,我准备把它送给那个老鬼婆
作为临别礼物。
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Thank you.
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谢谢。
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