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装废品的抽屉 The Junk Drawer(2)

一个故事。每件都是我们曾经需要的东西,一些我们必须得有的东西,一些我们不确定是否仍需要的东西。其中一些最终落入这里是因为那抽屉相比垃圾筒离我们更近些。
 
  A junk drawer is a junk pile that stays within limits due to the size of the drawer. It’s life in small doses. 24)Adlai Stevenson said that many things are revealed to the humble that are hidden from the great. A junk drawer is a humble place.
  一个装废品的抽屉能堆积的垃圾数量有限,取决于那个抽屉的容积。它们就像生活里的一个个小片段。阿德莱·史蒂文森说过,大人物看不到的很多东西,谦卑小人物却能发现。一个装废品的抽屉就是这么一个微贱的小地方。
 
  Our current junk drawer has been opened thousands of times. It has been shaved and soaped, but it still 25)squeaks. It’s a drawer full of hopes, dreams and memories. It may be a drawer filled with junk rather than money, but it’s a drawer that remains optimistic. It’s proof that the quality of life is more important than the standard of living.
   我们当前在用的那个装废品的抽屉已经被打开过上千次。它被刨过,也被抹过肥皂用以润滑,但它仍是吱吱作响。那是个装满希望、梦想和回忆的抽屉。也许,它是个装满废品而不是金钱的抽屉,但它一直是个乐观的抽屉。它证明了生活的质量比生活的物质水平更重要。
 
  “We really need to clean that junk drawer this weekend.”
  Why do we call it a junk drawer? It’s not junk.
  The junk drawer. It has everything I’ll never need.
  “我们这个周末真的需要清理那个装废品的抽屉了。”
  我们为什么称它为装废品的抽屉?那里面不是废品。
  装废品的抽屉,它有着一切我将再也不需要的东西。

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