cajin夕法淘宝店:[中英对照]二十七条保证你房间整洁的宝典

二十七条保证你房间整洁的宝典:

• 拒绝购买旅游纪念品；
• 至少保留一层书架或抽屉是空的；
• 尽量减少台面上的物品。不是每天都用的东西收起来，不要铺天盖地的占满每个地方；
• 看过的杂志和报纸立即处理。除非你有收藏爱好，不然昨天的报纸，上个月的杂志扔了或卖了吧；
• 给每样物品固定个家；
• 给需要处理的物品找个合适的下家。书籍，衣物，玩具等等。真的一定有人比你更欣赏它们的存在。这会帮助你发现更大的意义和乐趣去处理过期旧物品；
• 不在床头柜，角落，走廊或饭桌上码放物品；
• 使用可调节光线的灯；
• 谨慎购物。不要乘一时之快陶醉在可以讨价还价的小店里；
• 能储藏起来的物品，说明你不是很需要。再问自己一次，‘我真的需要它吗？’
• 婆婆的台灯，手绣的荷包，可爱的小熊。。。除非你真是喜欢，不然别人的礼品还是敬而远之；
• 千里之堤，毁之蚁窥。小乱一定招致大乱；
• 衣柜里有足够的衣架；
• 起床后整理床褥；
• 钥匙要放 在固定的地方；
• 睡前做个简单的清理 。帅不离位，哪儿来的东西，哪儿去；
• 在没有读完手上书前，不去购买新的书；
• 保持足够的生活必需品，好像牙膏，手纸，肥皂。。。；不喜欢购物的话，可以一次买多一点儿做 好库存；
• 不要储藏大量你用不完的东西，好像垃圾袋，猴皮筋，花瓶。。。；
• 挂起你的外衣（我个人最容易忘记的）；
• 买一些收纳箱；
• 将一些不会被用到的电线，遥控器，CD机放置在一个盒子里。虽然你不知道什么时候用它，但是你知道在哪里找到它们；
• 在收纳箱上注明日期。一年内都没有打开的，扔掉它们；
• 不要让抽屉太满，不好开也不好关；
• 丢掉坏了的物品；
• 固定一个地方，放置随时打算处理的物品；
• 找不到东西的时候，做清洁好了。

The twenty-seven most important rules for keeping your house in order.

Every Wednesday is Tip Day.
This Wednesday: The twenty-seven most important rules for keeping your house in order.

To keep your house from falling into cluttered chaos:
-- never buy “souvenirs.”
-- somewhere, keep an entirely empty shelf or drawer.
-- strive to keep surfaces bare. Put away kitchen appliances you don’t use every day; don’t cram stuff onto every ledge.
-- get rid of newspapers and magazines as soon as possible. Never keep a newspaper overnight, and never keep a magazine for more than two months—unless you find a positive joy in keeping an orderly collection.
-- have an exact place for everything.
-- know where to give things away: books, clothes, kitchenware, toys. It’s much easier to get rid of things if you can imagine who will benefit. Figure this out before you start a major clutter-clearing effort.
-- fight the piles that accumulate in the hallway, in corners, on bedside tables, on the dining room table.
-- use dimmer switches.
-- don’t buy things on impulse, particularly from bargain stores.
-- storing a thing means you don’t need to use it. So before you squirrel something away, ask yourself, “Do I really need to keep this?”
-- never accept anything for free, unless you’re thrilled with it. A mug, a tote bag, a hand-me-down toy, the lamp from your mother-in-law--if you don’t need it, don’t take it.
-- According to “broken windows theory,” signs of decay like broken windows or graffiti create an atmosphere that contributes to larger crime. Burnt-out light bulbs and empty toilet-paper holders are the broken windows of the home; don’t tolerate them.
-- have enough hangers in every closet.
-- make your bed every morning.
-- keep your keys in the same place each day.
-- every night before bed, do a tidy-up to put away everything that’s out of place.
-- if you have stacks of unopened CDs, unread books, unwatched videos of PBS series, or unopened spice jars, don’t let yourself buy any more until you’ve made a dent in what you already have.
-- don’t let yourself run out of necessities like envelopes, tape, toothpaste, stamps, Band-aids, batteries, and the like. If you hate to shop, buy large quantities and stockpile them.
-- don’t hoard huge quantities of things that you could never use up: binder clips, rubber bands, clay pots, florist vases, plastic grocery bags. Give the rest away.
-- hang up your coat (this is probably the rule I personally violate most often).
-- buy a box-cutter. They really are handy.
-- if you have lots of things that you’re reluctant to throw away because you’re not sure what they are—mystery cables, random remote-control devices, important looking screws that appeared mysteriously on the floor, obscure vacuum-cleaner attachments—put them all in one box. You’ll never use the stuff, but you’ll know it’s there.
-- for extra credit, put a date on the box, and if you haven’t opened it in a year, throw it away.
-- never allow a drawer or a closet to get so full that it’s hard to open and shut.
-- get rid of things that don’t work. If you’re like me, you’ll be amazed at how many things you have around the house that are perfectly useless.
-- set aside a place where you put things to give away, and as soon as you realize you want to get rid of something, put it there. That way, you prevent clutter from accumulating.
-- if you can’t find something, clean up.