Time to Tidy Up 斷捨離女王 —— 怦然心動的人生整理魔法? If cleaning up has you tearing up, Marie Kondo’s advice is just what you need.
如果打掃令你想哭，那麼你需要近藤麻理惠給你一些建議。
Do you have a clutter▼ problem? Is it hard to remember the last time you saw your bedroom floor? Maybe you need advice from Marie Kondo, Japan’s queen of tidying up.
Kondo first shot to fame in 2011 when her book, The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up, reached international bestseller status. In the book, she encouraged people to do one simple thing: keep only what gives you joy. Keeping things clean and orderly has been a lifelong passion for Kondo. In elementary school, rather than go to gym class, she wanted to organize the classroom bookshelf. One day, while she was tidying up the classroom, she had a breakthrough. She realized that cleaning is not about finding things to throw out. Rather, it is about finding things worth keeping.
If you want to clean up your room, or your house, follow Kondo’s method. Organize your things one category at a time. Start with your clothes, then move on to your books, and so on. By tidying up, she says, you will discover the things that truly make you happy.
1. tear up 感到沮喪；（因為情緒激動）眼裡含淚（幾乎要開始哭泣）
As Liz waved goodbye to her mother, she found herself tearing up.
麗茲和母親揮手道別時發現自己熱淚盈眶。
2. shoot / rise to fame 成名
fame n. 名聲，名氣
Brenda shot to fame as a singer at the age of 15.
布蘭達十五歲時以歌手身分一舉成名。
3. bestseller n. 暢銷書
The novel is now topping the bestseller list in the US.
這本小說現在在美國的暢銷書排行榜名列前茅。
4. status n. 地位，身分；狀態，情況
Eliot changed his relationship status on Facebook from married to single after his divorce.
離婚後，艾略特把他臉書上的感情狀況從已婚改為單身。
5. keep sth orderly 將某物整理得很整齊
orderly a. 井然有序，整齊的
How do you manage to keep your room so orderly?
你是怎麼把房間弄得那麼整齊的？
6. lifelong a. 一生的；長久的
English and music were Angela’s lifelong passions.
英文和音樂是安琪拉畢生的最愛。
7. passion n. 熱情，熱愛
Stephanie has a passion for learning English.
史蒂芬妮熱衷學習英文。
8. breakthrough n. 突破，重大進展
The scientists made a major breakthrough in cancer research.
那些科學家在癌症研究上有了重大的突破。
▼ clutter n. 雜亂（的東西）
快清理你的房間！也順便來個心靈大掃除！
你多久整理一次你的房間呢？片語 tidy up (sth) 就是「（將某處）收拾／整理乾淨」。例：
Tidy up your room, Peter. It’s such a mess.
（彼得，把你房間整理乾淨。真是有夠亂的。）
Don’t expect your mom to tidy up after you all the time.
（不要老是指望你們的老媽一直跟在你們後面收拾。）
