2020年9月英语四级听力真题 短文(1)

答案：BAC

Questions 16 to 18 are based on the passage you have just heard.

请根据刚才所听文章回答16-18题。

Q16. What is Maire Kondo's TV show about?

问题16：近藤麻理惠的电视节目是关于什么的电视节目？

Q17. What things can be kept in one's home, according to Maire Kondo?

问题17：根据近藤麻理惠的说法，什么东西可以留在家里？

Q18. What do we learn about one used bookstore this January?

问题18：关于一家二手书店今年一月份的情况，我们了解到了什么？

Do you have too much stuff? Are you dare we say it "untidy"? Say hello to a TV show called "Tidying Up with Marie Kondo". A home improvement show based on her widely popular book The Life Changing Magic of Tidying Up. In the show, Marie Kondo acts as a tiny garbage fairy for messy people, visiting their houses to share the wisdom of the "KonMari" method. This method is simple in theory but can be endlessly complex in practice. You divide all the stuff in your house – all of it – into several categories, and then examine each item -- all of them – to see if it sparks joy. If it does, you keep it. If it doesn't, you thank it, and neatly discard it.

你是否东西太多？你的房间是否，恕我们直言，“不太整洁”？欢迎收看电视节目《近藤麻理惠的整理秘诀》。这是一档根据她广受欢迎的著作《怦然心动的人生整理魔法》改编的家居环境改善节目。在节目中，近藤麻理惠扮演了一位身材娇小的仙女，专为家里一团糟的嘉宾整理垃圾，走访他们的家，分享“麻理惠”整理法则的智慧。这一法则理论上看似简单，实践起来却可能变得非常复杂。你要把你家的所有东西——是所有东西——分成几类，然后审视每一件东西——是每一件东西——看它是否还能给你带来快乐。如果能，就留下。如果不能，对它说声谢谢，然后干脆利落地把它丢掉。

So, is the TV show inspiring people to tidy up? Firsthand accounts seem to indicate a small wave of people bringing piles of donation bags to used good stores. One store received thousands of bags of used possessions in one day. January is usually the store's slow season for donations, because it's cold and people don't want to bother. But not this January. People seemed determined to clean up their homes. One used bookstore received a month's worth of books in donations in a week when a man gave over 50 boxes of books from his home. It seems Marie’s TV show is having a big impact after all.

那么，这个电视节目是否是在鼓励大家保持整洁呢？一手资料显示，该节目似乎催生了一小波把大批成袋捐赠物品送往旧货商店的人。一家商店一天之内就收到了数千袋旧物。一月份通常是该店接收捐赠物品的淡季，因为天气冷，大家都嫌麻烦。但今年一月份不一样。大家似乎已经下定决心收拾收拾自己的家。还有一家二手书店一周之内就收到了相当于该店一个月的图书捐赠，只因一名男子捐出了50多箱旧书。如此看来，麻理惠的电视节目似乎确实产生了很大影响。