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Graham Hill: Less stuff, more happiness
格蘭姆·希爾：少些物質，多點幸福快樂
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作家兼設計師格蘭姆·希爾問：在更小嘅空間裏少些物品，可以帶出更多快樂幸福嗎? 他主張使用少些空間，並提倡三項規則，來規劃生活。
Graham Hill - Journalist
Graham Hill is the founder of TreeHugger.com and LifeEdited; he travels the world to tell stories of sustainability and minimalism. He tweets at @GHill. Full bio
Graham Hill is the founder of TreeHugger.com and LifeEdited; he travels the world to tell stories of sustainability and minimalism. He tweets at @GHill. Full bio
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What's in the box?
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個箱裏面有乜？
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Whatever it is must be pretty important,
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無論係乜，肯定好重要，
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because I've traveled with it, moved it,
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因為我去邊到都帶著佢，
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from apartment to apartment to apartment.
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從公寓到公寓再到另一公寓。
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(Laughter)
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（笑聲）
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(Applause)
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Sound familiar?
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聽上去好熟？
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Did you know that we Americans
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你知道我哋美國人
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have about three times the amount of space
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比起50年前用多左
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we did 50 years ago?
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3倍多嘅空間？
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Three times.
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3倍啊。
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So you'd think, with all this extra space,
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所以你會諗，多咗咁多空間，
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we'd have plenty of room for all our stuff.
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我哋就有更多地方擺我哋嘅物品。
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Nope.
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唔係。
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There's a new industry in town,
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市鎮有個新嘅產業，
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a 22 billion-dollar, 2.2 billion sq. ft. industry:
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一個價值220億，佔地22億平方呎嘅產ｄ業：
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that of personal storage.
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用作個人存儲空間。
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So we've got triple the space,
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我們有多3倍嘅空間，
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but we've become such good shoppers
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但係我哋就更喜愛購物
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that we need even more space.
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使到我哋需要更多嘅地空間。
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So where does this lead?
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繼續咁樣落去會點？
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Lots of credit card debt,
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一堆信用卡債務，
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huge environmental footprints,
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巨大啲環境足跡，
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and perhaps not coincidentally,
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或者唔係偶然地，
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our happiness levels flat-lined over the same 50 years.
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我們嘅幸福水平在過去50年來都係無變化嘅。
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Well I'm here to suggest there's a better way,
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咁我來提議一個更好嘅方法，
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that less might actually equal more.
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少些或者實際上等於多些。
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I bet most of us have experienced at some point
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我打賭大部分人都曾經有過經歷
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the joys of less:
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少些嘅喜悅：
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college -- in your dorm,
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在你大學宿舍裏，
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traveling -- in a hotel room,
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在旅行中嘅酒店房間裏，
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camping -- rig up basically nothing,
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輕裝露營時，
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maybe a boat.
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或者在小船上。
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Whatever it was for you, I bet that, among other things,
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無論係咩，其他嘢唔講，我估，
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this gave you a little more freedom,
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這些經歷多少俾到你更多自由。
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a little more time.
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更多時間。
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So I'm going to suggest
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咁我依家提議
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that less stuff and less space
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少些物品和空間
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are going to equal a smaller footprint.
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會等同於少些環境足跡。
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It's actually a great way to save you some money.
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實際上呢個方法仲可以幫你慳錢。
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And it's going to give you a little more ease in your life.
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而且令你生活有多些悠閒。
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So I started a project called Life Edited at lifeedited.org
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所以我係lifeedited.org發起左一個叫「簡約生活」計畫
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to further this conversation
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嚟更深入深討我哋個話題
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and to find some great solutions in this area.
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同埋係嚟到揾到啲好嘅解決方案。
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First up: crowd-sourcing my 420 sq. ft. apartment in Manhattan
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首先：在我在曼哈頓420平方呎嘅公寓裏
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with partners Mutopo and Jovoto.com.
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與穆特普與橋瓦特兩家公司合作。
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I wanted it all --
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我心頭大，乜都想要--
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home office, sit down dinner for 10,
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家庭辦公室，10個人嘅餐飲空間，
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room for guests,
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客房，
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and all my kite surfing gear.
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同埋我全部嘅風箏衝浪裝備。
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With over 300 entries from around the world,
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來之全球300多個方案，
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I got it, my own little jewel box.
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我終於揾到一個完美方案。
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By buying a space that was 420 sq. ft.
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買一個420平方呎嘅地方，
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instead of 600,
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而唔係600平方呎，
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immediately I'm saving 200 grand.
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我立刻就慳左20萬。
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Smaller space is going to make for smaller utilities --
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更細嘅空間就需更細嘅設備—
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save some more money there,
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就係到慳左更多嘅錢，
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but also a smaller footprint.
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而且更少環境足跡。
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And because it's really designed
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因為個地方係設計嚟
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around an edited set of possessions -- my favorite stuff --
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滿足曬我嘅需求—我最愛嘅物品—
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and really designed for me,
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專為找以設嘅，
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I'm really excited to be there.
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我十分興奮搬入去。
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So how can you live little?
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咁你點樣先可以過簡約嘅生活？
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Three main approaches.
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3個重點。
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First of all, you have to edit ruthlessly.
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首先，你一定要決心去改。
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We've got to clear the arteries of our lives.
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我哋一定要洗心革面。
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And that shirt that I hadn't worn in years?
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好似個件我好多年都無著過嘅衫？
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It's time for me to let it go.
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係時候處理左佢。
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We've got to cut the extraneous out of our lives,
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我哋一定要除去生活中多餘繁瑣嘅，
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and we've got to learn to stem the inflow.
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同埋學會逆向思維。
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We need to think before we buy.
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我哋要考慮過是否需要才去買。
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Ask ourselves,
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問下自己，
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"Is that really going to make me happier? Truly?"
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“啲嘢會令我更開心幸福？真係？”
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By all means,
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當然，
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we should buy and own some great stuff.
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我哋應該買同擁有啲好嘢嘅。
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But we want stuff that we're going to love for years,
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但係我地想要啲係我哋真係愛不惜手嘅嘢，
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not just stuff.
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唔係啲是是但但嘅嘢。
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Secondly, our new mantra:
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第二，我哋新嘅口頭禪：
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small is sexy.
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細係性感嘅。
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We want space efficiency.
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我哋要實用嘅空間。
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We want things that are designed
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我哋要嘅嘢係設計為
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for how they're used the vast majority of the time,
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長期使用，
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not that rare event.
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唔係只係偶然需要。
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Why have a six burner stove
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點解要6個火爐
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when you rarely use three?
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當你極少時候會用3個？
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So we want things that nest,
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所以我哋要將物品大小順序擺埋一齊，
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we want things that stack, and we want it digitized.
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我地想物品容易堆放，同埋係數碼化嘅。
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You can take paperwork,
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你可以將文件，
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books, movies,
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書籍，電影，
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and you can make it disappear -- it's magic.
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把這些東西消失—如同魔法一樣。
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Finally, we want multifunctional spaces and housewares --
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最後，我哋要多功能空間同家具——
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a sink combined with a toilet,
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洗手盆兼馬桶，
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a dining table becomes a bed --
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飯臺變睡床——
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same space,
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同一個空間，
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a little side table
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一個摺枱
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stretches out to seat 10.
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扯出10人飯枱。
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In the winning Life Edited scheme in a render here,
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在這個獲獎的簡約生活企劃中，
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we combine a moving wall with transformer furniture
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我哋利用可以變形嘅家具同埋可移動嘅牆
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to get a lot out of the space.
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騰出好多空間。
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Look at the coffee table --
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睇下張咖啡枱—
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it grows in height and width
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佢可以拉高拉闊
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to seat 10.
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可以座10個人。
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My office folds away,
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我嘅工作室可以收起，
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easily hidden.
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容易收埋。
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My bed just pops out of the wall with two fingers.
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我用兩隻手指我張床就可以拉出嚟。
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Guests? Move the moving wall,
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客人點？推開個活動牆，
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have some fold-down guest beds.
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可以疊出幾張床。
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And of course, my own movie theater.
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當然，仲有我嘅私人影院。
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So I'm not saying that we all need to live
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我唔係話每個人都需要生活
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in 420 sq. ft.
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在420平方呎裏。
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But consider the benefits of an edited life.
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但係值得考慮下簡約生活的好處。
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Go from 3,000 to 2,000,
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從3000到2000平方呎，
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from 1,500 to 1,000.
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從1500到1000平方呎。
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Most of us, maybe all of us,
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我哋大部分人，或者所有人，
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are here pretty happily for a bunch of days
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大多時候都可以很愉快
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with a couple of bags,
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只需幾個睡袋，
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maybe a small space, a hotel room.
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或者一個細少嘅空間，一個酒店嘅房間。
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So when you go home and you walk through your front door,
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咁當你回家踏入大門時，
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take a second and ask yourselves,
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不妨問下自己，
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"Could I do with a little life editing?
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“我可否過得簡約啲？
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Would that give me a little more freedom?
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咁樣會唔會俾到我更多自由？
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Maybe a little more time?"
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或者更多時間？”
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What's in the box?
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個箱到有咩？
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It doesn't really matter.
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其實有乜都唔重要。
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I know I don't need it.
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我知道我用唔著。
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What's in yours?
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你個箱到有乜啊?
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Maybe, just maybe,
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或者，只是或者，
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less might equal more.
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少啲就係等於多啲。
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So let's make room
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一起騰出更多嘅空間
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for the good stuff.
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俾美好嘅嘢。
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Thank you.
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多謝。
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(Applause)
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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Graham Hill - JournalistGraham Hill is the founder of TreeHugger.com and LifeEdited; he travels the world to tell stories of sustainability and minimalism. He tweets at @GHill.
Why you should listen
Graham Hill is the founder of LifeEdited, dedicated to helping people design their lives for more happiness with less stuff. When he started the company in 2010, it brought the ideas of his previous project, the eco-blog and vlog TreeHugger.com, into design and architecture. (The TreeHugger team joined the Discovery Communications network as a part of their Planet Green initiative, and Hill now makes appearances on the green-oriented cable channel.)
Before Treehugger, Hill studied architecture and design (his side business is making those cool ceramic Greek coffee cups). His other company, ExceptionLab, is devoted to creating sustainable prototypes -- think lamps made from recycled blinds and ultra-mod planters that are also air filters.
Hill is the author of Weekday Vegetarian, available as a TED Book on Amazon and Apple's iBooks.
More profile about the speakerBefore Treehugger, Hill studied architecture and design (his side business is making those cool ceramic Greek coffee cups). His other company, ExceptionLab, is devoted to creating sustainable prototypes -- think lamps made from recycled blinds and ultra-mod planters that are also air filters.
Hill is the author of Weekday Vegetarian, available as a TED Book on Amazon and Apple's iBooks.
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