扔掉一袋东西之后

类别：生活方式

作者扔掉了一大袋无用旧物，房间和内心终于都松了一口气。

时长 52 秒 · 语速 159 wpm

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I didn't clean the whole apartment. 我没把整间屋子都打扫一遍。

I filled one bag. 我就装满了一只袋子。

It was a big black one. 是个黑色的大垃圾袋。

I walked through the rooms and put things in. 我走过一个个房间，把东西往里扔。

A broken umbrella I was going to fix. 一把原本打算修修再用的破雨伞。

Magazines from two years ago. 两年前的旧杂志。

Four chargers for phones I don't own anymore. 四个早就不用了的旧手机充电器。

A candle shaped like an owl. 一只猫头鹰形状的蜡烛。

None of it was important. 没一样是要紧的东西。

That's why it was still here. 正因为不要紧，才一直留到了现在。

Nobody throws away an owl candle. 谁会把一只猫头鹰蜡烛扔掉呢？

You just move it from shelf to shelf, forever. 你只会把它从这个架子挪到那个架子，没完没了。

I carried the bag downstairs and dropped it in the bin. 我把袋子拎下楼，扔进了垃圾桶。

It made a heavy, final sound. 它落下去，发出沉闷而决绝的一声响。

When I came back in, I stopped at the door. 等我回到屋里，在门口停住了脚步。

The apartment was the same size. 屋子还是原来那么大。

But I could feel it. 但我能感觉得到。

A little more air. 空气好像变通畅了一点。

As if the room had been holding its breath, 就好像这间屋子一直屏着呼吸，

and had finally let it out. 现在终于把它吐了出来。

So had I. 我也一样。