Simplify Your Life
简化你的生活

副题：
and free up time to do what you love most
挤出些时间做你最想做的事

【5】According to trend watchers『趋势；时尚』, the Michelses are far from『完全不』 alone in wanting to slow down『减速』 and live a more satisfying life. A Gallup Poll found that half of all Americans claim they lack enough time to do what they want. Fifty-four percent of parents say they spend too little time with their children, and 47 percent of married couples complain that they lack time together.

【5】根据时尚观察者们所说，米歇尔斯们并非单单想放慢生活的节奏，过一种更舒服的生活。盖洛普民意测验，发现有一半美国人说他们缺少足够的时间来做他们想做的事。54%的家长说他们和孩子呆在一起的时间太少了。47%的已婚夫妇抱怨他们缺少在一起的时间.

【6】Where does the time go? For most people, work and commuting『（口语）通勤』dominate『在……中占主要部分』the day. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, one out of five of us put in 49 or more hours a week on the job; one out of 12 logged 60 hours or more.

【6】那么时间都到哪儿去了呢？对大多数人来说，工作和乘公交车上下班占据了一天的大部分时间。根据劳动局统计数字表明，有五分之一的人一周要工作49个小时或者更多；十二分之一的人工作60小时或更多.

【7】Then there’s the rich smorgasbord of modern life—so much information to sift through, so many products beckoning. “We’re wearing ourselves out『wear out:（使）疲乏；（使）厌倦』trying to have it all,” says Elaine St. James, author of Living the Simple Life.

【7】现代的生活是丰富多彩的斯堪的纳维亚式自助餐棗有那么多的信息等你去筛选，那么多的产品吸引着我们。《过一种简单的生活》的作者伊莱恩圣詹姆斯说：“为了拥有这一切我们已累得精疲力尽了.

【8】Simplifying means becoming aware of the ways, big and small, that we expend money, time and energy, and then raking steps to curb the waste. Here, from the experts, are some suggestions for gaining control over life’s hassles in order to have time for the pleasures.

【8】生活简单化就意味着要我们注意所花的钱、时间和精力、方方面面、大大小小的事情，然后再采取措施去控制浪费。根据专家们的一些建议，尽量避免生活中发生争吵以便有更多的时间来娱乐.

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