极简主义：在做减法中丰富人生
Minimalism: Enriching Life Through Subtraction
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原文Key Vocabulary
词汇A concept of decluttering: refusing unnecessary items, disposing of excess, and separating from attachment to possessions. Originally from a book by Hideko Yamashita.
A lifestyle or artistic style characterized by extreme simplicity.
Accumulating large quantities of goods or materials.
Idiom used to describe a wide variety of beautiful items on display.
A neurotransmitter associated with pleasure and reward mechanisms in the brain.
The theory that an increasing consumption of goods is economically desirable; a preoccupation with buying consumer goods.
Grammar Points
语法非但……反而……
Not only not..., but on the contrary... (Used to indicate a result contrary to expectations)
感觉非但没有错过什么重要大事，反而心情平静了很多。
与其……不如……
Rather than... it is better to... (Used to compare two options and prefer the second one)
与其把时间浪费在关注别人的生活上，不如把精力收回来，专注当下的体验。
之所以……是因为……
The reason why... is because... (A structure to explain the cause or reason for a result)
我们之所以会忍不住买买买，是因为大脑会分泌多巴胺。
取而代之的是……
What replaces it is... / Replaced by... (Used to introduce a new situation that supersedes the previous one)
那种快乐很快就消失了，取而代之的是钱包变瘪的空虚感。
哪怕……也……
Even if... still... (Used to express a concession)
哪怕它曾经很贵，但如果它现在只会给你带来负担，那它的价值其实是负数。