“Upper-Intermediate Speaking II” has 10 exercises — the first 3 are free
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Declutter Your Life — 生活中的断舍离
生活中的断舍离
Thirteen words for wardrobes, hoards and second-hand apps, 明明 for the obvious, and 舍不得 for everything you can't let go.
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Ears first, or eyes first?
The whole dialogue is recorded below. Listen once and answer with the text folded away; open it when you want to check.
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Lamia 拿着大包小包要去做什么？
Lamia ná zhe dà bāo xiǎo bāo yào qù zuò shén me
Where is Lamia taking all those bags?
Answer from the whole passage, heard or read
“闲鱼”是什么？
xián yú shì shén me
What is Xianyu?
Answer from the whole passage, heard or read
衣服还很新，她为什么也要捐？
yī fu hái hěn xīn tā wèi shén me yě yào juān
Why give away clothes that still look new?
Answer from the whole passage, heard or read
Peach 以前爱囤什么？
Peach yǐ qián ài tún shén me
What did Peach used to hoard?
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有一套餐具她为什么一直留着？
yǒu yí tào cān jù tā wèi shén me yì zhí liú zhe
Why does she keep one set?
Word check — the new words, back at you生词复习
No pressure — just making it stick.
____的时候我都会收拾一次衣柜。
____ de shí hou wǒ dōu huì shōu shí yí cì yī guì。
Every change of season I go through my wardrobe.
外卖多送的____筷子你会留着吗？
wài mài duō sòng de ____ kuài zi nǐ huì liú zhe ma？
Do you keep the spare disposable chopsticks from takeaway?
购物节的时候大家喜欢____纸巾、洗衣液。
gòu wù jié de shí hou dà jiā xǐ huān ____ zhǐ jīn、xǐ yī yè。
On shopping festivals people stock up on tissues and detergent.
没用的东西不仅占空间，还会____你的情绪。
méi yòng de dōng xi bù jǐn zhàn kōng jiān，hái huì ____ nǐ de qíng xù。
Useless things take space — and drain your mood.
这套餐具是外国朋友送的，很有____，我舍不得用。
zhè tào cān jù shì wài guó péng you sòng de，hěn yǒu ____，wǒ shě bu de yòng。
A friend abroad gave me this set — it means a lot, I can't bring myself to use it.
Memory hook
明明 — but it's obviously…!
Memory hook
舍得 / 舍不得 — the decluttering emotion
明明 and 舍得 — fill, build, say语言点练习
No pressure — just making it stick.
你的这些衣服____还很新呢，你怎么舍得捐掉？
nǐ de zhè xiē yī fu ____ hái hěn xīn ne，nǐ zěn me shě de juān diào？
These clothes are clearly still new — how can you give them away?
He's plainly drunk, but insists he isn't.
Tap the tiles in order — it checks itself when the sentence is complete. Tap a placed tile to take it back.
Your sentence
Your turn — say it
我明明睡了八个小时，为什么还困？
I slept eight hours — why am I still tired?
这套餐具是朋友送的，我一直____用。
zhè tào cān jù shì péng you sòng de，wǒ yì zhí ____ yòng。
A friend gave me this set — I've never had the heart to use it.
Lamia 的断舍离——用词语库填空
Tap a word to fill the next gap; tap a filled sentence to clear it. Every word is used once.
Word bank
0/5我想把我们的照片都删了，但我又____。
wǒ xiǎng bǎ wǒ men de zhào piàn dōu shān le，dàn wǒ yòu ____。
I want to delete our photos — but I can't bring myself to.
He knew he'd be turned down, and still worked up the courage to confess.
Tap the tiles in order — it checks itself when the sentence is complete. Tap a placed tile to take it back.
Your sentence
Your turn — say it
泰国太好玩了，我真舍不得走。
Thailand's so much fun — I really don't want to leave.
See it, say it看图配词
No pressure — just making it stick.
看图配词：换季、一次性、囤、二手
Tap a picture, then choose its word. Match all the cards to finish.
Anything impractical, throw out.
Tap the tiles in order — it checks itself when the sentence is complete. Tap a placed tile to take it back.
Your sentence
Ears only听力反应
No pressure — just making it stick.
How would you answer?
Your turn — say it
闲鱼是一个二手平台，你可以把你的二手东西放上面卖掉。
Xianyu is a second-hand platform — you can sell your used things on it.
What is Peach surprised by?
Your turn — say it
哈哈哈哈，你在说我应该在脑子里“断舍离”掉那个渣男前男友，是吗？
Hahaha — you're saying I should declutter that jerk of an ex out of my head, right?
Before you go课后回顾
- Role-play ①: at a friend's home you find far too much stuff. Suggest decluttering; they can't bear to part with any of it.
- Role-play ②: discuss buying and selling on second-hand platforms — what you'd buy, what you'd never buy.
- Three protests with 明明 about your own week.
- Name five things you 舍不得扔, and for each say why in one sentence.