Becoming a Minimalist

I have loo many things. My bedroom is often very messy. I have shelves with dirty books I never read and CDs 1 don't listen to. My drawers are filled with clothes I never wear. I was getting upset that I never had any space in my bedroom.Then I read about minimalism. Minimalism suggests that you only keep the most necessary and important things and get rid of (处理掉)everything else .After reading about minimalism I felt encouraged to solve my problem.started clearing out a lot of the things which I didn’t use. I collected bags of clothes to give to charity. I sold some of my CDs and books online.Although I know that I would never need these things again ,I still found it very difficut to get rid of them.My brain tried to stop me from letting them go. I said lo myself ?§I might need them in ihc fulure!?¨ or ?§won’t I be sad if I lose that??¨But the things was,I knew I couldn’t keep everything.

After getting lots of thing out of my room, I actually became quite excited to see the tidy room with some fresh space. And on organized bedroom also makes me have a clear and organized mind! The main idea behind minimalism is to cut down what you own, and by doing this you can really value the things you have, It’s not easy to be a minimalist. We are often told that it is better to have more things. Advertisements try to make us believe that we will only be happy by spending more money to buy more things. Of course I’m not a perfect minimalist—I’ve only just started I still own a lot of things which I don’t really need , but 1 think this was a good start. In the future f I will be more mindful of what I buy. And I will continue to make an effort to get rid of what I don#l need.

1.What does minimalism suggest?

2.How did the writer get rid of some of her CDs and books?

3.How did the writer feel after getting lots of things out of her room?

4.Why is it hard to be a minimalist?

5.What are the advantages of being a minimalist?

Life in the future will be different from life today.

The population(人口) is growing fast. There will be more people in the world and most of them will live longer.

Computer will be much smaller and more useful, and there will be at least one in each home. And computer science will be one of the most important subjects in school then.

People will work fewer hours than they do now, and they will have more free time for sports, watching TV and travel.

Our food will be different, too. More land(土地) will be used for building new towns and houses for people. So there will be less land for cows and sheep, and meat will be more expensive. Maybe no one will eat it one day. They will eat more fruits and vegetables.

Work in the future will also be different. Robots will do dangerous and hard work. Because of this, many people will have no jobs to do. This will be a big problem in the future.

根据短文内容,回答下列问题。

1.In the future there will be__________ .

A. much more meat B. more people

C. fewer people D. fewer vegetables

2.Every family will have at least one ________ in the future.

A. TV B. robot C. cow D. computer

3.In the future people don’t have to (不得不)__________.

A. work long hours B. walk to work

C. eat fruits and vegetables D. work fast

4.People may not eat as much ________ as they do today.

A. fruit B. meat C. vegetables D. food

5.One big problem in the future is that _________.

A. Many people will do dangerous and hard work

B. people have to work fast

C. robots will do all the work

D. many people won’t have jobs to do

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