1-Tie a small piece of bright-colored fabric 布片to your luggage.Saves a lot of time to check if it's your bag or not.在行李箱上纏一小片顏色鮮艷的布片，這樣能節(jié)省你找箱子的時間。
2-when you want cross words out you don't want to be legible,instead of scribbling over them, write random letters and words over the original.
如果你不想寫的東西被看到，除了把它劃掉，你可以在原來的字上再隨便寫點什么，這樣就很難辨認了。
3-Use a rubberband to keep a door from latching如果門老是關(guān)來關(guān)去，你可以用一根橡皮圈來固定住。
4-Does your dorm smell bad？Tape a dryer sheet over the AC unit and turn it on.
如果你的房間味道很難聞的話，你可以用膠帶在空調(diào)上粘一片干燥片，然后打開制冷。
5-For people who use their phone to watch things often and are tired of learning it onto something where it will fall down after a while：Use your sunglasses！
如果你喜歡用手機看視頻，別忘了你的太陽鏡可以做一個很好的手機支架。
6-How to waterproof your shoes。怎樣讓鞋子防水？試試在鞋子表面涂一層蜂蠟。
7-Take a picture of business cards people hand you, just in case you lose it.
收到對方的名片時，如果是有用的，避免弄丟的一個辦法：拍一張照片。
8-When ironing a button-up shirt, flip it inside-out to easily iron over the button side.
熨衣服的時候，將外面的扣子折到里面去，這樣有扣子的地方就容易熨平整了。
9-Put old newspaper at the bottom of your bin to absorb food juices.
在垃圾桶底部放一張舊報紙，這樣便于吸收一些灑出來的果汁，耐臟。
10-Tumble dry shoes without ruining them.用甩干機干鞋子的時候，不要把鞋子放到里面攪，可以用一根鞋帶纏住在外面甩。
11-Keep a card like this in your wallet ,ideally in a highly visible place. It could save your life someday.
在錢包最顯眼的地方插一張小卡片，寫上你的血型，急救電話等信息，說不定哪天能救你的命。
12-How to put away all your Christmas decorations.收納圣誕節(jié)裝飾品的一個好方法。
13-When traveling , keep a bar of scented soap in the same compartment as your dirty laundry . it will keep your clothes smelling clean.旅行的時候可以在裝衣服的地方放一小塊香皂，即使衣服沒洗，聞起來也會感覺很干凈。
14-Cut a hole on the top corner of the juice carton, so that it won't explode all ove your table.在紙盒裝的飲料的頂部開一個小洞，可以避免灑的桌子上到處都是。
15-Bounce batteries to see if their good or bad . Drop them on a table from about 6 Inches. if they give one small bounce around around any more than that , they are dead or on the way out.
如何檢驗一個電池還有沒有用？離桌面6英尺（約15厘米）自由落下，如果幾乎不反彈，說明電池已經(jīng)沒用了。
16-Use a coozie to cover your stick on hot days.
**天氣特別熱的時候，用絕緣套套在汽車推桿上防止燙手。 **
17-When taking a picture , squint your eyes to make your smile look much more genuine.
拍照的時候，微微瞇眼能讓你看起來更誠懇。
18-Use a clean Dustpan to fill a container that Doesn't fit in the sink.
洗水槽不好接水時，可以用一個塑料簸箕當引流器。
19-Need an inexpensive cookbook holder？Try a pants hanger.
你夾褲子的衣架還能當一個很好的食譜夾。
20-Use your cellphone light underneath a water bottle to make a lantern that distributes light better than the diret beam.把手機放在塑料瓶里，分散的光源可以當作一個輕便的小提燈。
21-Use a spring from an old pen to keep your charger from bending ,and breaking
充電線的線頭容易折斷？從舊的筆管里面取下彈簧套在上面。
22-Quick and easy iphone speaker.
如何快速做一個Iphone揚聲器
23-Use binder clips to fix broken keyboard feet.鍵盤松了，可以用長尾夾將四個小角固定住。
24-Wrap a wetpaper towel around your beverage and put in the freezer. In about 15 minutes it will be almost completely ice cold.用一張濕紙巾將飲料外瓶保住放入冰箱，15分鐘不到就能完全變成一瓶冰飲了。
25-Put pancake mix in a ketchup bottle for a no mess expericence.
將要烤的粉餅倒入裝番茄醬的空瓶子里，這樣加入平底鍋里，就不擔心面粉滴的到處都是。
26-Clean out an old lotion bottle for your beach bag and put your phone , money ,and keys in it for safer keeping at the beach.沙灘度假時，為了財務(wù)安全，你可以將一個舊的沐浴露的瓶子洗干凈，然后把錢、手機、鑰匙裝進去。
27-Use a muffin tin to serve condiments 調(diào)味品at a BBQ.（it will also cut down on dish washing）在進行BBQ的時候，可以用一個松餅罐來裝調(diào)味品，這樣既方便又不用洗盤子。
28-Doritos are great for kindling if you can't find any .如果你實在找不到用來點火的東西，多滋薯片也能當一種非常好的引火物。
29-Use nail polish to identity different keys
用指甲油給鑰匙涂色，這樣區(qū)分鑰匙就方便多了。
30-Use a hanging shoe rack to store cleaning supplies.（and keep them away from the kids）用吊鉤將鞋架掛在門上用來裝清洗用品，這樣能節(jié)省很大的空間。（注意不要讓小孩子碰到。）
31-Freezes grapes to chill white wine without watering it down.相比冰塊，用冰葡萄給白酒降溫，可以避免白酒被稀釋。
32-Use paper clips to orgranize your cables
各種充電線雜亂無章？試試用長尾夾把它們固定起來。
33-Almost finished you jar of nutella？end it with ice cream.你的巧克力醬真的吃干凈了嗎？試試再加點冰淇淋。
34-Sick of having a box full of tangled cords
對盒子里的各種雜亂的充電線感到頭疼？試試用小卷筒進行分裝。
35-Unroll the Rim to increase the capacity將小杯的邊緣展開，能增大它的容量。
36-To remove the stem from strawberries, use a straw.草莓上面的葉子不好去除？試試用根吸管。
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福利：【Gratitude的詞匯小灶】
- bright-colored 顏色鮮艷的
fabric 布片 legible清晰的，易讀的
scribble 亂寫，亂涂
rubber band 橡皮圈
Tumble 摔倒，打滾
decoration 裝飾品
scented soap 香皂
laundry 洗衣店
compartment隔間
carton n.紙箱 V.用盒包裝
explode爆炸，爆發(fā)
Bounce 彈力，彈跳
stick n.棍 V.堅持，粘住
squint 斜視，瞇著眼看
genuine 真實的，誠懇的
Dustpan 簸箕
hanger 衣架，掛鉤
lantern燈籠，提燈
spring 彈簧，春天
speaker 揚聲器
binder clips 長尾夾
towel 毛巾，紙巾
beverage飲料
ketchup番茄醬
lotion 洗液，洗滌劑
condiment調(diào)味品
kindle 點火，燃起
nail polish 指甲油
shoe rack 鞋架
cleaning supplies清洗用品
grape 葡萄 tangled 雜亂的
Rim邊緣
一To Be Continued
原文作者：Brian Lee 查看原文
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