Ephemera are the small, ordinary things of daily life that were never meant to last: train tickets, flyers, paper menus, postcards, posters, stamps on envelopes. They are often cheap, and people throw them away without thinking.

Ephemeraephemera這個字 are the small, ordinary things of daily life指的是日常生活中那些不起眼的小東西 that were never meant to last原本就不是要留下來的 train tickets, flyers, paper menus, postcards, posters, stamps on envelopes像是車票、傳單、紙菜單、明信片、海報、信封上的郵票 They are often cheap它們通常很便宜 and people throw them away without thinking大家想都不想就丟掉

Though actually, that throwaway quality is why collectors and museums hunt for old ephemera — a ticket from fifty years ago can tell you how a city felt.

Though actually不過實際上 that throwaway quality is why collectors and museums hunt for old ephemera正因為這種可丟棄的特質，收藏家和博物館才會到處尋找舊的ephemera a ticket from fifty years ago can tell you how a city felt一張五十年前的票根能告訴你當年這座城市的氛圍

The Greek start of the word is “things for a day”, so writers also use it more loosely for anything that lives a very short life, not only paper. In grammar it looks like a plural (and it began as one), but English often treats it as a mass: “old ephemera”, not “three ephemeras”.

The Greek start of the word is這個字的希臘字源是 'things for a day'「只存在一天的東西」 so writers also use it more loosely所以作者也會比較寬鬆地用這個字 for anything that lives a very short life來指任何存在時間很短的東西 not only paper不只是紙類 In grammar it looks like a plural在文法上它看起來像複數 (and it began as one)（原本也的確是複數） but English often treats it as a mass但英文常把它當成不可數的整體 'old ephemera', not 'three ephemeras'說「old ephemera」，而不是「three ephemeras」