A scrapbook is a book of empty pages where you stick things you want to keep: photos, tickets, newspaper cuttings, postcards, little notes. The scrap here is not rubbish; it is a small piece you saved.

A scrapbookscrapbook is a book of empty pages where you stick things you want to keep是一本空白頁的本子，你可以把想留下來的東西貼上去 photos, tickets, newspaper cuttings, postcards, little notes照片、票根、剪報、明信片、小紙條 The scrap here is not rubbish這裡的scrap不是垃圾的意思 it is a small piece you saved它是指你留下來的一小片東西

Families used to make them by hand with glue and tape; some people still do, as a quiet hobby, and you can use scrapbook as a verb — to spend an afternoon making one.

Families used to make them by hand with glue and tape以前家庭會用膠水和膠帶手工做這種本子 some people still do, as a quiet hobby有些人現在還是這樣做，當成一個安靜的嗜好 and you can use scrapbook as a verb而且scrapbook也可以當動詞用 to spend an afternoon making one花一個下午做一本這樣的本子

A photo album is mostly photos in a tidy order. A scrapbook is messier and more personal: different little things sharing one page, often with writing around them.

A photo album is mostly photos in a tidy orderphoto album大部分是照片，按照整齊的順序排列 A scrapbook is messier and more personalscrapbook比較亂、也比較個人化 different little things sharing one page不同的小東西共用一頁 often with writing around them旁邊常常還會寫字

Computer apps now copy the same idea on a screen, and people still call that a scrapbook.

Computer apps now copy the same idea on a screen現在電腦應用程式也會在螢幕上模仿同樣的概念 and people still call that a scrapbook大家還是把那個叫做scrapbook