The things you own that are worth a lot of money and are small enough to carry away — jewellery, watches, cameras, laptops, passports, cash.

The things you own指你所擁有的東西 that are worth a lot of money值很多錢、 and are small enough to carry away而且小到可以隨身帶走的——jewellery, watches, cameras, laptops, passports, cash珠寶、手錶、相機、筆電、護照、現金。

It is a plural noun and it lives almost entirely in the world of safety and theft: hotel signs say 'please leave valuables at the front desk', gyms say 'do not leave valuables in the changing room', police say 'keep your valuables out of sight'. That is the natural home of the word, and if you learn it in that setting you will use it correctly.

It它 is a plural noun是個複數名詞 and而 it lives almost entirely in the world of safety and theft幾乎完全活在「安全和防竊」這個世界裡：hotel signs say飯店的告示會寫 'please leave valuables at the front desk'「please leave valuables at the front desk（貴重物品請寄放櫃檯）」, gyms say健身房會寫 'do not leave valuables in the changing room'「do not leave valuables in the changing room（請勿將貴重物品留在更衣室）」, police say警察會說 'keep your valuables out of sight'「keep your valuables out of sight（貴重物品請收好、不要外露）」。That那 is the natural home of the word是這個字真正的家，and如果 if you learn it in that setting你在那樣的情境裡學會它，you will use it correctly用起來就會是對的。

Notice what it does not usually cover: your house and your car are worth far more, but people don't call them valuables, because the word carries the idea of small, portable, easily stolen.

Notice注意 what it does not usually cover它通常不涵蓋的東西：your house and your car你的房子和車子 are worth far more價值遠遠更高，but但 people don't call them valuables人們不會叫它們valuables，because因為 the word carries the idea of small, portable, easily stolen這個字帶有「小、可攜帶、容易被偷」的概念。

Notice too that it means money-worth, not heart-worth. Your grandmother's letters may be precious to you, but they are not 'valuables' unless someone would pay for them.

Notice too也要注意，that it means money-worth, not heart-worth它指的是「金錢上的價值」，不是「感情上的價值」。Your grandmother's letters你祖母的信 may be precious to you對你來說可能很珍貴，but但 they are not 'valuables'它們不算是「valuables」 unless someone would pay for them除非有人願意花錢買。