A: You don’t usually have a backpack. Don’t you normally like to carry a handbag?
B: Because I often carry a handbag on one shoulder, one of my shoulders is now lower than the other one.
A: So is this the reason you’ve switched to using a backpack?
B: Yep. This way I shouldn’t have unbalanced shoulders and a backpack can also hold more stuff.
A: 難得看到你背後背包，你平常不是都喜歡用手提包的嗎？
B: 我因為太常把手提包背在一邊肩膀上，兩邊肩膀變得一高一低。
A: 你是因為這樣改背後背包的嗎？
B: 是啊，這樣比較不會有高低肩，而且後背包容量也比較大。
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