Sometimes new clothes come with a peculiar smell. This smell comes from formaldehyde, which is used for resisting creases.

新衣服有时会散发一种特殊的味道，这种味道来自衣服防皱处理时残留的致癌性化学药品甲醛，因此必须用食盐水浸泡后洗一洗再穿，食盐能消毒、杀菌、防棉布褪色。

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I don't know what makes up this smell, which I recognize from grandmothers and elderly aunts, and which hangs in the rooms and halls of old-age homes like a curse.

我不知道这种气味是从哪里来的，从我的祖母和上了年纪的姨妈和姑妈那里闻到过这种气味，像散发在老年人居住的房间和走廊里朽味，令人窒息。

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Smell this and tell me what you think it is.

你闻一下这个，然后告诉我是什么。

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