English Original
Mother had decided to trim her household budget wherever possible, so instead of having a dress dry-cleaned, she washed it by hand. Proud of her savings, she boasted to my father, "Just think, Fred, we are five dollars richer because I washed this dress by hand."
"Good," my dad quickly replied. "Wash it again!"
中文翻译
母亲决定尽可能地缩减家庭开支,于是她没有把一件连衣裙送去干洗,而是自己动手洗了。她为自己的节省感到自豪,便向父亲夸耀道:“想想看,弗雷德,我手洗了这件衣服,我们就多了五美元。”
“很好,”父亲迅速回应道,“那就再洗一遍!”