Mother had decided¹ to trim her household budget wherever possible, so instead of having a dress dry-cleaned she washed it by hand. Proud of her savings², she boasted to my father, "just think, Fred, we are five dollars richer because I washed this dress by hand.”

母亲决定尽可能地减少家务开支，于是她自己洗衣服，而不把衣服送到干洗店去干洗了。母亲很得意自己的节约之道，对父亲自夸道:“弗雷德，你想想，我们又增加了五块钱的积累，因为我自己动手洗的这些衣服。”

"Good，”my dad quickly replied. "Wash it again!”

“好啊!”我父亲立即答道:“那就再洗一遍。”