作为一个低调和俭省的小说家,郭平以小说小“说”的方式,书写日常生活世界。
As a quiet and industrious novelist, Guo Ping described the daily life with solicitude for minor objects.
早年艰苦生活的回忆使这个妇人极度俭省。
Memories of hard years made the old woman excessively thrifty.
我特别不能理解,干吗不直接把价格提高,算小费除了麻烦,而且让人有额外付出的感觉,特别像我这样平时俭省惯了的人,在中国自己嗓子冒烟了都舍不得买瓶矿泉水,到了美国一伸手就得给人付出几美元,还叫“小费”,简直让我心头淌血。
Why not simply hike the prices? Apart from the inconvenience in calculating the tips, it also makes people feel that they have paid more than they should.
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