If saving energy is so easy and profitable, why isn't everyone doing it?

如果节约能源是如此容易和有利可图，为什么不是每个人都这样做呢？

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If you're saving up for a new outfit you've had your eye on, cheap dinners for a month might let you buy it.

如果你想省钱买一套你看中的新套装，吃一个月的廉价晚餐也许会让你买得起。

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It will take time to learn and require a lot of discipline, but if you put your mind to it you will quickly start saving 5 minutes here and 5 minutes there.

学习这种方法将会花费一些时间并且有许多规则要求，但如果你集中精力在这方面，你将会很快就开始在这里或那里节省出5分钟的时间。

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This helps us to explain, for instance, why in so many cultures the concept of saving face is so important, even if to most modern Americans it seems relatively trivial.

这就很容易解释，为什么很多文化里的面子问题,会变得那么重要，而对许多美国人来说,那都是小事一桩。

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It's a life-saving procedure and if it wasn't performed then the outcome may well be death.

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All we can say: It's not dead if it's still saving lives.

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But not if it causes you to start saving for your newborn's college tuition at the expense of your own retirement.

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