" Which is a cheap thing and without value" . I flung his words at him.

" 是廉价的东西，一文不值！" 我拿他的话扔了回去。

If the yuan was the cheapest thing going back then, now its cheapness has all but gone.

假如最廉价时期的人民币回到现在，现如今那些廉价的东西不复存在。

I always try to find the cheapest thing I can.

我总是尽力找到最便宜的东西。

I'm not selling the cheapest thing here. You know, I'm not competing with McDonald's.

我这里不卖最便宜的东西。你知道，我不是在和麦当劳竞争。

But it does seem that the era of the gig economy making things cheaper for millennials like me and you, seems to be over, unfortunately.

但是，不幸的是，对于像我和你这样的千禧一代来说，这种零工经济会更便宜的时代似乎已经过去了。

It's not, of course, that we refuse to buy inexpensive or cheap things, it's just that getting excited over cheap things has come to seem a little bizarre.

当然，我们不会因此拒绝购买便宜或不值钱的东西，只是对买到不值钱的东西从而感到的兴奋有点不自在。

You'll remember that when we talked about the Industrial Revolution, we discussed the virtuous cycle of more efficiency making things cheaper, which in turn made them easier to buy, which increased demand, which increased efficiency.

你会记得，当我们谈论工业革命时，我们讨论了提高效率使东西更便宜的良性循环， 这反过来又使它们更容易购买， 从而增加了需求， 从而提高了效率。

The next problem is—since there is no such thing as cheap and gaudy Indian woollen stuff, should we be rigorous in our boycott of foreign flannels and memos, or make an exception in their favour?

下一个问题是——既然没有廉价华而不实的印度羊毛制品，我们是应该坚决抵制外国法兰绒和备忘录，还是破例支持它们？