I never expected to hear the 'D' word applied to my lifetime, although my mother, who was a small child during the Great Depression, habitually recycles buttons and sometimes even zippers.

我从未想过这辈子会亲身经历一次“大萧条”，而曾经历上世纪三十年代大萧条的我的母亲（她那时还只是个小姑娘）养成了回收利用旧扣子、甚至是旧拉链的习惯。