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【阅读原文】 标题：The US tipping system is teetering Customers are growing more resentful as gratuities soar 正文：Defenders say gratuities inspire good service from waiters, parking valets and manicurists. Others call it a form of extortion. Either way, they cloak an employment system that is nearly unique. In the US, customers, rather than bosses, determine whether service workers make a decent living. Nowhere is this more true than in full-service restaurants, which pay their wait staff as little as $2.13 per hour and rely on tips to make up the difference to the legal minimum for other jobs. 知识点：defender n./dɪˈfendər/ If someone is a defender of a particular thing or person that has been criticized, they argue or act in support of that thing or person. 捍卫者 • ...the most ardent defenders of conventional family values. …传统家庭价值最强烈的捍卫者。 获取外刊的完整原文以及精讲笔记，请关注微信公众号「早安英文」，回复“外刊”即可。更多有意思的英语干货等着你！