1999年10月21日,天津《今晚报》刊有沙叶新《胖的权利》一文。从标题到文字,一如沙先生的一贯行文风格,挥洒自如,妙趣横生,只是有一处,似乎有点经不起推敲。沙先生说他在国内是个胖子,到了美国就成了瘦子:“我身上的那一点点肉,几乎是美国胖子身上的小数点, On October 21, 1999, Tianjin Evening News published a paper entitled “Right to Fatness” by Sha Ye. From the title to the text, as Mr. Sha’s consistent style of writing, sway freely, fun, but there is a place, it seems a little can not withstand scrutiny. Mr. Sha said he is a fat man in the country, and he has become a thin person in the United States: "The little bit of meat in my body is almost the decimal point of the American fat man,