At 8 years old, he worked as a kitchen boy for a restaurant in Paris in exchange for room and board.

8岁时，他在巴黎的一家餐馆当厨工，以换取食宿。

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On the bench beside me a young boy kept glancing up from his copy of Thomas the Tank Engine at the stout, blue-painted train we were waiting to board.

我身边的长椅上坐着一个男孩在看他那本《托马斯和朋友》，等着登上那列牢固的蓝色火车。

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In horror, the mother sawher little boy sitting at the key- board, innocently picking out Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star.

而让母亲吃惊的是，她的儿子竟然坐在钢琴面前，自顾自地弹着《闪烁，闪烁，小星星》。

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Dennis Miller, whose twin brother George was killed in 1941 while serving as a Boy Bugler on board HMS Barham, was a special guest at the unveiling.

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And, as a final straw, your golden-boy position has been usurped by an even more glamorous and meaningless seat at the board table: the chief technology officer.

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