我父亲在港口的第一份工作，是给码头工人们送水，这是一份没有工资，只能靠小费的工作——这里三分，那里五分，日积月累。

My father's first job at the port was bringing tea to the dockworkers, a job for which he was paid only in tips-a few cents here and there that gradually added up.

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我的父亲是一名工人。

My father is a worker.

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在我出生的时候，我父亲是苏格兰的一个富有经验的织布工人。

When I was born my father was a well-to-do master weaver in Scotland.

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