天吾的父亲是NHK公司负责上门收费的收款员，周日的时候会拉着儿子跟他一起到各家各户去收电视有线费。

His father was a debt-collector who rounded up licence fees for the NHK television network, dragging his son along with him on Sundays as he called on households door-to-door.

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一顿饭每人还不到10美元，这项合理的帐目中包括仅仅只收4美元的送货上门的费用，再加10美金，您将拥有您自己的私人服务员。

The bill for the meal is less than $10 a head, a reasonable amount that includes a delivery charge of just $4. Add another $10, and you get your own personal waiter.

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