主题：无主题我爸当了一辈子工会会员，当初我准备告诉他我要去诺切克工作，我真以为他会直接拿茶壶砸我。我试着解释说，各国政府只忙着操心自己的国家，只有诺切克这样的大机构才有余力去担心整个世界……他大概是听进去了。我想他应该理解了。但他还是塞给我一本恩格斯的《英国工人阶级状况》，让我带到南极去。（还有一盒正宗的好茶，大概算是原谅我了吧。）
英文原文
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My Dad was a trade unionist his whole life, and when I told him I going to work for Norček I honestly thought he'd throw the teapot at me. I tried to explain it, that all our governments are so busy worrying about their countries that there isn't an institution big enough to worry about the world - and I think he got it. I think he understood. But he still gave me a copy of Engel's "The Condition of the Working Class" to bring with me to Antarctica. (And a box of proper tea, which is a kind of forgiveness.)