主旨：無主旨我父親一生都在為勞工權益奉獻，所以當我跟他說要去諾丑克上班的時候，說真的，我還以為他會把手邊的茶壺直接扔過來。我努力向他解釋，說各國政府光顧著自己的國家都忙不過來了，這世上根本沒有一個足夠龐大的機構，能真正替整個世界著想——我想他聽懂了。我想他理解了我的意思。但他最後還是塞了一本恩格斯的《工人階級狀況》給我，叫我帶去南極。（還附了一盒上等好茶，這大概就是他和解的方式吧。）
英文原文
SUBJECT: NO SUBJECT
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.)