The houseboy comes to mop our kitchen floor twice a week.

男仆每周两次到我家来拖洗厨房地板。

He arrived in Olympia, Washington to work as a houseboy in exchange for English lessons.

他到达了华盛顿奥林匹亚，以做仆人为交换，换取上英语课的机会。

He dismounted at Kongming's farm and, knocked the door and asked the houseboy, "is your master in today?"

到庄前下马，扣门问童子曰：“先生今日在庄否？ ”？

A white hand waved. The Japanese houseboy giggled. The aubergine door of the smart little town house shut in my face.

一只白手挥舞着。日本的服务生傻笑。这个聪明的城镇小屋的紫红色的门在我面前关上了。

As many of you already know, my grandfather left Taishan in the 1890s for the United States to work as a houseboy in Olympia, Washington, in exchange for English language lessons.

正如你们许多人所知，我的祖父于19世纪90年代离开台山前往美国，在华盛顿州的奥林匹亚做家仆，以换取上英语课的机会。