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Uncle Jeff spends most of his time these days writing books.
這些天，杰夫叔叔的大部分時間都在寫書。
Last year, I started helping him. He needed someone to do research for him,
去年，我開始幫他。他需要有人幫他做調查，
to go to the library and to use the computer to get information.
去圖書館，用電腦查些資料。
Uncle Jeff insisted on paying me some money for the work.
杰夫叔叔堅持要給我一些錢。
Of course, I didn't want to take it. I lived in his house, I ate his food, and he paid for my college tuition.
當然，我不想要。我吃的住的都是他的，學費也是他付的。
I do help around the house. I clean, do the grocery shopping, and other things like that. And I was happy to do his research.
我在家里幫忙打掃衛生，去雜貨店買東西，還有其他類似的事情。我很高興能幫他做調查。
But he insisted that I get paid for my work. He said I was a good assistant, a good helper. He could trust me to do a good job.
但他堅持要我拿工錢。他說我是個好助手，好幫手。他相信我能把工作做好。
I finally said okay. The money helped me to buy an old used car and some other things, too.
最后我終于答應了。我用這些錢買了一輛二手車和其他一些東西。
At first, I only did research at the library and on the computer. But when he started to get involved in solving crimes,
起初，我只在圖書館的電腦上查資料。但當他開始著手解決犯罪問題時，
he let me help with some of the cases that he was working on. Uncle Jeff didn't solve crimes to make a living or to make money.
他讓我幫他處理一些案子。杰夫叔叔破案不是為了謀生或賺錢。
They always started in the same way. Someone asked for his help.
每次都是某人向他求助。
