The story begins with Ali running errands for his family, starting at a shoemaker who repairs the shoes of his little sister Zahra.

故事开始于阿里为家里人跑腿，他先去给妹妹萨拉修鞋子的鞋匠那儿。

He ran errands for Ms. Mitchell who walked with a wooden stick.

他为拄着木棍走路的米切尔女士跑腿。

Her mornings were spent running errands for her husband.

她上午帮丈夫跑生意。

I was just out running errands for the wedding.

我正准备出去准备婚礼呢。

And the expression we use is to " run errands." So, in the story, Jake " runs errands" for Kate.

而我们使用的表达方式是“跑腿”。 因此，在故事中，杰克为凯特“跑腿” 。

" I run errands for the cook—I do anything she tells me; and I teach the little ones their lessons" .

“我为厨师跑腿——我做她让我做的任何事情；我教小孩子们他们的课程”。

But no one pitied the boy during the time that he, like an animal, spent his school years in the city, and, with close-cropped hair, to prevent his getting vermin, ran errands for the workmen.

但是，在他像动物一样在城市里度过学生时代，为了防止他感染害虫，留着短发，为工人跑腿的那段时间里，没有人怜悯这个男孩。