When Ali and his father go uptown to find gardening work, Ali's father is so intimated by the wealth and status of their potential employers… that he fails to get a foot in the door.

当阿里和父亲到镇上去找园工的活计时，父亲由于受到了潜在客户的财富和地位的震慑… … 以至于他没敢迈出第一步跑。