translation.en: Well, that must have seemed like a funny idea to that foreman: put these two middle-class little white boys out in a cotton field in August in Texas -- it's hot.
translation.zh: 好吧，那对于工头来说一定像是个很搞笑的提议了： 把这两个中产阶级白人小孩放在棉花地里干活儿。 那是八月的德克萨斯——天气非常热。