"Fine, delicate tablecloths are a must when Brazilian daughters are married off," says Father Hsiao Chin-ming, "and Brazilian women are optimistic by nature, they don't haggle, and if they see the salesman is a Chinese who doesn't speak Portuguese and has an honest face, they'll ask him in for a cup of coffee.
「那些精巧的台布、桌巾等，是巴西人嫁女兒必備的」，蕭金銘神父說，「而巴西婦女又天性樂觀，不會斤斤計較，再看來推銷的是連葡文都不會說、外表很老實的中國人，通常都會請進家喝杯咖啡。