Twice Strickland refused a berth on tramps sailing for the United States, and once on a collier going to Newcastle.

有两次驶往美国的货轮上需要干活都被思特里克兰德拒绝了，另有一艘到纽卡斯尔的煤船他也不肯去。

To get coal, men called miners, or colliers, dig deep holes straight down into the earth, until they reach the seams of coal.

有一些叫做“矿工”的，上挖出深洞，深洞笔直向下延伸，一直挖到煤层。

" I mentioned that to him, " said Mr. Galloway, " and he said the men in the colliers that run up to Newcastle and the fishermen and farm hands don't behave like ladies and gentlemen and don't talk like them" .

" 我向他提过这一点，" 盖洛韦先生说，" 但是他说那些去纽卡斯尔的煤船上的船员，那些渔民和农场工并没有绅士淑女的举止，也不像他们那样说话。"