George Orwell. 《1984》DAY 11/20
Part2 9-then you can explain it to me as you go
文章开始细节描写这本书
A heavy black volume, amateurishly bound, with no name or title on the cover.书很简单,简单得很平凡
书的第一章Ignorance is Strength
three kinds of people in the world, the High, the Middle, and the Low.人大体的分成三类
subdivide把....进一步分成小的部分
the essential structure of society has never altered.不管人怎么分,社会的基本结构从未改变
读书让Winston很享受The sweet summer air played against his cheek.
From somewhere far away there floated the faint shouts of children孩子的叫喊声都不再显得嘈杂
It was bliss, it was eternity.一句话道明作者读书时的心情。永恒的幸福
所以一下子跳跃到第三章War is Peace(也是这一天的重点内容,讲述何为战争,以及战争的具体体现)
But in a physical sense war involves very small numbers of people, mostly highly-trained specialists, and causes comparatively few casualties.
be too evenly matched,势均力敌
in a material sense,从实际意义上说
self-contained economies,自给自足的经济
bottomless reserve of cheap labour.永不枯竭的廉价劳动力储备
shattering令人震惊的
The book fascinated him, or more exactly it reassured him.书给予慰藉
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战争的目的是保持社会基本结构,是对劳动力的破坏,把剩余财富都消耗完,这样人民才不会想到反对目前的统治,深刻的剖析了老大哥一系列的手段。