1·Five minutes inside the soup-kitchen in Hackney, east London, and I immediately understand what Orwell meant - that the "typical tramp" does not exist.
在伦敦东面哈克尼的汤棚里呆了五分钟,我立刻明白了奥威尔那句“‘典型的流浪汉’不存在”是什么意思。
2·In late October 1947, oppressed with "wretched health", Orwell recognised that his novel was still "a most dreadful mess and about two-thirds of it will have to be retyped entirely".
1947年十月下旬,烦于“糟透的病况”,奥威尔承认他的小说依然陷于“最艰难的困境以及还有三分之二的内容需要完全重新打过”。
3·He likes Orwell but prefers Jack London.
他喜欢奥威尔,但更喜欢杰克·伦敦。
4·He cited a newspaper article recounting that there are now 32 closed-circuit cameras within 200 yards of the London flat in which George Orwell wrote his book "1984".
他引用了一片报纸的文章,该文重新计算了目前在伦敦200码之内就有32个电子眼,而这些在乔治·奥威尔写的一本书《1984》里。
5·It all plays into the Zimbabweans' belief they live in a version of George Orwell's animal Farm, where some animals are more equal than others.
在津巴布韦人们的心里,他们相信,他们生活在乔治·奥威尔的“动物庄园”里,因为,在那里,有些动物比其它动物更加平等。