Great areas of it, even for a Party member, were neutral and non-political, a matter of slogging through dreary jobs, fighting for a place on the Tube, darning a worn-out sock, cadging a saccharine tablet, saving a cigarette end.

• 即便对党员而言，生活的许多方面，依照是倾向中性，不论政治。 那是拼死拼活做完沉闷的工作，是地铁里抢个座儿，是补一双破袜子，讨一份糖精片，省一个烟屁股。