The irritating thing was that in the racket of voices Winston could hardly hear what Parsons was saying, and was constantly having to ask for some fatuous remark to be repeated.

• 恼人的是他们的周围一片营营嗡嗡，他说的什么温斯顿根本就听不见，只好一遍遍叫他把那些蠢话再说一次。