I wanted to look at the upper-middle-class scene since the war, and in particular my generation's part in it. We had spent our early years as privileged members of a privileged class. How were we faring in the Age of the Common Man? How ought we to be faring?

  • -- Simon Raven 西蒙·雷文

我想看看战后的中上层阶级,尤其是我们这一代人。我们早年是特权阶级的特权成员。我们在普通人的时代过得怎么样?我们该怎么办呢?

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Years ago we discovered the exact point, the dead center of middle age. It occurs when you are too young to take up golf and too old to rush up to the net.

几年前,我们发现了确切的一点,中年时期的死亡中心。它发生在你太年轻不能打高尔夫球和太老不能冲上网的时候。

The capitalist class shoots down mothers and children. It stops at nothing, no matter how monstrous, to prevent the organization of the workers.

资产阶级杀害母亲和孩子。它不惜一切代价阻止工人们组织起来,不管多么可怕。

Middle age is when your age starts to show around your middle.

中年是你的年龄开始在你的中年左右显现的时候。

Alcohol decimated the working class and so many people.

酒精毁灭了工人阶级和许多人。