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A week later they will be back in their purely negotiating role.
過一個(gè)星期他們又會(huì)倒回去扮演他們那種純粹是談判的角色。
They make the rest of us feel that either they should be more important and if possible creative, or less important, just minding their own business.
他們使我們其余的人覺得要么他們應(yīng)該起更重要的作用，可能的話更有創(chuàng)新精神。要么起不那么重要的作用，只管他們自己的事。
As it is they are like a hippopotamus blundering in and out of a pets'tea party.
而現(xiàn)在，他們就像只河馬闖進(jìn)闖出玩賞動(dòng)物的茶會(huì)。
Moreover, sooner or later they will have to put an end to this conflict between Admass and what remains of their Englishness, coming down decisively on one side or the other, for they cannot enjoy both together.
不僅如此，他們遲早要解決這種商業(yè)廣告推銷和他們殘存的一些英國人特性之間的矛盾，下決心站到這一邊或那一邊，因?yàn)樗麄儾荒芡瑫r(shí)享有二者。
The future of the English may be shaped by this decision.
英國人的未來也許要取決于這個(gè)決定。
There are, of course, people belonging to all classes who do not want to be fascinated and then enslaved by Admass, and who if necessary are ready to make a few sacrifices, largely material, to achieve a satisfying state of mind.
當(dāng)然，各個(gè)階層之中也還有一些不甘心被商業(yè)廣告推銷所迷惑然后任其擺布的人。如有必要的話，這些人還愿意做出一些犧牲，主要是物質(zhì)方面的犧牲，以求達(dá)到一種令人滿意的精神境界。
They probably believe, as I do, that the Admass Good Life is a fraud on all counts.
他們也許像我一樣地相信，商業(yè)廣告推銷所宣傳的"美好生活"是徹頭徹尾的騙局。
Even the stuff it produces is mostly junk, meant to be replaced as soon as you can afford to keep on buying.
就連它所生產(chǎn)出來的東西也多半是一些破爛貨，只要你有錢經(jīng)常購買就應(yīng)當(dāng)不斷地予以替換。
Such people can be found among workers in smallish, well-managed and honest enterprises, in which everybody still cares about the product and does not assume the customers are idiots.
這樣的人在那些規(guī)模較小、經(jīng)營有方、不搞欺詐的企業(yè)的工人中可以找到，因?yàn)樵谶@樣的企業(yè)里，人們?nèi)匀话研乃加迷诋a(chǎn)品上，而不是把顧客都當(dāng)成傻瓜。
They can be found, too-though not in large numbers because the breed is dying out-among crusty High Tories who avoid the City and directors'fees.
在那些不愿走進(jìn)倫敦市商業(yè)區(qū)，不愿接受董事經(jīng)理的高薪厚俸的、頑固的高層保守黨成員中也可以找到此種人-盡管為數(shù)不會(huì)很多，因?yàn)檫@種人本就在日益減少。
But they are strongest and, I fancy, on the increase in the professional classes, men and women who may or may not believe in my Englishness but have rejected Admass.
但是，這些人的力量最大，而且，據(jù)我看，在職業(yè)階層中他們的人數(shù)也在增長(zhǎng)。這些男男女女也許相信我所說的英國人特性，也許不信，但他們拒絕接受商業(yè)廣告推銷。
