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AT THE WOOLEN MILLS
在毛紡廠
Within the mills, next day, Donald and Thornton found the vast buildings throbbing with the beat of engines, the click and whir of bobbins, and the clash of machinery.
第二天，在磨坊里，唐納德和桑頓發現巨大的建筑物隨著發動機的轟鳴聲、筒管的滴答聲和嗖嗖聲以及機器的碰撞聲而顫動著。
When they entered, Mr. Munger, the manager, came forward cordially.
他們進來時，經理芒格先生熱誠地走上前來。
“We were glad to hear by telephone that you were coming out today, Mr. Clark,”he said. “Mr. Bailey, the president, is waiting to see you in his private office.”
“克拉克先生，從電話里得知你今天要出來，我們很高興。”他說。“總統的貝利先生正在他的私人辦公室等你。”
“Very well,”answered Mr. Clark. “While I am talking with Mr. Bailey, I should be glad to have my son Donald and my foreman, Mr. Thornton, go over the works. They have never visited a woolen mill.”
“非常好，”克拉克先生回答說。“在我和貝利先生談話的時候，我很高興讓我的兒子唐納德和我的工頭桑頓先生來檢查這些工作。他們從未參觀過毛紡廠。”
We shall be delighted to show them around,”answered Mr. Munger. “The bookkeeper will go with them.”
我們很樂意帶他們四處看看。”芒格先生回答說。“簿記員將和他們一起去。”
Donald and Thornton followed their guide into a building just across the yard. Here wool was being sorted by workmen called staplers, who were expert in judging its quality. As they handled the wool and tossed it into piles, they picked out straws, burs, and other waste matter caught in it.
唐納德和桑頓跟著他們的向導進了院子對面的一棟大樓。在這里，羊毛被稱為訂書機的工人分類，他們是判斷羊毛質量的專家。當他們處理羊毛并把它扔進堆里時，他們挑出了稻草、毛刺和其他陷在里面的廢物。
“The work of sorting must be carefully done” explained the bookkeeper, “or the wool will not take the dye well. Much depends on having the fleeces clear of waste matter. We are also very particular about the sorting. The finest wool, as you know, comes from the sides of the sheep; that which is clipped from the head and legs is coarse and stiff. These two kinds of wool we put in separate piles before we send the fleeces on to be scoured. In this next room you will see how the wool is washed.”
“分揀工作必須仔細做”簿記員解釋道，“或者羊毛不容易染上染料。這在很大程度上取決于能否清除廢物。我們對排序也很講究。你知道，最好的羊毛是從羊身上長出來的；我們把這兩種羊毛分放一堆，然后把羊毛洗凈。在這個隔壁房間里，你會看到羊毛是怎么洗的。”
