挤奶人

After Tess had settled down to her cow there was for a time no talk in the barton, and not a sound interfered with the purr of the milk-jets into the numerous palls, except a momentary exclamation to one or other of the beasts requesting her to turn round or stand still.

苔丝在奶牛身边坐下来挤奶以后，一时间院子里的人谁也不说话了，偶尔除了一两声有人要牛转向或站着不动的吆喝外，听见的都是牛奶被挤进许多牛奶桶里的噗噗声。

He was merely serving up the same old reassuring myth, so carefully sustained from generation to generation, of a happy bucolic world untouched by the conflicts and savageries of real life, one more episode in the long-running story of Arcadian shepherds and Bourbon milkmaids, of Soviet tractor drivers and Merrie England.

他只不过是将一个同样是老掉牙的神话搬出来给人压惊罢了。这个神话好不容易熬过了一代又一代：快乐的田园生活里，了无纷扰、残酷的现实生活痕迹，是阿卡迪亚牧羊和波旁挤奶姑娘故事的又一章节，是苏维埃拖拉机手和Merrie England的神话。

The majority of dairymen have a cross manner at milking-time, but it happened that Mr Crick was glad to get a new hand - for the days were busy ones now - and he received her warmly; inquiring for her mother and the rest of the family -(though this as a matter of form merely, for in reality he had not been aware of Mrs Durbeyfields existence till apprised of the fact by a brief business letter about Tess).

大多数男工挤奶的时候都脾气烦躁，但是碰巧克里克先生正想雇佣一个新手--因为这些日子正是缺少人手的时候--于是他就热情地接待了她；他问候她的母亲和家中其他的人--（其实这不过是客套而已，因为他在接到介绍苔丝的一封短信之前，根本就不知道德北菲尔德太太的存在）。

The majority of dairymen have a cross manner at milking-time, but it happened that Mr Crick was glad to get a new hand - for the days were busy ones now - and he received her warmly; inquiring for her mother and the rest of the family -(though this as a matter of form merely, for in reality he had not been aware of Mrs Durbeyfield's existence till apprised of the fact by a brief business letter about Tess).

大多数男工挤奶的时候都脾气烦躁，但是碰巧克里克先生正想雇佣一个新手--因为这些日子正是缺少人手的时候--于是他就热情地接待了她；他问候她的母亲和家中其他的人--（其实这不过是客套而已，因为他在接到介绍苔丝的一封短信之前，根本就不知道德北菲尔德太太的存在）。

Their udders were frequently ulcerated, but they would be milked regardless.

但是没人关心，这些奶牛还在被挤奶。

But we don't care about Battlegrounds.

但我们并不在乎沙场中的显露。

Ah! don't mention it, the butcher's shop is a horror.

啊！不用提了。提到肉，真是糟透了。