i>even before setting pen to paper... ''the essential crime that contains all others in itself. '' I have spent many hours of my free time, encouraging my agents... to deface Party posters and hoarding announcements. I read and memorized Goldstein's book. For 30 years, I have plotted to bring down the Party. I was sick in mind and body. Together with my colleagues, Aaronson and Rutherford... I did counterfeit important Party documents... including ex-London permits and travel passes. And that by use of these documents... my agents traveled freely throughout Airstrip One... encouraging insurrection and organizing a massive counterplot... to destroy the innermost faction of the Oceanian leadership. Furthermore... I used my position of privilege within the Inner Party... to pervert and betray the truth at all times... and to suggest, wherever possible, that our traditional allies in Eastasia... were in fact, our deadly enemies. ''April the 4th, 1984. '' In my position as Chief Factory Planner... "I think... " I stole military plans... and, at vast financial profit, sold them to the Eurasian leadership. "...to the past... "or to the future... "to an age when thought is free. "From the age of Big Brother... "from the age of the Thought Police... "from a dead man... "greetings!" 30-to-40 group, take your places, please. Right, let's see which one of us can touch his toes. Right over from the hips, brothers and sisters, please. One, two. Smith? 6079, Smith, W. ? Yes, you. Bend lower. You're not trying. Watch me. There, brother. That's what I want. Anyone under 45 is perfectly capable of touching his toes. I'm 39, and I've had four children. We don't all have the privilege of fighting in the front line. Remember our boys on the Malabar Front. Just think what they have to put up with. Production of water-heaters is up 1.5 percent. Switchgear, 4.5 percent. Electrical wiring, 10 percent. Cigarettes, 18 percent. Bricks, 3 percent. Morning, Smith. Parsons. Heard the rumor? No. Good news, is it? l should say so, yes. Choco rations going up. Really? Twenty-five grams next week. Doubleplus good. Speakwrites, 14 percent. Vibra-aging castings, 9 percent. By the way, Smith, l seem to have run out of razor blades for some reason. You wouldn't happen to have any spare, would you? l'm sorry, brother. l'm on the last one. Bandages, 9 percent. In 1983, Oceania's coal output... reached 630 million tons. In 1976, coal output was 605 million tons... an increase of 4. 1 percent. 5.3 million tractors were produced... an increase of 17.6 percent. 6. 1 million trucks... l wanted to ask you if you've got any razor blades? l've tried all over the place. l've been using the same one for six weeks. ...a staggering increase of 93.4 percent. Did you see the prisoners hanged yesterday? No, l was working. But l shall see it on the screens. You'll pick up the gin on the way? l'll have two. 2.9 million Airstrip One Mark 5 submachine guns... 3. 1 million Grenville gas-operated light machine guns... Give me a gin. 2.2 million .5 Victory recoil-operated heavy machine guns... 6 million rifle grenades... 9 million Perry pineapple pin grenades... and 1.4 million lightweight... spigot-launching, anti-tank rocket projectors. Food production is ------------------------------ Читайте также: - текст Девушка и борода на английском - текст Бумер на английском - текст Несколько дней из жизни И.И. Обломова на английском - текст Амадей на английском - текст Семнадцать мгновений весны на английском |