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1、NINETEENEIGHTY-FOURGEORGEORWELLPARTIIItwasabrightcolddayinApril,andtheclockswerestrikingthirteen.WinstonSmith,hischinnuzzledintohisbreastinanefforttoescapethevilewind,slippedquicklythroughtheglassdoorsofVictoryMansions,thoughnotquicklyenoughtopreventaswirlofgrittydustfromenteringalongwithhim.The
2、hallwaysmeltofboiledcabbageandoldragmats.Atoneendofitacolouredposter,toolargeforindoordisplay,hadbeentackedtothewall.Itdepictedsimplyanenormousface,morethanametrewide:thefaceofamanofaboutforty-five,withaheavyblackmoustacheandruggedlyhandsomefeatures.Winstonmadeforthestairs.Itwasnousetryingthelif
3、t.Evenatthebestoftimesitwasseldomworking,andatpresenttheelectriccurrentwascutoffduringdaylighthours.ItwaspartoftheeconomydriveinpreparationforHateWeek.Theflatwassevenflightsup,andWinston,whowasthirty-nineandhadavaricoseulcerabovehisrightankle,wentslowly,restingseveraltimesontheway.Oneachlanding,
4、oppositethelift-shaft,theposterwiththeenormousfacegazedfromthewall.Itwasoneofthosepictureswhicharesocontrivedthattheeyesfollowyouaboutwhenyoumove.BIGBROTHERISWATCHINGYOU,thecaptionbeneathitran.Insidetheflatafruityvoicewasreadingoutalistoffigureswhichhadsomethingtodowiththeproductionofpig-iron.Th
5、evoicecamefromanoblongmetalplaquelikeadulledmirrorwhichformedpartofthesurfaceoftheright-handwall.Winstonturnedaswitchandthevoicesanksomewhat,thoughthewordswerestilldistinguishable.Theinstrument(thetelescreen,itwascalled)couldbedimmed,buttherewasnowayofshuttingitoffcompletely.Hemovedovertothewind
6、ow:asmallish,frailfigure,themeagrenessofhisbodymerelyemphasizedbytheblueoverallswhichweretheuniformoftheparty.Hishairwasveryfair,hisfacenaturallysanguine,hisskinroughenedbycoarsesoapandbluntrazorbladesandthecoldofthewinterthathadjustended.Outside,eventhroughtheshutwindow-pane,theworldlookedcold.
7、Downinthestreetlittleeddiesofwindwerewhirlingdustandtornpaperintospirals,andthoughthesunwasshiningandtheskyaharshblue,thereseemedtobenocolourinanything,exceptthepostersthatwereplasteredeverywhere.Theblackmoustachio’dfacegaze