| 2. | The old men on the rising straw - rick talked of the past days when they had been accustomed to thresh with flails on the oaken barn - floor ; when everything , even to winnowing , was effected by hand - labour , which , to their thinking , though slow , produced better results 在堆高的麦秆垛上,上了年纪的工人们谈起了他们过去的岁月,那时候他们一直是用连枷在仓库的地板上打麦子那时候所有的事情,甚至扬麦糠,靠的也都是人力,按照他们的想法,那样虽然慢点,但是打出的麦子要好得多。 |