酷热催人发困胜过安眠药。三十余名女工人人满头大汗,喘着粗气, 打着瞌睡,双腿蜷缩着坐在铺着草席的车间里做针线活儿。整个车间热气弥漫。工头不时地扯扯这个人的耳朵,拧拧那个人的鼻子,来驱赶她们的睡意。但是他管得挺不住时,也难以抵挡睡魔的进攻--涎水顺着他那咧着的大嘴往下淌……工头一睡觉,对女工们来说是个难得的休息机会。“工 Hot reminders sleep better than sleeping pills. Thirty female workers sweated, panting, drowsy, and curled their legs in the shop with straw matting to do needlework. The whole workshop filled with heat Foreman from time to time to pull this person’s ear, screw that person’s nose, to drive their drowsiness. But when he could not hold it down, it was hard to resist the attack of the sleeping man - saliva dribbled down his grinning mouth ... The sleeping man was a rare resting place for women workers. ”work