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George says that I should not worry about it. In fact, he thinks that perhaps I should have more work. However, I expect he only says that to make me feel better.
乔治劝我对这个问题不必太在意。实际上，他觉得我应该再多干点呢。我把他说的这些只当成安慰我的话。
In a boat, I have noticed that each person thinks that he is doing all the work. Harris's idea was that both George and I had let him do all the work. George said that Harris never did anything except eat and sleep. He, George, had done all the work. He said that he had never met such lazy people as Harris and me.
我注意到，无论在哪条船上，每个人都觉得自己把所有的活都干了。哈里斯觉得乔治和我让他干了所有的活。乔治说哈里斯除了睡觉吃饭，什么也没干。只有他——乔治，才真正把什么都包了。他说，从来没有见过象我和哈里斯这么懒的人。
That amused Harris.
哈里斯听了此话又好气，又好笑。
"George! Work!" he laughed. "If George worked for half an hour, it would kill him. Have you ever seen George work?" he added, and he turned to me.
“什么？！乔治干活？”他笑道。“他只要干上半个小时准得要了他的命！你见过乔治干过活没有？”他转过脸来问我。
I agreed with Harris that I had never seen George work.
我同意哈里斯的话，确实没见乔治干过活。
"Well, how can you know?" George answered Harris.
“哼！你们怎么会知道我干的活呢？”乔治反驳哈里斯一句。
"You're always asleep. Have you ever seen Harris awake, except at meal times?" George asked me.
“你总在睡，睡，还是睡！你看见过哈里斯醒的时候吗？除了吃饭？”他转过脸来问我。
I had to tell the truth and agree with George. Harris had done very little work in the boat.
我只能说实话，支持乔治的说法，哈里斯在船上确实没干过什么。
"Oh, come on! I've done more than old J., anyway," Harris replied.
“哦，得了，我总比老杰干得多吧，”哈里斯回答说。
"Well, it would be difficult to do less," George added.
“是的，想比他干得更少有点不大可能，”乔治附和道。
