May 2020 was a scorcher. Those spring days heralded a gradual easing of the UK’s initial lockdown: meeting with one other person outdoors was allowed and a return to work was possible if necessary. As I sweated down Whitehall for my first in-person meeting in months, I ran into a senior civil servant and asked about their lockdown. “I’ve been here all along, so not that different,” he said.
2020年5月的倫敦相當炎熱。在春意盎然的那個月,英國的首輪抗疫封鎖逐漸放松:英國人被允許在戶外與另一個人會面,有必要的情況下可以重返工作崗位。當我大汗淋漓地趕到白廳、參加幾個月來第一次面對面會議時,我遇到一位高級文官,于是問起他的封鎖生活?!拔乙恢倍荚谶@里,所以沒什么不同,”他說。
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