Actually, I liked most of thethings I did at the circus.

事实上，我喜欢在马戏团做的大部分事情。

In 1927, Orwell was told by his friend Ruth Pitter to write about thethings he knew, after she realized that he was terrible at poetry.

1927 年，奥威尔的朋友露丝·皮特 (Ruth Pitter) 发现奥威尔在诗歌方面很糟糕，她告诉她写下他所知道的事情。