Other workers helped to lift the sack on to his shoulders, but once it was loaded on it couldn't be put down because no one would help him lift it back up. When he felt as if he couldn't carry it any longer, there was nothing he could do but lean against the trunk of a tree and rest for a spell.
沉甸甸的水泥由其他工人協助上了肩頭，一路不能放下，否則就沒有人再幫著推上肩；撐不住時也只能側身靠著樹幹歇一會兒。