美丽新世界Brave New World 第3章(6)

 　　"And yet, among the savages¹ of Samoa, in certain islands off the coast of New Guinea …"

　　“可是，在沿新几内亚海岸的某些岛子上，在萨摩亚岛的野蛮人之间……”

　　The tropical sunshine lay like warm honey on the naked bodies of children tumbling promiscuously² among the hibiscus blossoms.

　　热带的阳光像温暖的蜜糖一样照耀在牡丹花丛里淫乐嬉戏的裸体孩子的身上。

　　Home was in any one of twenty palm-thatched houses.

　　那儿有二十间棕榈叶苫成的屋子，其中任何一间都可以做他们的家。

　　In the Trobriands conception was the work of ancestral ghosts; nobody had ever heard of a father.

　　在特罗布连人心目中，怀孕是祖先的鬼魂干的事，谁也没有听说过什么父亲。

　　"Extremes," said the Controller, "meet. For the good reason that they were made to meet."

　　“两个极端，”总统说，“终于走到了一起。没有错，因为两个极端天生就是会走到一起的。”

　　"Dr. Wells says that a three months' Pregnancy³ Substitute now will make all the difference to my health for the next three or four years."

　　“威尔上博士说现在给我三个月代妊娠精在未来的三四年里对我有说不完的好处。”

　　"Well, I hope he's right," said Lenina. "But, Fanny, do you really mean to say that for the next three moaths you're not supposed to …"

　　“是的，我希望他说得对，”列宁娜说，“但是，范尼，你不会真想说你今后三个月都不打算……”

　　"Oh no, dear. Only for a week or two, that's all.

　　“哦，不，亲爱的，只不过一两个礼拜，如此而已。

　　I shall spend the evening at the Club playing Musical Bridge. I suppose you're going out?"

　　我以后晚上就打算在俱乐部玩音乐桥牌混时间了。我猜你是想出去，是吗？”

　　Lenina nodded.

　　列宁娜点点头。

　　"Who with?"

　　“跟谁？”

　　"Henry Foster."

　　“跟亨利·福斯特。”

　　"Again?" Fanny's kind, rather moon-like face took on an incongruous expression of pained and disapproving⁴ astonishment⁵.

　　“又是福斯特？”范尼的颇像满月的脸上露出一种生硬的、不以为然的痛苦和惊讶的表情。

　　"Do you mean to tell me you're still going out with Henry Foster?"

　　“你的意思是说你至今还在眼亨利来往？”

　　Mothers and fathers, brothers and sisters. But there were also husbands, wives, lovers. There were also monogamy and romance.

　　父亲和母亲，兄弟和姐妹。可是还有丈夫、妻子、请人，还有一夫一妻制，还有风流韵事。

　　"Though you probably don't know what those are," said Mustapha Mond.

　　“不过你们也许不知道我说的是什么。”穆斯塔法警德说。

　　They shook their heads.

　　学生们摇摇头。

　　Family, monogamy, romance. Everywhere exclusiveness, a narrow channelling of impulse and energy.

　　家庭、一夫一妻制、风流韵事。一切都有排他性，冲动和精力全闭锢在一道狭小的通道里。

　　"But every one belongs to every one else," he concluded, citing the hypnop.dicproverb.

　　“但是人人彼此相属。”他引用睡眠教育的格言做出结论。

　　The students nodded, emphatically agreeing with a statement which upwards⁶ of sixty-two thousand repetitions in the dark had made them accept, not merely as true, but as axiomatic⁷, self-evident, utterly⁸ indisputable.

　　学生们点着头。对于在昏暗之中重复了六万二千多次，让他们接受了的这句话着重表示同意。不但同意，而且认为是天经地义，不言自明，不容置疑的。

1 savages   

未开化的人，野蛮人( savage的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• There're some savages living in the forest. 森林里居住着一些野人。
• That's an island inhabited by savages. 那是一个野蛮人居住的岛屿。

2 promiscuously   

adv.杂乱地，混杂地

参考例句：

• It promiscuously plunders other languages and delights in neologisms. 它杂乱地掠夺其它语言，并以增加新词为乐。 来自互联网
• It's like biology: an ecosystem where microbes are promiscuously swapping genes and traits, evolution speeds up. 就像生物学：一个一群微生物混杂地交换基因和特性的生态系统，进化加速了。 来自互联网

3 pregnancy   

n.怀孕，怀孕期

参考例句：

• Early pregnancy is often accompanied by nausea.怀孕早期常有恶心的现象。
• Smoking during pregnancy increases the risk of miscarriage.怀孕期吸烟会增加流产的危险。

4 disapproving   

adj.不满的，反对的v.不赞成( disapprove的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• Mother gave me a disapproving look. 母亲的眼神告诉我她是不赞成的。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Her father threw a disapproving glance at her. 她父亲不满地瞥了她一眼。 来自《简明英汉词典》

5 astonishment   

n.惊奇，惊异

参考例句：

• They heard him give a loud shout of astonishment.他们听见他惊奇地大叫一声。
• I was filled with astonishment at her strange action.我对她的奇怪举动不胜惊异。

6 upwards   

adv.向上，在更高处...以上

参考例句：

• The trend of prices is still upwards.物价的趋向是仍在上涨。
• The smoke rose straight upwards.烟一直向上升。

7 axiomatic   

adj.不需证明的，不言自明的

参考例句：

• It is axiomatic that life is not always easy.生活并不总是一帆风顺，这是明摆着的事实。
• It is axiomatic that as people grow older they generally become less agile.人年纪越大通常灵活性越差，这是不言而喻的。

8 utterly   

adv.完全地，绝对地

参考例句：

• Utterly devoted to the people,he gave his life in saving his patients.他忠于人民，把毕生精力用于挽救患者的生命。
• I was utterly ravished by the way she smiled.她的微笑使我完全陶醉了。