美丽新世界Brave New World 第3章(5)

 　　Lenina got out of the bath, toweled herself dry, took hold of a long flexible tube plugged into the wall, presented the nozzle to her breast, as though she meant to commit suicide, pressed down the trigger. A blast of warmed air dusted her with the finest talcum powder.

　　列宁娜出了浴室，用毛巾擦干了身子，拿起一根插在墙上的软管，把管口对准自己胸口，枢动了板机，好像在自杀——一阵热气喷出，用最细的爽身粉洒满了她全身。

　　Eight different scents¹ and eau-de-Cologne were laid on in little taps over the wash-basin.

　　澡盆上方有八种不同香水（包括古龙香水）的小龙头。

　　She turned on the third from the left, dabbed² herself with chypre and, carrying her shoes and stockings in her hand, went out to see if one of the vibro-vacuum machines were free.

　　她打开了左边第三个龙头，给自己喷上塞浦路斯香，然后提起鞋袜走了出去，想找一个空着的真空振动按摩器。

　　And home was as squalid psychically³ as physically⁴.

　　而家却是个不但物质上肮脏，

　　Psychically, it was a rabbit hole, a midden, hot with the frictions⁵ of tightly packed life, reeking⁶ with emotion.

　　而且心理上也肮脏的地方。物质上是个兔子洞，是粪堆，好多人紧紧挤在一起，摩擦生热，动着感情，发着臭气。

　　What suffocating⁷ intimacies⁸, what dangerous, insane, obscene relationships between the members of the family group!

　　那亲密的关系多叫人窒息！，家庭成员之间的关系又是多么危险，多么疯狂，多么猥亵！

　　Maniacally⁹, the mother brooded over her children (her children) … brooded over them like a cat over its kittens; but a cat that could talk, a cat that could say, "My baby, my baby," over and over again.

　　母亲把她的孩子（哼！她的孩子）疯狂地搂在身边……像母猫护着小猫，不过那猫会说话，会一遍又一遍地叫，“我的乖乖，我的乖乖”，叫个不停。

　　"My baby, and oh, oh, at my breast, the little hands, the hunger, and that unspeakable agonizing¹⁰ pleasure!

　　“我的宝贝，啊，啊，小手手在我的胸口抓呢，饿了，饿得不好过了！

　　Till at last my baby sleeps, my baby sleeps with a bubble of white milk at the corner of his mouth. My little baby sleeps …"

　　最后，宝贝终于睡着了，嘴边挂着冒泡的奶水睡着了。我的宝贝睡着了……”

　　"Yes," said Mustapha Mond, nodding his head, "you may well shudder¹¹."

　　“是的，”穆斯塔法·蒙德点着头说，“能叫你起鸡皮疙瘩！”

　　"Who are you going out with to-night?" Lenina asked, returning from the vibro-vac like a pearl illuminated¹² from within, pinkly glowing.

　　“你今天晚上跟谁出去？”列宁娜使用完真空按摩器回来，问，她像颗从内部照耀着的珍珠，发着粉红色的光。

　　"Nobody."

　　“不跟谁出去。”

　　Lenina raised her eyebrows¹³ in astonishment¹⁴.

　　列宁娜眉毛一抬，露出惊讶。

　　"I've been feeling rather out of sorts lately," Fanny explained.

　　“我最近觉得很不舒服，”范尼解释道，

　　"Dr. Wells advised me to have a Pregnancy¹⁵ Substitute."

　　“威尔士医生让我吃一点代妊娠素。”

　　"But, my dear, you're only nineteen. The first Pregnancy Substitute isn't compulsory¹⁶ till twenty-one."

　　“可你才十九岁。二十一岁以前是不会强迫第一次服用的。”

　　"I know, dear. But some people are better if they begin earlier.

　　“我知道，亲爱的，可是有的人开始得早些更好。

　　Dr. Wells told me that brunettes with wide pelvises, like me, ought to have their first Pregnancy Substitute at seventeen.

　　威尔士医生告诉过我，像我这样骨盆较大的棕色头发的女人，十七岁就可以服用代妊娠素。

　　So I'm really two years late, not two years early."

　　因此我不但不是早了两年，反倒是晚了两年呢。”

　　She opened the door of her locker¹⁷ and pointed¹⁸ to the row of boxes and labelled phials on the upper shelf.

　　她打开了她的柜橱，指着上层架上的一排匣子和贴有标签的瓶子。

　　"SYRUP¹⁹ OF CORPUS LUTEUM," Lenina read the names aloud.

　　“妊娠素精糖浆，”列宁娜大声读出了药品的名字。

　　"OVARIN, GUARANTEED FRESH: NOT TO BE USED AFTER AUGUST 1ST, A.F. 632.

　　“卵素，保证新鲜，福帝纪元六三二年八月后不宜服用。

　　MAMMARY GLAND²⁰ EXTRACT:TO BE TAKEN THREE TIMES DAILY, BEFORE MEALS, WITH A LITTLE WATER.

　　乳腺精华:每日三次,饭前,一点水。

　　PLACENTIN: 5cc TO BE INJECTED INTRAVENALLY EVERY THIRD DAY … Ugh!"

　　注射五毫升……啧啧！”列宁娜打了个寒战。

　　Lenina shuddered²¹. "How I loathe²² intravenals, don't you?"

　　“真讨厌静脉注射！你不讨厌吗？”

　　"Yes. But when they do one good …" Fanny was a particularly sensible girl.

　　“我讨厌，但只要对人有好处……’克尼是个特别懂事的姑娘。

　　Our Ford–or Our Freud, as, for some inscrutable reason, he chose to call himself whenever he spoke²³ of psychological matters– Our Freud had been the first to reveal the appalling²⁴ dangers of family life. The world was full of fathers–was therefore full of misery²⁵; full of mothers–therefore of every kind of perversion²⁶ from sadism to chastity; full of brothers, sisters, uncles, aunts–full of madness and suicide.

　　我主福帝——或是我主弗洛依德，在他谈心理学问题时因为某种神秘的理由总愿把自己叫做弗洛依德——我主弗洛依德是第一个揭露出家庭生活有骇人听闻的危险的人。世界充满了父亲——也就充满了痛苦；充满了母亲——也就充满了各式各样的扭曲和矫情，从淫虐狂到贞操病；世界上充满了兄弟姐妹，叔伯姑婶——也就充满了疯狂与自杀。

1 scents   

n.香水( scent的名词复数 )；气味；（动物的）臭迹；（尤指狗的）嗅觉

参考例句：

• The air was fragrant with scents from the sea and the hills. 空气中荡漾着山和海的芬芳气息。
• The winds came down with scents of the grass and wild flowers. 微风送来阵阵青草和野花的香气。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 dabbed   

（用某物）轻触( dab的过去式和过去分词 )； 轻而快地擦掉（或抹掉）； 快速擦拭； （用某物）轻而快地涂上（或点上）…

参考例句：

• She dabbed her eyes and blew her nose. 她轻轻擦了几下眼睛，擤了擤鼻涕。
• He dabbed at the spot on his tie with a napkin. 他用餐巾快速擦去领带上的污点。

3 psychically   

adv.精神上

参考例句：

• Shouldn't you psychically know when you're annoying someone? 难道你不知道你什么时候讨人厌吗？ 来自电影对白
• Auras can be seen physically, or sensed psychically, or both. 从身体上能够看见光环，或从心理上感觉到它，或者二者都可以。 来自互联网

4 physically   

adj.物质上，体格上，身体上，按自然规律

参考例句：

• He was out of sorts physically,as well as disordered mentally.他浑身不舒服，心绪也很乱。
• Every time I think about it I feel physically sick.一想起那件事我就感到极恶心。

5 frictions   

n.摩擦( friction的名词复数 )；摩擦力；冲突；不和

参考例句：

• Family frictions can interfere with a child's schoolwork. 家庭中的争吵会影响孩子的学业。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• As far as we are concerned, these frictions are not of our own making [have been imposed on us]. 就我们来说，这种摩擦是被动式的。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

6 reeking   

v.发出浓烈的臭气( reek的现在分词 )；散发臭气；发出难闻的气味 (of sth)；明显带有（令人不快或生疑的跡象）

参考例句：

• I won't have you reeking with sweat in my bed! 我就不许你混身臭汗，臭烘烘的上我的炕！ 来自汉英文学 - 骆驼祥子
• This is a novel reeking with sentimentalism. 这是一本充满着感伤主义的小说。 来自辞典例句

7 suffocating   

a.使人窒息的

参考例句：

• After a few weeks with her parents, she felt she was suffocating.和父母呆了几个星期后，她感到自己毫无自由。
• That's better. I was suffocating in that cell of a room.这样好些了，我刚才在那个小房间里快闷死了。

8 intimacies   

亲密( intimacy的名词复数 )； 密切； 亲昵的言行； 性行为

参考例句：

• He is exchanging intimacies with his friends. 他正在和密友们亲切地交谈。
• The stiffness of the meeting soon gave way before their popular manners and more diffused intimacies. 他们的洒脱不羁和亲密气氛的增加很快驱散了会场上的拘谨。

9 maniacally   

参考例句：

• He was maniacally obsessed with jealousy. 强烈的嫉妒心令他疯狂。 来自互联网

10 agonizing   

adj.痛苦难忍的；使人苦恼的v.使极度痛苦；折磨(agonize的ing形式)

参考例句：

• I spent days agonizing over whether to take the job or not. 我用了好些天苦苦思考是否接受这个工作。
• his father's agonizing death 他父亲极度痛苦的死

11 shudder   

v.战粟，震动，剧烈地摇晃；n.战粟，抖动

参考例句：

• The sight of the coffin sent a shudder through him.看到那副棺材，他浑身一阵战栗。
• We all shudder at the thought of the dreadful dirty place.我们一想到那可怕的肮脏地方就浑身战惊。

12 illuminated   

adj.被照明的；受启迪的

参考例句：

• Floodlights illuminated the stadium. 泛光灯照亮了体育场。
• the illuminated city at night 夜幕中万家灯火的城市

13 eyebrows   

眉毛( eyebrow的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Eyebrows stop sweat from coming down into the eyes. 眉毛挡住汗水使其不能流进眼睛。
• His eyebrows project noticeably. 他的眉毛特别突出。

14 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。

15 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。

16 compulsory   

n.强制的，必修的；规定的，义务的

参考例句：

• Is English a compulsory subject?英语是必修课吗？
• Compulsory schooling ends at sixteen.义务教育至16岁为止。

17 locker   

n.更衣箱，储物柜，冷藏室，上锁的人

参考例句：

• At the swimming pool I put my clothes in a locker.在游泳池我把衣服锁在小柜里。
• He moved into the locker room and began to slip out of his scrub suit.他走进更衣室把手术服脱下来。

18 pointed   

adj.尖的，直截了当的

参考例句：

• He gave me a very sharp pointed pencil.他给我一支削得非常尖的铅笔。
• She wished to show Mrs.John Dashwood by this pointed invitation to her brother.她想通过对达茨伍德夫人提出直截了当的邀请向她的哥哥表示出来。

19 syrup   

n.糖浆，糖水

参考例句：

• I skimmed the foam from the boiling syrup.我撇去了煮沸糖浆上的泡沫。
• Tinned fruit usually has a lot of syrup with it.罐头水果通常都有许多糖浆。

20 gland   

n.腺体，(机)密封压盖，填料盖

参考例句：

• This is a snake's poison gland.这就是蛇的毒腺。
• Her mother has an underactive adrenal gland.她的母亲肾上腺机能不全。

21 shuddered   

v.战栗( shudder的过去式和过去分词 )；发抖；（机器、车辆等）突然震动；颤动

参考例句：

• He slammed on the brakes and the car shuddered to a halt. 他猛踩刹车，车颤抖着停住了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• I shuddered at the sight of the dead body. 我一看见那尸体就战栗。 来自《简明英汉词典》

22 loathe   

v.厌恶，嫌恶

参考例句：

• I loathe the smell of burning rubber.我厌恶燃着的橡胶散发的气味。
• You loathe the smell of greasy food when you are seasick.当你晕船时，你会厌恶油腻的气味。

23 spoke   

n.（车轮的）辐条；轮辐；破坏某人的计划；阻挠某人的行动 v.讲，谈（speak的过去式）；说；演说；从某种观点来说

参考例句：

• They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
• The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。

24 appalling   

adj.骇人听闻的，令人震惊的，可怕的

参考例句：

• The search was hampered by appalling weather conditions.恶劣的天气妨碍了搜寻工作。
• Nothing can extenuate such appalling behaviour.这种骇人听闻的行径罪无可恕。

25 misery   

n.痛苦，苦恼，苦难；悲惨的境遇，贫苦

参考例句：

• Business depression usually causes misery among the working class.商业不景气常使工薪阶层受苦。
• He has rescued me from the mire of misery.他把我从苦海里救了出来。

26 perversion   

n.曲解；堕落；反常

参考例句：

• In its most general sense,corruption means the perversion or abandonment.就其最一般的意义上说，舞弊就是堕落，就是背离准则。
• Her account was a perversion of the truth.她所讲的歪曲了事实。