美丽新世界Brave New World 第7章(10)

 　　And if you have people in the ordinary way, the others think you're wicked and anti-social.

　　你要是按照常现接受男人，人家就说你坏，反社会。

　　They hate and despise you.

　　就会仇恨你，瞧不起你。

　　Once a lot of women came and made a scene because their men came to see me.

　　有一回一大批女人来找我大闹了一场，因为她们的男人来看我。

　　Well, why not? And then they rushed at me … No, it was too awful.

　　哼，为什么不能来看我？然后，她们向我冲了过来……不，太可怕了！

　　I can't tell you about it." Linda covered her face with her hands and shuddered¹.

　　我没法告诉你。”琳妲用手遮住脸，吓坏了。

　　"They're so hateful, the women here. Mad, mad and cruel.

　　“这儿的女人非常可恨；她们疯狂，疯狂而且残忍。

　　And of course they don't know anything about Malthusian Drill, or bottles, or decanting², or anything of that sort.

　　她们当然不懂得马尔萨斯操、培养瓶、换瓶和诸如此类的东西。

　　So they're having children all the time–like dogs. It's too revolting.

　　太叫人受不了了。

　　And to think that I … Oh, Ford³, Ford, Ford! And yet John was a great comfort to me.

　　想想看，我居然……啊，福帝，福帝，福帝！可是约翰对我倒的确是个很大的安慰。

　　I don't know what I should have done without him. Even though he did get so upset whenever a man …

　　要是没有他我真不知道会干出什么事来。即使他常常因为有男人……

　　Quite as a tiny boy, even.

　　而很伤心，就连还是个娃娃的时候他也……

　　Once (but that was when he was bigger) he tried to kill poor Waihusiwa—or was it Popé?–just because I used to have them sometimes.

　　有一回，他甚至因为我常跟可怜的朗西瓦——也许是波培？——睡觉，就想杀死他（不过，那时约翰已经大了一些）。

　　Because I never could make him understand that that was what civilized⁴ people ought to do.

　　因为我从来无法让他懂得那是文明人应当做的事。

　　Being mad's infectious I believe. Anyhow, John seems to have caught it from the Indians. Because, of course, he was with them a lot. Even though they always were so beastly to him and wouldn't let him do all the things the other boys did.

　　我觉得疯狂是会传染的。总之，约翰似乎从印第安人那儿传染了疯病，当然，因为他跟他们一起的时候很多，尽管他们对他很恶劣，也不让他做别的小伙子可以做的事。

　　Which was a good thing in a way, because it made it easier for me to condition him a little.

　　这在一定的意义上倒是好事。因为那可以让我更容易为他设置条件。

　　Though you've no idea how difficult that is.

　　虽然你就不知道那有多么困难。

　　There's so much one doesn't know; it wasn't my business to know.

　　我不知道的东西太多了。我本来是没有义务去知道那些事的。

　　I mean, when a child asks you how a helicopter works or who made the world—well, what are you to answer if you're a Beta and have always worked in the Fertilizing⁵ Room?

　　我是说，孩子问你，直升飞机是怎么飞的，世界是什么东西造的——你看，你如果是个一直就在授精室工作的比塔，你怎么回答？

　　What are you to answer?"

　　你能够拿什么话回答？”

1 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》

2 decanting   

n.滗析（手续）v.将（酒等）自瓶中倒入另一容器( decant的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• It was exhausting work moving the heavy buckets, decanting the liquids. 搬动沉重的桶，滗出液体，这些都是使人精疲力竭的工作。 来自辞典例句
• To purify, separate, or remove(ore, for example) by washing, decanting, and settling. 淘洗，淘选，淘析用清洗、倾析和沉淀的方法来提纯、分离或清除（例如，矿石） 来自互联网

3 Ford   

n.浅滩，水浅可涉处；v.涉水，涉过

参考例句：

• They were guarding the bridge,so we forded the river.他们驻守在那座桥上，所以我们只能涉水过河。
• If you decide to ford a stream,be extremely careful.如果已决定要涉过小溪，必须极度小心。

4 civilized   

a.有教养的，文雅的

参考例句：

• Racism is abhorrent to a civilized society. 文明社会憎恶种族主义。
• rising crime in our so-called civilized societies 在我们所谓文明社会中日益增多的犯罪行为

5 fertilizing   

v.施肥( fertilize的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• Sometimes the preliminary step must be taken of reducing weed population before fertilizing. 有时候，在施肥之前，必须采取减少杂草密度的预备性步骤。 来自辞典例句
• The self fertilizing garden can also be planted in raised beds. 自我施肥的菜园也可以在苗圃床中种植。 来自互联网