美丽新世界Brave New World 第11章(15)

 The taxicopter landed on the roof of Lenina's apartment house.

计程直升机在列宁娜公寓房顶降落。

"At last," she thought exultantly¹ as she stepped out of the cab. At last—even though he had been so queer just now.

“终于”她下了飞机兴奋激动地说。终于——哪怕他刚才那么奇怪。

Standing² under a lamp, she peered into her hand mirror. At last. Yes, her nose was a bit shiny. She shook the loose powder from her puff³.

她站在一盏灯下望着小镜子。终于到手了，是的，她的鼻子有点发亮。她用粉扑拍上了一点粉。

While he was paying off the taxi—there would just be time.

时间正好，他在付计程飞机机费。

She rubbed at the shininess, thinking，He's terribly good-looking. No need for him to be shy like Bernard.

她抹着发光的地方想着，他漂亮得惊人，其实用不着像伯纳那样害羞。

And yet ... Any other man would have done it long ago. Well, now at last."

可是......要是换了个人，老早就干起来了。好了，现在，终于到手了。

That fragment of a face in the little round mirror suddenly smiled at her.

小圆镜里那半张脸突然对她笑了。

"Good-night," said a strangled voice behind her. Lenina wheeled round.

“再见。”她身后一个声音吃力地说。列宁娜急忙转过身子。

He was standing in the doorway⁴ of the cab, his eyes fixed⁵, staring;

约翰站在计程飞机门口，眼睛紧盯着她，

had evidently been staring all this time while she was powdering her nose, waiting—but what for?

显然从她给鼻子擦粉时起就在盯着，等待着。可他在等什么？

or hesitating, trying to make up his mind, and all the time thinking, thinking—she could not imagine what extraordinary thoughts.

是在犹豫，是还没有下定决心，一直在想，想——她想不出他究竟有些什么不寻常的念头。

"Good-night, Lenina," he repeated, and made a strange grimacing⁶ attempt to smile.

“晚安，列宁娜。”他又说，努力做出个奇怪的面相，想笑。

But, John ... I thought you were ... I mean, aren't you? ...

可是，约翰......我以为你打算......我是说，你是否......？

He shut the door and bent⁷ forward to say something to the driver. The cab shot up into the air.

他关了门，向前弯过身子对驾驶员说了点什么，计程飞机射向了空中。

Looking down through the window in the fioor, the Savage⁸ could see Lenina's upturned face, pale in the bluish light of the lamps.

野蛮人从机底的窗户往下看，看见了列宁娜仰起的头在淡蓝色的灯光里显得苍白，

The mouth was open, she was calling.

嘴张着，在叫着什么。

Her foreshortened figure rushed away from him; the diminishing square of the roof seemed to be falling through the darkness.

她那因透视而缩小的身姿急速离他而去。房顶那越来越小的方形似乎落进了黑暗里。

Five minutes later he was back in his room.

五分钟后他已回到了自己的房间。

From its hiding-place he took out his mouse-nibbled volume, turned with religious care its stained and crumbled⁹ pages, and began to read Othello.

他从隐藏的地方找出了那本被老鼠咬破的书。带着宗教的细心翻开了那脏污打皱的书页，开始读起了《奥塞罗》。

Othello, he remembered, was like the hero of Three Weeks in a Helicopter—a black man.

他记得，奥塞罗跟《直升机上三星期》里的人一样是黑人。

Drying her eyes, Lenina walked across the roof to the lift.

列宁娜擦着眼睛走过房顶，来到电梯前。

On her way down to the twenty-seventh floor she pulled out her soma bottle.

在下到二十七楼时，她掏出了她的唆麻瓶子。

One gramme, she decided¹⁰, would not be enough; hers had been more than a one-gramme affliction.

一克是不会够的，她决定，她的痛苦比一克要大。

But if she took two grammes, she ran the risk of not waking up in time to-morrow morning.

但是如果吞下两克，她就有明天早上不能及时醒来的危险。

She compromised and, into her cupped left palm, shook out three half-gramme tablets.

她折中了一下，往她左手手心抖出了三粒半克的药片。

1 exultantly   

adv.狂欢地，欢欣鼓舞地

参考例句：

• They listened exultantly to the sounds from outside. 她们欢欣鼓舞地倾听着外面的声音。 来自辞典例句
• He rose exultantly from their profane surprise. 他得意非凡地站起身来，也不管众人怎样惊奇诅咒。 来自辞典例句

2 standing   

n.持续，地位；adj.永久的，不动的，直立的，不流动的

参考例句：

• After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing.地震过后只有几幢房屋还立着。
• They're standing out against any change in the law.他们坚决反对对法律做任何修改。

3 puff   

n.一口(气)；一阵(风)；v.喷气，喘气

参考例句：

• He took a puff at his cigarette.他吸了一口香烟。
• They tried their best to puff the book they published.他们尽力吹捧他们出版的书。

4 doorway   

n.门口，(喻)入门；门路，途径

参考例句：

• They huddled in the shop doorway to shelter from the rain.他们挤在商店门口躲雨。
• Mary suddenly appeared in the doorway.玛丽突然出现在门口。

5 fixed   

adj.固定的，不变的，准备好的；(计算机)固定的

参考例句：

• Have you two fixed on a date for the wedding yet?你们俩选定婚期了吗？
• Once the aim is fixed,we should not change it arbitrarily.目标一旦确定，我们就不应该随意改变。

6 grimacing   

v.扮鬼相，做鬼脸( grimace的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• But then Boozer drove past Gasol for a rattling, grimacing slam dunk. 可布泽尔单吃家嫂，以一记强有力的扣篮将比分超出。 来自互联网
• The martyrdom of Archbishop Cranmer, said the don at last, grimacing with embarrassment. 最后那位老师尴尬地做个鬼脸，说，这是大主教克莱默的殉道士。 来自互联网

7 bent   

n.爱好，癖好；adj.弯的；决心的，一心的

参考例句：

• He was fully bent upon the project.他一心扑在这项计划上。
• We bent over backward to help them.我们尽了最大努力帮助他们。

8 savage   

adj.野蛮的；凶恶的，残暴的；n.未开化的人

参考例句：

• The poor man received a savage beating from the thugs.那可怜的人遭到暴徒的痛打。
• He has a savage temper.他脾气粗暴。

9 crumbled   

（把…）弄碎， （使）碎成细屑( crumble的过去式和过去分词 )； 衰落； 坍塌； 损坏

参考例句：

• He crumbled the bread in his fingers. 他用手指把面包捻碎。
• Our hopes crumbled when the business went bankrupt. 商行破产了，我们的希望也破灭了。

10 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。