美丽新世界Brave New World 第12章(3)

 "It really is a bit too thick," the Head Mistress of Eton was saying to the Director of Crematoria and Phosphorus Reclamation¹.

“实在太愚蠢了。”伊顿公学的女校长对火葬与磷回收场场长说，

"When I think that I actually ..."

“在我认为实际上……”

"Yes," came the voice of Fanny Crowne, it's absolutely true about the alcohol.

“的确，”范尼.克朗的声音传来，酒精的事绝对是真的。

Some one I know knew some one who was working in the Embryo² Store at the time. She said to my friend, and my friend said to me.

我的一个熟人认识一个当年在胚胎库工作的人。她告诉了我的朋友，我的朋友又告诉了我。

"Too bad, too bad," said Henry Foster, sympathizing with the Arch-Community-Songster.

“太不像话，太不像话了，”亨利.福斯特对社区首席歌唱家表示同情，说。

It may interest you to know that our ex-Director was on the point of transferring him to Iceland.

你也许会感到兴趣，那时我们的前任主任正打算把他下放到冰岛去。

Pierced by every word that was spoken, the tight balloon of Bernard's happy self-confidence was leaking from a thousand wounds.

伯纳那快活自信的气球绷得太紧，大家说出的话把它戳了个千疮百孔，大漏其气。

Pale, distraught, abject³ and agitated⁴, he moved among his guests, stammering⁵ incoherent apologies,assuring them that next time the Savage⁶ would certainly be there, begging them to sit down and take a carotene sandwich, a slice of vitamin A paté, a glass of champagne-surrogate.

他苍白、沮丧、激动、心慌意乱，在客人之间走来走去，前言不搭后语地啜嚅着，表示歉意，向他们保证下一回野蛮人准到。他求他们坐下，吃一只胡萝卜素夹心面包，吃一片维他命A小面饼或是喝一杯代香摈。

They duly ate, but ignored him; drank and were either rude to his face or talked to one another about him,

他们照吃不误，却不理他；他们一面喝着饮料，一面当面出言不逊，或是彼此议论着他，

loudly and offensively, as though he had not been there.

声音又大，又不客气，只当他不在。

"And now, my friends," said the Arch-Community-Songster of Canterbury, in that beautiful ringing voice with which he led the proceedings⁷ at Ford's Day Celebrations, "Now, my friends, I think perhaps the time has come ..." He rose, put down his glass, brushed from his purple viscose waistcoat the crumbs⁸ of a considerable collation⁹, and walked towards the door.

现在，我的朋友们，坎脱伯雷社区首席歌唱家用在福帝日庆祝演出里领唱的美丽嘹亮的歌喉说，“现在，我的朋友们，我觉得也许时间已经到了……”他站起身来，放下杯子，从他那紫红色粘胶背心上弹掉不少点心碎屑，向门口走去。

Bernard darted¹⁰ forward to intercept¹¹ him.

伯纳冲上前去，想留住他。

"Must you really, Arch-Songster? ... It's very early still. I'd hoped you would ..."

“您真是非走不可吗，歌唱家先生？……时间还早呢。希望您能够……”

Yes, what hadn't he hoped, when Lenina confidentially¹² told him that the Arch-Community-Songster would accept an invitation if it were sent.

是的，此举很出乎他的意料之外。列宁娜曾经秘密告诉过伯纳，如果他邀请首席歌唱家，他是会接受邀请的。

He's really rather sweet, you know.

他确实相当可爱，你知道。

And she had shown Bernard the little golden zipper-fastening in the form of a T, which the Arch-Songster had given her as a memento¹³ of the week-end she had spent at Lambeth.

她还让伯纳看了一个T字形的金质小拉链钮，那是首席歌唱家为他们一起在兰蓓斯度过的周末给她的纪念品。

1 reclamation   

n.开垦；改造；（废料等的）回收

参考例句：

• We should encourage reclamation and recycling.我们应当鼓励废物的回收和利用。
• The area is needed for a land reclamation project.一个土地开垦项目要在这一地区进行。

2 embryo   

n.胚胎，萌芽的事物

参考例句：

• They are engaging in an embryo research.他们正在进行一项胚胎研究。
• The project was barely in embryo.该计划只是个雏形。

3 abject   

adj.极可怜的，卑屈的

参考例句：

• This policy has turned out to be an abject failure.这一政策最后以惨败而告终。
• He had been obliged to offer an abject apology to Mr.Alleyne for his impertinence.他不得不低声下气，为他的无礼举动向艾莱恩先生请罪。

4 agitated   

adj.被鼓动的，不安的

参考例句：

• His answers were all mixed up,so agitated was he.他是那样心神不定，回答全乱了。
• She was agitated because her train was an hour late.她乘坐的火车晚点一个小时，她十分焦虑。

5 stammering   

v.结巴地说出( stammer的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• He betrayed nervousness by stammering. 他说话结结巴巴说明他胆子小。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• \"Why,\" he said, actually stammering, \"how do you do?\" “哎呀，\"他说，真的有些结结巴巴，\"你好啊？” 来自英汉文学 - 嘉莉妹妹

6 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。

7 proceedings   

n.进程，过程，议程；诉讼(程序)；公报

参考例句：

• He was released on bail pending committal proceedings. 他交保获释正在候审。
• to initiate legal proceedings against sb 对某人提起诉讼

8 crumbs   

int. (表示惊讶)哎呀 n. 碎屑 名词crumb的复数形式

参考例句：

• She stood up and brushed the crumbs from her sweater. 她站起身掸掉了毛衣上的面包屑。
• Oh crumbs! Is that the time? 啊，天哪！都这会儿啦？

9 collation   

n.便餐；整理

参考例句：

• It was in this retreat that Mr. Quilp ordered a cold collation to be prepared.奎尔普先生就是在这个别墅里预定冷点的。
• I was quite taken with your line of photocopiers with collation and stapling capability.我被贵公司能够自动整理和装订的系列复印机吸引住了。

10 darted   

v.投掷，投射( dart的过去式和过去分词 )；向前冲，飞奔

参考例句：

• The lizard darted out its tongue at the insect. 蜥蜴伸出舌头去吃小昆虫。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The old man was displeased and darted an angry look at me. 老人不高兴了，瞪了我一眼。 来自《简明英汉词典》

11 intercept   

vt.拦截，截住，截击

参考例句：

• His letter was intercepted by the Secret Service.他的信被特工处截获了。
• Gunmen intercepted him on his way to the airport.持枪歹徒在他去机场的路上截击了他。

12 confidentially   

ad.秘密地，悄悄地

参考例句：

• She was leaning confidentially across the table. 她神神秘秘地从桌子上靠过来。
• Kao Sung-nien and Wang Ch'u-hou talked confidentially in low tones. 高松年汪处厚两人低声密谈。

13 memento   

n.纪念品，令人回忆的东西

参考例句：

• The photos will be a permanent memento of your wedding.这些照片会成为你婚礼的永久纪念。
• My friend gave me his picture as a memento before going away.我的朋友在离别前给我一张照片留作纪念品。