美丽新世界Brave New World 第17章(6)

 　　The Savage¹ nodded gloomily.

　　野蛮人神色暗淡地点了点头。

　　At Malpais he had suffered because they had shut him out from the communal² activities of the pueblo³,

　　他在马尔佩斯感到痛苦，因为人家把他孤立于村庄活动之外；

　　in civilized⁴ London he was suffering because he could never escape from those communal activities, never be quietly alone.

　　而在文明的伦敦他也感到痛苦，却是因为无法逃避社会活动，无法获得平静的孤独。

　　"Do you remember that bit in King Lear?" said the Savage at last.

　　“你记得〈李尔王〉里的那段话吗？”野蛮人终于说道，

　　The gods are just and of our pleasant vices⁵ make instruments to plague us;

　　诸神是公正的，他们使我们的风流罪过成为惩罚我们的工具；

　　the dark and vicious place where thee he got cost him his eyes, and Edmund answers–you remember,

　　他在黑暗淫亵的地方生下了你，结果使他失去了他的那双眼睛。这时爱德蒙回答道——你记得，

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　　he's wounded, he's dying–'Thou hast spoken right; 'tis true.

　　他受了伤，快要死了，你说得不错，

　　The wheel has come full circle; I am here.'What about that now?

　　大道的车轮已经循环了过来，所以有了我。

　　Doesn't there seem to be a God managing things, punishing, rewarding?

　　这怎么样？这不很像有一个掌握万物的上帝在奖善惩恶吗？

　　"Well, does there?" questioned the Controller in his turn.

　　“真的吗？”这一回是总统提问了。

　　You can indulge in any number of pleasant vices with a freemartin and run no risks of having your eyes put out by your son's mistress.

　　你可以跟一个不孕女尽情地寻欢作乐，决不会有被你儿子的情妇剜去双眼的危险。

　　The wheel has come full circle; I am here.

　　车轮循环过来了，所以有了我。

　　But where would Edmund be nowadays? Sitting in a pneumatic chair, with his arm round a girl's waist,

　　现在的爱德蒙会怎么样呢？他坐在气垫椅里，搂着姑娘的腰，

　　sucking away at his sex-hormone chewing-gum and looking at the feelies.

　　嚼着性激素口香糖，看着感官电影。

　　The gods are just. No doubt.

　　诸神无疑是公正的，

　　But their code of law is dictated⁶, in the last resort, by the people who organize society; Providence⁷ takes its cue from men.

　　但是他们的法律归根到底却是由社会的组织者口授的；上帝接受着人的指令。

1 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。

2 communal   

adj.公有的，公共的，公社的，公社制的

参考例句：

• There was a communal toilet on the landing for the four flats.在楼梯平台上有一处公共卫生间供4套公寓使用。
• The toilets and other communal facilities were in a shocking state.厕所及其他公共设施的状况极其糟糕。

3 pueblo   

n.（美国西南部或墨西哥等）印第安人的村庄

参考例句：

• For over 2,000 years,Pueblo peoples occupied a vast region of the south-western United States.在长达2，000多年的时间里，印第安人统治着现在美国西南部的大片土地。
• The cross memorializes the Spanish victims of the 1680 revolt,when the region's Pueblo Indians rose up in violent protest against their mistreatment and burned the cit

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 vices   

缺陷( vice的名词复数 )； 恶习； 不道德行为； 台钳

参考例句：

• In spite of his vices, he was loved by all. 尽管他有缺点，还是受到大家的爱戴。
• He vituperated from the pulpit the vices of the court. 他在教堂的讲坛上责骂宫廷的罪恶。

6 dictated   

v.大声讲或读( dictate的过去式和过去分词 )；口授；支配；摆布

参考例句：

• He dictated a letter to his secretary. 他向秘书口授信稿。
• No person of a strong character likes to be dictated to. 没有一个个性强的人愿受人使唤。 来自《简明英汉词典》

7 providence   

n.深谋远虑，天道，天意；远见；节约；上帝

参考例句：

• It is tempting Providence to go in that old boat.乘那艘旧船前往是冒大险。
• To act as you have done is to fly in the face of Providence.照你的所作所为那样去行事，是违背上帝的意志的。