美丽新世界Brave New World 第3章(1)

Chapter Three 第三章 Outside, in the garden, it was playtime. 外面，花园里已到了游戏的时候。 Naked in the warm June sunshine, six or seven hundred little boys and girls were running with shrill yells over the lawns, or playing ball

美丽新世界Brave New World 第11章(5)

The Bombay Green Rocket dropped out of the sky. 孟买来的绿色火箭从天空降落。 The passengers alighted. 乘客们走下火箭。 Eight identical Dravidian twins in khaki looked out of the eight portholes of the cabinthe stewards. 八个穿咔

美丽新世界Brave New World 第11章(6)

It was a small factory of lighting-sets for helicopters, a branch of the Electrical Equipment Corporation. 那是一家生产直升飞机灯座的小厂，是电气设备公司的一个分支。 They were met on the roof itself (for that circular let

美丽新世界Brave New World 第11章(7)

The Savage, wrote Bernard, refuses to take soma, and seems much distressed because of the woman Linda, his m, remains permanently on holiday. 那个野蛮人伯纳写道，拒绝服用唆麻，而且似乎为他的母琳妲老逗留在假期里，感到

美丽新世界Brave New World 第11章(8)

From behind a door in the corridor leading to the Beta-Minus geography room, a ringing soprano voice called, One, two, three, four, and then, with a weary impatience, As you were. 一个响亮的女高音在通向比塔减地理教室的走廊门后叫

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Perhaps we had better go on, said Miss Keate, and moved towards the door. 我们还是继续参观吧。季特女士说，向门边走去。 And this, said the Provost a moment later, is Hypnopidic Control Room. 这儿，一会儿以后，院长说，是

美丽新世界Brave New World 第11章(10)

On their way back to London they stopped at the Television Corporation's factory at Brentford. 在回伦敦的路上，他们在布冷伏德的电视公司逗留了一会儿。 Do you mind waiting here a moment while I go and telephone? asked Bernard

美丽新世界Brave New World 第11章(11)

The Resident World Controller's Second Secretary had asked her to dinner and breakfast. 驻跸总统的第二秘书请她去用过晚宴，吃过早饭。 She had spent one week-end with the Ford Chief-Justice, and another with the Arch-Community-Son

美丽新世界Brave New World 第11章(13)

Those fiery letters, meanwhile, had disappeared; there were ten seconds of complete darkness; 此刻那些火焰一样的字母消失了。十秒钟完全的黑暗， then suddenly, dazzling and incomparably more solid-looking than they would have se

美丽新世界Brave New World 第11章(12)

Hug me till you drug me, honey; 抱紧我，让我迷醉。 Kiss me till I'm in a coma; 情哥哥；亲吻我，亲得我发昏入魔； Hug me, honey, snuggly bunny; 抱紧我，情哥哥，美妙的兔兔； Love's as good as soma. 像唆麻的爱情

美丽新世界Brave New World 第11章(14)

...rescuers. They interrupted themselves for a moment to sing a synthetic quartet, 四个人插入了一个合成音乐四重唱， with full super-orchestral accompaniment and gardenias on the scent organ. 由超级交响乐队全面伴奏，还配合

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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 exultantly as she stepped out of the cab. At lasteven though he had been so queer just now. 终于她下了飞机兴奋

美丽新世界Brave New World 第12章(1)

Bernard had to shout through the locked door; the Savage would not open. But everybody's there, waiting for you. 伯纳只好对紧闭的门大叫，野蛮人却不肯开门。可是，大家都在那儿等你。 Let them wait, came back the muffled

美丽新世界Brave New World 第12章(2)

To play such a joke on me, the Arch-Songster kept repeating, on me! 跟我开这种玩笑，首席歌唱家不断地说，跟我！ As for the women, they indignantly felt that they had been had on false pretenceshad by a wretched little man, who had

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 Reclamation. 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

美丽新世界Brave New World 第12章(4)

To meet the Arch-Community-Songster of Canterbury and Mr. Savage. Bernard had proclaimed his triumph on every invitation card. 为了宣布他的胜利，伯纳曾经在每一份请帖上写上以下的话：与坎脱伯雷首席歌唱家和野蛮人先

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