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Bernard started and looked horrified. What would the Controller think?
伯納吃了一驚，滿臉惶恐。總統(tǒng)會(huì)怎么想呢？
To be labelled as the friend of a man who said that he didn't like civilization–said it openly and, of all people, to the Controller–it was terrible.
給他安上個(gè)罪名，說他跟不喜歡文明的人做朋友——而且是在總統(tǒng)面前，不是在別人面前公開表示，太可怕了。
"But, John," he began. A look from Mustapha Mond reduced him to an abject silence.
“可是，約翰……”他說話了。但穆斯塔法.蒙德瞄了他一眼，他便卑微地閉了嘴。
"Of course," the Savage went on to admit, "there are some very nice things. All that music in the air, for instance …"
“當(dāng)然，”野蠻人繼續(xù)交代，“有一些很好的東西。比如空中的音樂……”
Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments will hum about my ears and sometimes voices.
有時(shí)候千百種弦樂之音會(huì)在我耳里繚繞不去，有時(shí)又有歌聲。
The Savage's face lit up with a sudden pleasure. "Have you read it too?" he asked.
野蠻人的臉突然煥發(fā)出了歡樂的光彩。“你也讀過莎士比亞？”他問道，
I thought nobody knew about that book here, in England.
我還以為這本書在英格蘭這地方?jīng)]有人知道呢。
Almost nobody. I'm one of the very few. It's prohibited, you see.
幾乎沒有人知道，我是極少數(shù)知道的人之一。那書是被禁止的，你看。
But as I make the laws here, I can also break them. With impunity, Mr. Marx, he added, turning to Bernard.
但這兒的法律既然是我制定的，我當(dāng)然也可以不遵守，我有豁免權(quán)，馬克思先生，他轉(zhuǎn)身對(duì)著伯納，
"Which I'm afraid you can't do." Bernard sank into a yet more hopeless misery.
加上一句，“而你，我怕是不能夠不遵守。”伯納沉入了更加絕望的痛苦之中。
"But why is it prohibited?" asked the Savage.
“可是，為什么要禁止莎士比亞呢？”野蠻人問道。
In the excitement of meeting a man who had read Shakespeare he had momentarily forgotten everything else.
由于見到一個(gè)讀過莎士比亞的人感到興奮，他暫時(shí)忘掉了別的一切。
The Controller shrugged his shoulders.
總統(tǒng)聳了聳肩。
Because it's old; that's the chief reason. We haven't any use for old things here.
因?yàn)樯勘葋喒爬希鞘侵饕睦碛伞９爬系臇|西在我們這兒是完全沒有用的。
Even when they're beautiful?
即使美也沒有用？
Particularly when they're beautiful. Beauty's attractive, and we don't want people to be attracted by old things.
特別是美的東西。美是有吸引力的，而我們卻不愿意讓人們受到古老的東西吸引。
We want them to like the new ones.
我們要他們喜歡新東西。
But the new ones are so stupid and horrible.
可這些新東西卻那么愚蠢而且可怕。
Those plays, where there's nothing but helicopters flying about and you feel the people kissing.
那些新戲里除了飛來飛去的直升機(jī)和叫你感覺得到的接吻，什么都沒有。
He made a grimace.
他做了個(gè)鬼臉。
