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Every discovery in pure science is potentially subversive;
納科學(xué)的每一個發(fā)現(xiàn)都具有潛在的顛覆性。
even science must sometimes be treated as a possible enemy. Yes, even science.
就連科學(xué)有時也得被看做可能的敵人。是的，就連科學(xué)也如此。
Science? The Savage frowned. He knew the word. But what it exactly signified he could not say.
科學(xué)？野蠻人皺了皺眉頭。他知道這個字，可說不清它究竟是什么意思。
Shakespeare and the old men of the pueblo had never mentioned science,
莎士比亞和印第安村莊的老人就從來沒有提起過科學(xué)。
and from Linda he had only gathered the vaguest hints: science was something you made helicopters with,
從琳妲那里他也只歸納出了一點最模糊的印象：科學(xué)是你用來造直升機的東西，
some thing that caused you to laugh at the Corn Dances, something that prevented you from being wrinkled and losing your teeth.
是讓你嘲笑玉米舞的東西，是讓你不長皺紋不掉牙齒的東西。
He made a desperate effort to take the Controller's meaning.
他竭盡全力想抓住總統(tǒng)的意思。
"Yes," Mustapha Mond was saying, that's another item in the cost of stability.
“不錯，”穆斯塔法.蒙德說，那是為穩(wěn)定所付出的又一項代價。
It isn't only art that's incompatible with happiness; it's also science.
跟幸福格格不入的不光是藝術(shù)，而且有科學(xué)。
Science is dangerous; we have to keep it most carefully chained and muzzled.
科學(xué)是危險的，我們得給它小心翼翼地套上籠頭，拴上鏈子。
"What?" said Helmholtz, in astonishment. "But we're always saying that science is everything. It's a hypnopidic platitude."
“什么！”赫姆霍爾茲吃了一驚，說，“可我們一向都說科學(xué)就是一切。那已經(jīng)是睡眠教育的老調(diào)了。”
"Three times a week between thirteen and seventeen," put in Bemard.
“十三點至十七點，每周三次。”伯納插嘴道。
And all the science propaganda we do at the College …
還有我們在大學(xué)里所做的一切宣傳……
"Yes; but what sort of science?" asked Mustapha Mond sarcastically.
“對，可那是什么樣的科學(xué)？”穆斯塔法.蒙德尖刻地說。
You've had no scientific training, so you can't judge. I was a pretty good physicist in my time.
你們沒有受過科學(xué)訓(xùn)練，無法判斷。我原來可是個出色的物理學(xué)家，
Too good–good enough to realize that all our science is just a cookery book,
可是太善良——我不明白我們所有的科學(xué)都不過是一本烹飪書。
with an orthodox theory of cooking that nobody's allowed to question,
書上的正統(tǒng)烹飪理論是不容許任何人懷疑的。
and a list of recipes that mustn't be added to except by special permission from the head cook.
而有一大批烹調(diào)技術(shù)不經(jīng)過掌勺師傅批準(zhǔn)是不許寫進書里去的。
I'm the head cook now. But I was an inquisitive young scullion once.
我現(xiàn)在做了掌勺師傅，但以前也曾經(jīng)是個愛刨根問底的洗碗小工。
I started doing a bit of cooking on my own. Unorthodox cooking, illicit cooking.
我開始自己搞一些非法的、不正統(tǒng)的、不正當(dāng)?shù)呐胝{(diào)。
A bit of real science, in fact. He was silent.
實際上是真正的科學(xué)實驗。他沉默了一會兒。
