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In her room on the thirty-seventh floor, Linda had floated in a sea of singing lights and perfumed caresses–floated away,
琳妲在她三十七層樓上的房間里曾經(jīng)飄浮在一個(gè)彌漫著歌聲的海里，那兒有光明和麝香的愛(ài)撫——她飄走了，
out of space, out of time, out of the prison of her memories, her habits, her aged and bloated body.
飄到空間以外，時(shí)間以外，飄到她的回憶、習(xí)慣和她那衰老臃腫的身子的囚車以外去了。
And Tomakin, ex-Director of Hatcheries and Conditioning, Tomakin was still on holiday–on holiday from humiliation and pain,
而湯瑪金，以前的孵化及條件設(shè)置主任湯瑪金，現(xiàn)在還在唆麻假期里——那擺脫羞辱和痛苦的唆麻假里，
in a world where he could not hear those words, that derisive laughter,
在一個(gè)他聽(tīng)不見(jiàn)嘲弄的話和諷刺的笑，
could not see that hideous face, feel those moist and flabby arms round his neck, in a beautiful world …
看不見(jiàn)那張奇丑的面孔，感覺(jué)不到那兩條濕源源的肥胳臂摟住自己脖子的世界里——美妙的世界里……
"What you need," the Savage went on, "is something with tears for a change. Nothing costs enough here."
“你們需要的是，”野蠻人繼續(xù)說(shuō)道，“換上點(diǎn)帶眼淚的東西。這兒的東西都不如眼淚值錢。”
"Twelve and a half million dollars," Henry Foster had protested when the Savage told him that.
“造價(jià)一千二百五十萬(wàn)元，”在野蠻人對(duì)他提起這話時(shí)，亨利.福斯特曾經(jīng)抗議過(guò)，
Twelve and a half million–that's what the new Conditioning Centre cost. Not a cent less.
一千二百五十萬(wàn)元——那是新的條件設(shè)置中心的價(jià)值，分文不少。
Exposing what is mortal and unsure to all that fortune, death and danger dare, even for an eggshell. Isn't there something in that?
勃勃的雄心振起了他的精神，使他蔑視不可知的結(jié)果，為了區(qū)區(qū)彈丸之地，拼著血肉之軀去向命運(yùn)、死亡和危險(xiǎn)挑戰(zhàn)。進(jìn)里頭不是還有點(diǎn)東西嗎？
he asked, looking up at Mustapha Mond.
他抬頭看著穆斯塔法.蒙德問(wèn)道，
Quite apart from God–though of course God would be a reason for it. Isn't there something in living dangerously?
與上帝無(wú)關(guān)——當(dāng)然，上帝也可能是理由之一。危險(xiǎn)的生活里不也有點(diǎn)東西嗎？
"There's a great deal in it," the Controller replied. "Men and women must have their adrenals stimulated from time to time."
“有很多東西，”總統(tǒng)回答，“男人和女人的腎上腺素每過(guò)一些時(shí)候都需要受到點(diǎn)刺激。”
"What?" questioned the Savage, uncomprehending.
“什么？”野蠻人莫名其妙地問(wèn)。
It's one of the conditions of perfect health. That's why we've made the V.P.S. treatments compulsory.
那是身體完全健康的條件之一。因此我們才把接受V．PS治療定為義務(wù)性的。
V.P.S.?
V.P.S？
Violent Passion Surrogate. Regularly once a month. We flood the whole system with adrenin.
代猛烈情素。每月固定接受一次。我們讓腎上腺素彌漫了整個(gè)生理系統(tǒng)。
It's the complete physiological equivalent of fear and rage.
從生理上說(shuō)它完全和恐怖與狂怒相等。
