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A moment passed, and then a ballerina arose, swaying like a willow. Harrison plucked the mental handicap from her ear, took off her physical handicaps quickly. Last of all, he removed her mask.
過了一會兒，一位芭蕾舞者站了起來，像柳樹一般搖晃著。哈里森拔出她耳中的心智殘障接收器，飛快地扯下她身上的殘障物。最后，他摘下她的面罩。
She was blindingly beautiful.
她美得炫目。
"Now—" said Harrison, taking her hand, "shall we show the people the meaning of the word dance? Music!" he commanded.
“現在，”哈里森牽起她的手說，“讓我們教教這些人‘跳舞’這個詞的真正含義吧？音樂！” 他命令道。
The musicians got back into their chairs, and Harrison took off their handicaps, too. "Play your best," he told them, "and I'll make you barons and dukes and earls."
樂師坐回椅子上，哈里森也扯掉了他們身上的殘障物。“演奏出你們的最高水平來，”他告訴他們，“我就會封你們當男爵、公爵和伯爵。”
The music began. It was normal at first—cheap, silly, false. But Harrison pulled two musicians from their chairs, waved them like batons as he sang the music as he wanted it played. He slammed them back into their chairs.
音樂響起了。一開始十分正常——卑賤、愚蠢、虛假。但哈里森把兩個樂師從椅子上抓起來，把他們像指揮棒一樣用力搖，同時唱著他希望演奏的音。他把他們摔回座位上。
The music began again and was much improved.
音樂再次響起，這次有了顯著的進步。
Harrison and his Empress merely listened to the music for a while—listened gravely, as though letting their hearts beat with it.
哈里森和他的皇后僅聽了一會兒——他們嚴肅地聽著，仿佛讓他們的心隨著音樂跳動。
They shifted their weights to their toes.
他們踮起腳尖。
Harrison placed his big hands on the girl's tiny waist, letting her sense the weightlessness that would soon be hers.
哈里森把他的大手放在女孩纖細的腰上，讓她體驗即將到來的失重感。
And then, in an explosion of joy and grace, into the air they sprang!
接著，在一陣歡樂中，他們優雅地躍向空中！
Not only were the laws of the land abandoned, but the law of gravity and the laws of motion as well.
他們不只擺脫了人間的法律，甚至擺脫了萬有引力定律和運動定律的束縛。
They reeled, whirled, swiveled, flounced, capered, gamboled, and spun.
他們旋轉、回旋、轉圈、跳動、雀躍、嬉戲，再旋轉。
The studio ceiling was thirty feet high, but each leap brought the dancers nearer to it.
演播室的天花板有30英尺高，但兩位舞者每跳一次都更接近天花板。
