美丽新世界Brave New World 第5章(3)

 　　They entered. The air seemed hot and somehow breathless with the scent¹ of ambergris and sandalwood.

　　两人进了场。龙涎香和檀香的气味不知道怎么使空气似乎又热又闷。

　　On the domed² ceiling of the hall, the colour organ had momentarily painted a tropical sunset.

　　设色器在大厅的圆拱形天花板上画出了一幅赤道落日的景象。

　　The Sixteen Sexophonists were playing an old favourite: "There ain't no Bottle in all the world like that dear little Bottle of mine."

　　十六位色唆风手正演奏着一支人们喜爱的老曲子：“全世界呀，就没有这样的瓶子，能够比上你呀，我亲爱的小瓶子。

　　Four hundred couples were five-stepping round the polished floor.

　　四百对舞伴在光滑的地板上跳着五步舞。

　　Lenina and Henry were soon the four hundred and first.

　　列宁娜和亨利立即结成了第四百零一对。

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　　The saxophones wailed³ like melodious⁴ cats under the moon, moaned in the alto and tenor⁵ registers as though the little death were upon them.

　　色唆风呜咽着，像猫在月光下和谐地对叫；女中音和男高音呻吟着，仿佛经历着那小小的死亡。

　　Rich with a wealth of harmonics, their tremulous chorus mounted towards a climax⁶, louder and ever louder–until at last, with a wave of his hand, the conductor let loose the final shattering note of ether-music and blew the sixteen merely human blowers clean out of existence.

　　双方的颤抖的和鸣有着丰富的和声，逐渐升向高潮，越升越高，越升越高——终于，指挥一挥手，最后的粉碎性的仙乐软了下来，直叫那十六个尘世的号手魄散魂销。

　　Thunder in A flat major.

　　A降调雷霆怒吼，

　　And then, in all but silence, in all but darkness, there followed a gradual deturgescence, a diminuendo sliding gradually, through quarter tones, down, down to a faintly whispered dominant⁷ chord that lingered on (while the five-four rhythms still pulsed below) charging the darkened seconds with an intense expectancy⁸.

　　随即逐渐下落，以四分之一音的梯级逐渐下滑，下滑，几乎没有了声音和亮光，下滑为极轻柔的耳语奏出的主和弦。那和弦回还往复（四五拍子的旋律仍在背后搏动），把强烈的企盼赋予了昏沉中的每一秒钟。

　　And at last expectancy was fulfilled. There was a sudden explosive sunrise, and simultaneously⁹, the Sixteen burst into song: "Bottle of mine, it's you I've always wanted!

　　最终，企盼满足了，突然爆发出了旭日东升，十六个声音同时炸出歌唱：“我的瓶子呀，我永远需要的瓶子！

　　Bottle of mine, why was I ever decanted¹⁰?

　　我的瓶子呀，我为何要换瓶出世？

　　Skies are blue inside of you,The weather's always fine; For There ain't no Bottle in all the world Like that dear little Bottle of mine."

　　在你的怀里呀，天空一片蔚蓝，在你的怀里呀，永远有和风丽日；因为全世界呀，就没有这样的瓶子能够比上你呀，我亲爱的小瓶子。”

　　Five-stepping with the other four hundred round and round Westminster Abbey, Lenina and Henry were yet dancing in another world–the warm, the richly coloured, the infinitely¹¹ friendly world of soma-holiday.

　　列宁娜和亨利跟别的四百对舞伴一起在西敏寺转着圈跳着五步舞时，也漫舞于另外一个世界——那温馨的、绚丽的、友爱缠绵的唆麻假日的世界。

　　How kind, how good-looking, how delightfully¹² amusing every one was!

　　每一个人是多么和善，多么漂亮，多么风趣可爱呀！

　　"Bottle of mine, it's you I've always wanted …"

　　“我的瓶子呀，我永远需要的瓶子……”

　　But Lenina and Henry had what they wanted …

　　可是列宁娜和亨利已经得到了他们所需要的东西……

　　They were inside, here and now-safely inside with the fine weather, the perennially¹³ blue sky.

　　他们此时此地已经在瓶子里，在安安稳稳的瓶子里，那里永远和煦，天空四季蔚蓝。

　　And when, exhausted¹⁴, the Sixteen had laid by their saxophones and the Synthetic¹⁵ Music apparatus¹⁶ was producing the very latest in slow Malthusian Blues¹⁷, they might have been twin embryos¹⁸ gently rocking together on the waves of a bottled ocean of blood-surrogate.

　　在十六个人筋疲力尽，放下色唆风之后，合成乐音箱放起了最新的马尔萨斯忧伤曲，此时他俩差不多就是一对孪生的胚胎，在瓶里的代血剂的海浪中轻轻地起伏澹荡。

　　"Good-night, dear friends. Good-night, dear friends."

　　“晚安，亲爱的朋友们。晚安，亲爱的朋友们。”

　　The loud speakers veiled their commands in a genial¹⁹ and musical politeness. "Good-night, dear friends …"

　　大喇叭用亲切悦耳的礼貌掩盖着它们的命令。“晚安，亲爱的朋友们……。”

1 scent   

n.气味，香味，香水，线索，嗅觉；v.嗅，发觉

参考例句：

• The air was filled with the scent of lilac.空气中弥漫着丁香花的芬芳。
• The flowers give off a heady scent at night.这些花晚上散发出醉人的芳香。

2 domed   

adj. 圆屋顶的, 半球形的, 拱曲的 动词dome的过去式和过去分词形式

参考例句：

• I gazed up at the domed ceiling arching overhead. 我抬头凝望着上方弧形的穹顶。
• His forehead domed out in a curve. 他的前额呈弯曲的半球形。

3 wailed   

v.哭叫，哀号( wail的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• She wailed over her father's remains. 她对着父亲的遗体嚎啕大哭。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• The women of the town wailed over the war victims. 城里的妇女为战争的死难者们痛哭。 来自辞典例句

4 melodious   

adj.旋律美妙的，调子优美的，音乐性的

参考例句：

• She spoke in a quietly melodious voice.她说话轻声细语，嗓音甜美。
• Everybody was attracted by her melodious voice.大家都被她悦耳的声音吸引住了。

5 tenor   

n.男高音（歌手），次中音（乐器），要旨，大意

参考例句：

• The tenor of his speech was that war would come.他讲话的大意是战争将要发生。
• The four parts in singing are soprano,alto,tenor and bass.唱歌的四个声部是女高音、女低音、男高音和男低音。

6 climax   

n.顶点；高潮；v.(使)达到顶点

参考例句：

• The fifth scene was the climax of the play.第五场是全剧的高潮。
• His quarrel with his father brought matters to a climax.他与他父亲的争吵使得事态发展到了顶点。

7 dominant   

adj.支配的，统治的；占优势的；显性的；n.主因，要素，主要的人(或物)；显性基因

参考例句：

• The British were formerly dominant in India.英国人从前统治印度。
• She was a dominant figure in the French film industry.她在法国电影界是个举足轻重的人物。

8 expectancy   

n.期望，预期，（根据概率统计求得）预期数额

参考例句：

• Japanese people have a very high life expectancy.日本人的平均寿命非常长。
• The atomosphere of tense expectancy sobered everyone.这种期望的紧张气氛使每个人变得严肃起来。

9 simultaneously   

adv.同时发生地，同时进行地

参考例句：

• The radar beam can track a number of targets almost simultaneously.雷达波几乎可以同时追着多个目标。
• The Windows allow a computer user to execute multiple programs simultaneously.Windows允许计算机用户同时运行多个程序。

10 decanted   

v.将（酒等）自瓶中倒入另一容器( decant的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• Afterwards the aqueous solution from above the nitroglycerine was decanted. 然后倒出硝化甘油之上的水溶液。 来自辞典例句
• The coated particles are centrifuged and the liquid decanted. 将包覆的颗粒进行离心，除去液体。 来自辞典例句

11 infinitely   

adv.无限地，无穷地

参考例句：

• There is an infinitely bright future ahead of us.我们有无限光明的前途。
• The universe is infinitely large.宇宙是无限大的。

12 delightfully   

大喜，欣然

参考例句：

• The room is delightfully appointed. 这房子的设备令人舒适愉快。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• The evening is delightfully cool. 晚间凉爽宜人。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

13 perennially   

adv.经常出现地；长期地；持久地；永久地

参考例句：

• He perennially does business abroad. 他常年在国外做生意。 来自辞典例句
• We want to know what is perennially new about the world. 我们想知道世上什么东西永远是新的。 来自互联网

14 exhausted   

adj.极其疲惫的，精疲力尽的

参考例句：

• It was a long haul home and we arrived exhausted.搬运回家的这段路程特别长，到家时我们已筋疲力尽。
• Jenny was exhausted by the hustle of city life.珍妮被城市生活的忙乱弄得筋疲力尽。

15 synthetic   

adj.合成的，人工的；综合的；n.人工制品

参考例句：

• We felt the salesman's synthetic friendliness.我们感觉到那位销售员的虚情假意。
• It's a synthetic diamond.这是人造钻石。

16 apparatus   

n.装置，器械；器具，设备

参考例句：

• The school's audio apparatus includes films and records.学校的视听设备包括放映机和录音机。
• They had a very refined apparatus.他们有一套非常精良的设备。

17 blues   

n.抑郁，沮丧；布鲁斯音乐

参考例句：

• She was in the back of a smoky bar singing the blues.她在烟雾弥漫的酒吧深处唱着布鲁斯歌曲。
• He was in the blues on account of his failure in business.他因事业失败而意志消沉。

18 embryos   

n.晶胚；胚，胚胎( embryo的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Somatic cells of angiosperms enter a regenerative phase and behave like embryos. 被子植物体细胞进入一个生殖阶段，而且其行为象胚。 来自辞典例句
• Evolution can explain why human embryos look like gilled fishes. 进化论能够解释为什么人类的胚胎看起来象除去了内脏的鱼一样。 来自辞典例句

19 genial   

adj.亲切的，和蔼的，愉快的，脾气好的

参考例句：

• Orlando is a genial man.奥兰多是一位和蔼可亲的人。
• He was a warm-hearted friend and genial host.他是个热心的朋友，也是友善待客的主人。