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1、BraveNewWorldbyAldousLeonardHuxley(1894-1963)ChapterOneASQUATgreybuildingofonlythirty-fourstories.Overthemainentrancethewords,CENTRALLONDONHATCHERYANDCONDITIONINGCENTRE,and,inashield,theWorldState'smotto,COMMUNITY,IDENTITY,STABILITY.Theenormousroomonthegroundfloorfacedtowardsthenort
2、h.Coldforallthesummerbeyondthepanes,forallthetropicalheatoftheroomitself,aharshthinlightglaredthroughthewindows,hungrilyseekingsomedrapedlayfigure,somepallidshapeofacademicgoose-flesh,butfindingonlytheglassandnickelandbleaklyshiningporcelainofalaboratory.Wintrinessrespondedtowintrin
3、ess.Theoverallsoftheworkerswerewhite,theirhandsglovedwithapalecorpse-colouredrubber.Thelightwasfrozen,dead,aghost.Onlyfromtheyellowbarrelsofthemicroscopesdiditborrowacertainrichandlivingsubstance,lyingalongthepolishedtubeslikebutter,streakafterlusciousstreakinlongrecessiondownthewor
4、ktables."Andthis,"saidtheDirectoropeningthedoor,"istheFertilizingRoom."Bentovertheirinstruments,threehundredFertilizerswereplunged,astheDirectorofHatcheriesandConditioningenteredtheroom,inthescarcelybreathingsilence,theabsent-minded,soliloquizinghumorwhistle,ofabsorbedconcentration.
5、Atroopofnewlyarrivedstudents,veryyoung,pinkandcallow,followednervously,ratherabjectly,attheDirector'sheels.Eachofthemcarriedanotebook,inwhich,wheneverthegreatmanspoke,hedesperatelyscribbled.Straightfromthehorse'smouth.Itwasarareprivilege.TheD.H.C.forCentralLondonalwaysmadeapointofpe
6、rsonallyconductinghisnewstudentsroundthevariousdepartments."Justtogiveyouageneralidea,"hewouldexplaintothem.Forofcoursesomesortofgeneralideatheymusthave,iftheyweretodotheirworkintelligently–thoughaslittleofone,iftheyweretobegoodandhappymembersofsociety,aspossible.Forparticulars,asev
7、eryoneknows,makeforvirtureandhappiness;generalitiesareintellectuallynecessaryevils.Notphilosophersbutfretsawyersandstampcollectorscomposethebackboneofsociety."To-morrow,"hewouldadd,smilingatthemwithaslightlymenacinggeniality,"you'llbesettlingdowntoseriouswork.Youwon'thavetimeforgene
8、ralities.Meanwhile…
