新概念英语（第四册，旧版）复习（原文及全文翻译）——Lesson 10 - Thoughts in Wilderness（在野的思想）

Lesson 10 - Thoughts in Wilderness

In our new society there is a growing dislike of original, creative men. The manipulated do not understand them; the manipulators fear them. The tidy committee men regard them with horror, knowing that no pigeonholes can be found for them.

We could do with a few original, creative men in our political life—if only to create some enthusiasm, release some energy--but where are they? We are asked to choose between various shades of the negative. The engine is falling to pieces while the joint owners of the car argue whether the footbrake or the handbrake should be applied. Notice how the cold, colourless men, without ideas and with no other passion but a craving for success, get on in this society, capturing one plum after another and taking the juice and taste out of them. Sometimes you might think the machines we worship make all the chief appointments, promoting the human beings who seem closest to them.

Between mid-night and dawn, when sleep will not come and all the old wounds begin to ache, I often have a nightmare vision of a future world in which there are billions of people, all numbered and registered, with not a gleam of genius anywhere, not an original mind, a rich personality, on the whole packed globe. The twin ideals of our time, organization and quantity, will have won forever.

J.B.Priestley Thoughts in Wilderness

参考译文 ——在野的思想

        在我们的新社会里，人们对有独创见解、有创造力的人的厌恶与日俱增。受人摆布的人不理解他们，摆布别人的人则惧怕他们。有条不紊的委员们怀着恐惧看着他们，因为他们知道无法让这些人归巢就范。

        在我们的政治生活中，我们需要几个有独创见解的、有创造力的人，即使只是为了掀起一点热情，释放一些活力也好，但是他们在哪里？我们只能在形形色色的反对派当中去挑选。但这又好比汽车引擎出了故障，而合伙的车主们却还在争辩究竟应该用脚刹车还是用手刹车。看看那些冷漠无情、平庸呆板、没有见地、除了渴望飞黄腾达别无任何热情人，他们是如何在社会上青云直上，捞了一把又一把享尽了荣华富贵的。有时你也许会想到，所有位居要位的人都是由我们所膜拜的控制机构任命的，它们只提拔那些似乎与它们最接近的人。从午夜到拂晓，每当我毫无睡意，所有昔日的创痛开始发作的时候，我眼前常常浮现出一幅梦魇般的未来世界的幻象：亿万个编了号的、注了册的芸芸众生，栖身于整个拥挤不堪的地球上，哪里也没有一线天才的灵光，没有独创的才智，没有丰富多彩的个性。看来我们时代的一对孪生观念——组织和数量——将永远占上风。

References:

1. https://www.kuakao/english/fx/62998.html

“We could do with a few original, creative men in our political life——if only to create some enthusiasm, release some energy——but where are they?”一句的翻译，参考了上述网站。

1. http://cache.baiducontent/c?m=jXbp2vf86FdGE3pG3bNs0at08Uv6DdgDDTqpNRK9xAITfaHb0_NPVXgH9nF55An9_vLiepLpGX8sZrCo5t_QenfiucZcmkzFscfVaRPNGLFsjxneLtum9TWlLZNXTl5hSov7kaW6VFShsU6XUiMmky5dNiATC0XVXwXzphQbovRXo0ScDfa8z5lgQPBp58T4ubPWQvFrYgFo8bJuLBLSdK4GkVaOdH8qAFJghlPejp6n02tBNSeeKV3gxYFBlULz&p=9c70c64ad49200ff57e794664700&newp=c662c64ad4934ea558acd539575692695803ed6037d0db01298ffe0cc4241a1a1a3aecbf2c291701d5c77c6403ae4b58eff63073370034f1f689df08d2ecce7e&s=c81e728d9d4c2f63&user=baidu&fm=sc&query=We+are+asked+to+choose+between+various+shades+of+the+negative%2E&qid=f3d1f8f7000863ec&p1=11

注：博主在上述网上译文的基础上略有修改