NineteenEighty-fourOutside,eventhroughtheshutwindow-pan,theworldlookedcold.Downinthestreetlittleeddiesofwindwerewhirlingdustandtornpaperintospirals,andthoughthesunwasshiningandtheskyaharshblue,thereseemedtobenocolourinanything,exceptthepostersthatwereplasteredeverywhere.Theblack-moustachio’dfacegazeddownfromeverycommandingcorner.Therewasoneonthehouse-frontimmediatelyopposite.BIGBROTHERISWATCHINGYOU,thecaptionsaid,whilethedarkeyeslookeddeepintoWinston’sown.Downatstreetlevelanotherposter,tornatonecorner,flappedfitfullyinthewind,alternatelycoveringanduncoveringthesinglewordINGSOC.Inthefardistanceahelicopterskimmeddownbetweentheroofs,hoveredforaninstantlikeabluebottle,anddartedawayagainwithacurvingflight.Itwasthepolicepatrol,snoopingintopeople’swindows.Thepatrolsdidnotmatter,however.OnlytheThoughtPolicemattered.……Thethingthathewasabouttodowastoopenadiary.Thiswasnotillegal(nothingwasillegal.sincetherewerenolongeranylaws),butifdetecteditwasreasonablycertainthatitwouldbepunishedbydeath,oratleastbytwenty-fiveyearsinaforced–labourcamp.……Itwasalwaysatnight—thearrestsinvariablyhappenedatnight.Thesuddenjerkoutofsleep,theroughhandshakingyourshoulder,thelightsglaringinyoureyes,theringofhardfacesroundthebed.Inthevastmajorityofcasestherewasnotrial,noreportofthearrest.Peoplesimplydisappeared,alwaysduringthenight.Yournamewasremovedfromtheregisters,everyrecordofeverythingyouhadeverdonewaswipedout,yourone-timeexistencewasdeniedandthenforgotten.Youwereabolished,annihilated:VAPORIZEDwastheusualword.一九八四(选段)外面,即使透过关上的玻璃窗,看上去也是寒冷的。在下面街心里,真真的小卷风把尘土和碎纸吹卷起来,虽然阳光灿烂,天空蔚蓝,可是除了到处贴着的招贴画以外,似乎什么东西都没有颜色。那张留着黑胡子的脸从每一个关键地方向下凝视。在对面那所房子的正面就有一幅,文字说明是:老大哥在看着你。那双黑色的眼睛目不转睛地看着温斯顿的眼睛。在下面街上有另外一张招贴画,一角给撕破了,在风中不时地吹拍着,一会儿盖上,一会儿又露出唯一的一个词儿“英社”。在远处,一架直升机在屋顶上面掠过,像一只绿头苍蝇似的徘徊了一会儿,又绕个弯儿飞走。这是警察巡逻队,在伺察人们的窗户。不过,巡逻队并不可怕,只有思想警察才可怕。……他要做的事情是开始写日记。写日记并不是不合法的(没有什么事情是不合法的,因为早已不再有什么法律了),但是如被发现,可以相当有把握地肯定,会受到死刑的惩处,或者至少在强迫劳动营里干苦役二十五年。……总是在夜里——逮捕总是在夜里进行的。突然在睡梦中惊醒,一直粗手捏着你的肩膀,灯光直射你的眼睛,床边围着一圈凶狠的脸孔。在绝大多数情况下不举行审讯,不报道逮捕消息,人就是这么销声匿迹了,而且总是在夜里。你的名字从登记册上除掉了,你做过的一切事情的记录都除掉了,你的一度存在也给否定了,接着被遗忘了。你被取消,消灭了:通常用的字眼是化为乌有。