259.英文正文（259）

sodidthefactofhavingveryfewwordstochoosefrom。relativetoourown，thenewspeakvocabularywastiny，andnewwaysofreducingitwereconstantlybeingdevised。newspeak，indeed，differedfrommostallotherlanguagesinthatitsvocabularygrewsmallerinsteadoflargereveryyear。eachreductionwasagain，sincethesmallertheareaofchoice，thesmallerthetemptationtotakethought。ultimatelyitwashopedtomakearticulatespeechissuefromthelarynxwithoutinvolvingthehigherbraincentresatall。thisaimwasfranklyadmittedinthenewspeakwordduckspeak，meaning“toquacklikeaduck”。likevariousotherwordsinthebvocabulary，duckspeakwasambivalentinmeaning。providedthattheopinionswhichwerequackedoutwereorthodoxones，itimpliednothingbutpraise，andwhenthetimesreferredtooneoftheoratorsofthepartyasadoubleplusgoodduckspeakeritwaspayingawarmandvaluedcompliment。

thecvocabulary。

thecvocabularywassupplementarytotheothersandconsistedentirelyofscientificandtechnicalterms。theseresembledthescientifictermsinusetoday，andwereconstructedfromthesameroots，buttheusualcarewastakentodefinethemrigidlyandstripthemofundesirablemeanings。theyfollowedthesamegrammaticalrulesasthewordsintheothertwovocabularies。veryfewofthecwordshadanycurrencyeitherineverydayspeechorinpoliticalspeech。anyscientificworkerortechniciancouldfindallthewordsheneededinthelistdevotedtohisownspeciality，butheseldomhadmorethanasmatteringofthewordsoccurringintheotherlists。onlyaveryfewwordswerecommontoalllists，andtherewasnovocabularyexpressingthefunctionofscienceasahabitofmind，oramethodofthought，irrespectiveofitsparticularbranches。therewas，indeed，nowordfor“science”，anymeaningthatitcouldpossiblybearbeingalreadysufficientlycoveredbythewordingsoc。