Living machines reproduce, but as they do they mutate.

没错,活的机器会繁殖, 但是,它也会突变.

One mill worker who finally quit complained revealingly about obedience to the ding-dong of the bell-just as though we are so many living machines.

一名最终辞职的磨坊工人袒露真情地抱怨道：“让我们听从于叮叮当当的钟表，简直就把我们当成了活生生的机器。”