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【三體II】逐句帶你讀懂英文版《黑暗森林》(第3章-13)

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It was still nighttime, Luo Ji realized as he stepped through the door of the aircraft. Thinking back to their takeoff time, he had a pretty good idea of which general area of the globe they were in. The fog was thick, and the lights shone a dim yellow as events from their takeoff seemed to be replaying before their eyes: the patrol helicopters in the air, only dimly visible through the fog as shadows with glowing lights; the plane quickly surrounded by a ring of military vehicles and outward-facing soldiers; and several officers with radios clustered in a group discussing something and occasionally throwing a glance in the direction of the airstair. A buzzing from somewhere overhead set Luo Ji’s scalp?on fire, and even the imperturbable?Mr. Kent covered his ears. Looking up, they could see an indistinct light flying low overhead: the escort formation, still circling above them, its exhaust tracing a large circle in the air that was hazily visible through the fog, as if a cosmic giant had tagged the Earth with chalk at this very spot.

羅輯走出艙門(mén)時(shí)，看到外面仍是黑夜，想到起飛時(shí)的時(shí)間，他由此可以大概知道自己處于地球上的什么位置了。霧很大，燈光在霧中照出一片昏黃，眼前的一切似乎是起飛時(shí)情景的重現(xiàn)：空中有巡邏的直升機(jī)，在霧中只能隱約看到亮燈的影子；飛機(jī)周?chē)芸靽狭艘蝗娷?chē)和士兵，他們都面朝外圍，幾名拿著步話(huà)機(jī)的軍官聚成一堆商量著什么，不時(shí)抬頭朝舷梯這邊看看。羅輯聽(tīng)到上方傳來(lái)一陣讓人頭皮發(fā)炸的轟鳴聲，連穩(wěn)重的坎特都捂起耳朵，抬頭一看，正見(jiàn)一排模糊的亮點(diǎn)從低空飛速掠過(guò)，是護(hù)航的殲擊機(jī)編隊(duì)，它們?nèi)栽谏戏奖P(pán)旋，尾跡在空中劃出了一個(gè)在霧里也隱約可見(jiàn)的大圓圈，仿佛一個(gè)宇宙巨人用粉筆對(duì)世界的這一塊進(jìn)行了標(biāo)注。

The four of them boarded an obviously bulletproofed car waiting at the end of the airstair and sped off. The window curtains were drawn, but judging from the light that came in, Luo Ji knew that they were smack?in the middle of a convoy. Silence reigned on the ride, a road to the ultimate unknown. Although it took only forty minutes, this part of the journey felt terribly long.

羅輯他們一行四人登上了一輛等在舷梯盡頭的顯然也經(jīng)過(guò)防彈加固的轎車(chē)，車(chē)很快開(kāi)了。車(chē)窗的窗簾都拉上了，但從外面的燈光判斷，羅輯知道他們也是夾在一個(gè)車(chē)隊(duì)中間的。一路上大家都沉默著，羅輯知道，他正在走向那個(gè)最后的未知。感覺(jué)中這段路很長(zhǎng)，其實(shí)只走了四十多分鐘。

When Kent said they had arrived, Luo Ji could make out a shape through the curtains, backlit by the even light from the building to its rear that cast its silhouette?onto the curtain. He could never mistake such a distinctive shape: a giant revolver?with a knot tied in its barrel. Luo Ji knew exactly where he was: the United Nations building in New York.

當(dāng)坎特說(shuō)已經(jīng)到達(dá)時(shí)，羅輯注意到了透過(guò)車(chē)窗的簾子看到的一個(gè)形狀，由于那個(gè)東西后面建筑物的一片均勻的燈光，它的剪影才能透過(guò)窗簾被看到。羅輯不會(huì)認(rèn)錯(cuò)那東西的，因?yàn)樗男螤钐r明也太特殊了：那是一把巨大的左輪手槍?zhuān)珮尮鼙淮蛄藗€(gè)結(jié)。除非世界上還有第二個(gè)這樣的雕塑，羅輯現(xiàn)在已經(jīng)知道自己身在何處了。

He was surrounded as soon as he got out by people who seemed like security personnel: they were tall, and many of them wore dark glasses despite the night. He couldn’t make out his surroundings, but was pushed forward by the cluster, squeezed with such force that his feet practically left the ground, the scraping?of footsteps the only sound that broke the silence. Just as the bizarre tension had pushed him almost to the breaking point, the men in front of him gave way. Light flashed before his eyes, and then the rest of them halted in their steps, leaving him, Shi Qiang, and Kent to continue forward. They were walking in a large quiet hall, empty but for a few black-clothed guards who spoke quietly into a handheld radio each time the three of them passed one of them. They crossed a hanging balcony in the direction of a stained-glass panel?whose riot?of colors and intricate lines described the distorted?shapes of humans and animals. Turning left, they entered a small room. After the door closed, Kent and Shi Qiang exchanged a smile, and a look of relief came over?them.

一下車(chē)，羅輯就被一群人圍起來(lái)，這些人都像是保衛(wèi)人員，他們身材高大，相當(dāng)一部分在這夜里也戴著墨鏡。羅輯沒(méi)能看清周?chē)沫h(huán)境，就被這些人簇?fù)碇蚯白?，在他們有力的圍擠下雙腳幾乎離地，周?chē)且黄聊?，只有眾人腳步的沙沙聲。就在這種詭異的緊張氣氛令羅輯的神經(jīng)幾乎崩潰之際，他前面的幾名大漢讓開(kāi)了，眼前豁然一亮，接著其余的人也停住了腳步，只讓他和史強(qiáng)、坎特三人繼續(xù)前行。他們行走在一間安靜的大廳中，這里很空蕩，僅有的人是幾名拿著步話(huà)機(jī)的黑衣警衛(wèi)，他們每走過(guò)一人，那人就在步話(huà)機(jī)上低聲說(shuō)一句。三人經(jīng)過(guò)了一個(gè)懸空的陽(yáng)臺(tái)，迎面看到一張色彩斑斕的玻璃板，上面充滿(mǎn)了紛繁的線(xiàn)條，有變形的人和動(dòng)物形象夾雜在線(xiàn)條之中。向右拐，他們進(jìn)入了一個(gè)不大的房間。坎特在關(guān)上門(mén)后與史強(qiáng)相視一笑，兩人一副如釋重負(fù)的樣子。

Luo Ji glanced around him and discovered that the room was fairly peculiar. The wall at one end was entirely covered by an abstract painting made up of yellow, white, blue, and black geometric shapes, which overlapped randomly and seemed suspended atop an ocean of pure blue. But the strangest thing was the large stone in the shape of a rectangular prism?sitting right in the center of the room and illuminated by several weak lamps. A closer look revealed that the stone before rust?lines. The abstract painting and the stone were the only furnishings, and apart from them the room was empty.

羅輯四下打量了一下，發(fā)現(xiàn)這是個(gè)多少有些怪異的房間，它盡頭的一面墻被一幅由黃、白、藍(lán)、黑四色幾何形狀構(gòu)成的抽象畫(huà)占滿(mǎn)，這些形狀相互間隨意交疊，并共同懸浮于一片類(lèi)似于海洋的純藍(lán)色之上；最奇怪的是房間中央一塊呈長(zhǎng)方體的大石頭，被幾盞光線(xiàn)不亮的聚光燈照著，仔細(xì)看看，石頭上有鐵銹色的紋路。抽象畫(huà)和方石，是這里僅有的兩件擺設(shè)，除此之外，小房間里什么都沒(méi)有。

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have an idea of sth. 對(duì)……有所了解;有一個(gè)……的想法

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dim： adj.暗淡的;昏暗的;微弱的;不明亮的;光線(xiàn)暗淡的

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patrol：

v.巡邏;巡查;(尤指威脅性地)逛蕩，閑逛

n.巡邏;巡查;巡邏隊(duì)

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cluster：

n.(同類(lèi)物叢生或聚集的)簇，團(tuán)，束，串;(人或動(dòng)物的)群，組

vi.群聚;聚集

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