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【三體2】逐句帶你讀懂英文版《黑暗森林》(第2章-12)

2022-01-06 12:50 作者:庫特6 0人讀過 | 我要投稿

Luo Ji and Shi Qiang entered the cabin. Three men in black suits welcomed them and took them past the forward cabin, which was totally empty but resembled a passenger plane with four rows of seats. In the middle cabin, Luo Ji saw a fairly spacious office, and another suite through whose half-open door he glimpsed a bedroom. The furnishings were unremarkable but neat and orderly, and apart from the green safety belts on the sofa and chairs you wouldn’t have known you were on a plane. Luo Ji knew that there were very few charter planes of this kind in the country.

羅輯和史強(qiáng)進(jìn)入機(jī)艙，有三名穿著黑色西裝的人迎接他們，帶著他們走過前艙，這里空無一人，看上去是客機(jī)的樣子，有四排空空的座椅。但當(dāng)進(jìn)入中艙后，羅輯看到這里有一間相當(dāng)寬敞的辦公室，還有一個套間，透過半開的門，羅輯看到那是一間臥室。這里的陳設(shè)都很普通，干凈整潔，如果不是看到沙發(fā)和椅子上的綠色安全帶，感覺不到是在飛機(jī)上。羅輯知道，像這樣的專機(jī)，國內(nèi)可能沒有幾架。

Two of the three men who led them in vanished through a door to the rear cabin, leaving behind the youngest one, who said,”You can sit anywhere you like, but you need to buckle up, not just on takeoff and landing but throughout the entire flight. If you sleep, then buckle the sleep-belt too. Nothing that’s not fixed in place can be left out in the open. Stay in your seat or bunk at all times, and if you must move about, please inform the captain first. This is an intercom button. There’s one at every seat and every bunk. Hold it down to talk. If there’s anything you need, please use it to call us at any time.”

帶他們進(jìn)來的三人中，兩人徑直穿過另一個門向尾艙去了，留下的最年輕的那位說：“請你們隨便坐，但一定要系好安全帶，千萬要注意，不只是在起飛降落時，全程都要系安全帶，睡覺時也要把床上的安全睡袋扣好；不要在外面放不固定的小物品；盡量不要離開座位或床，如果需要起來活動，請一定先通知機(jī)長。這樣的按鈕就是送話器開關(guān)，座位和床邊都有，按下后就能通話，有什么其他需要，也可以通過它呼叫我們?！?/p>

Luo Ji looked in confusion at Shi Qiang,who said, ”The plane may execute some special maneuvers.”

羅輯疑惑地看看史強(qiáng)，后者解釋說：“這飛機(jī)有可能做特技飛行?！?/p>

The man nodded. “Correct. Please let me know if you have any problems. Call me Xiao Zhang. I’ll bring you dinner when we’re in the air.”

那人點(diǎn)點(diǎn)頭，“是的，有事請叫我，叫小張就行，起飛后我會給你們送晚飯的。”

After Xiao Zhang left, Luo Ji and Shi Qiang sat on the sofa and fastened their seatbelts. Luo Ji looked about him. Apart from the round windows and the slightly curved walls they were set into, the room seemed so conventional and familiar that it felt a little strange to be wearing seatbelts in an ordinary office. But soon the noise and vibration of the engine reminded him was aboard a plane taxiing down the runway, and a few minutes later the engine noise changed and the two of them were pressed back into the sofa. Then the ground vibrations disappeared and the office floor took on a slant. As the plane climbed, the sun, which had already dipped below the ground, returned through the window, just as the same sun had sent the day’s final rays of sunlight into the hospital room of Zhang Beihai’s father just ten minutes before.

小張走后，羅輯和史強(qiáng)坐到沙發(fā)上，各自系好安全帶。羅輯四下看看，除了窗子是圓的，有窗的那面墻有些弧度外，一切都是那么普通和熟悉，以至于他們倆系著安全帶坐在這間普通辦公室里感覺怪怪的。但很快引擎的轟鳴和微微的震動提醒他們是在一架飛機(jī)上，飛機(jī)正在向起飛跑道滑行，幾分鐘后，隨著引擎聲音的變化，超重使兩人陷進(jìn)沙發(fā)中。來自地面的震動消失后，辦公室的地板在他們面前傾斜了。隨著飛機(jī)的上升，在地面已經(jīng)落下去的夕陽又把一束光從舷窗投進(jìn)來，就在十分鐘前，同一個太陽也把今天的最后一束夕照投進(jìn)章北海父親的病房中。

By the time Luo Ji’s plane reached the coast, Wu Yue and Zhang Beihai were once again looking over the unfinished Tang, ten thousand meters below. This was the closest he would ever get to the two soldiers.

當(dāng)羅輯所乘的飛機(jī)飛越海岸時，在他一萬米的下方，吳岳和章北海再次注視著建造中的“唐”號。在以前和以后所有的時間里，這是羅輯距這兩位軍人最近的一次。

As on their previous visit, Tang’s enormous frame was shrouded in the dim light of dusk. The showers of sparks on the hull didn’t seem quite as plentiful, and the lamps illuminating the ship had dimmed substantially. And this time, Wu Yue and Zhang Beihai no longer belonged to the navy.

像上次一樣，“唐”號巨大的船體籠罩在剛剛降臨的暮色中，船殼上的焊花似乎不像上次那么密了，照在上面的燈光也暗了許多。而這時，吳岳和章北海已經(jīng)不屬于海軍了。

“I heard the General Armaments Department has decided to terminate the Tang project,” Zhang Beihai said.

“聽說，總裝備部已經(jīng)決定停止‘唐’號工程了。”章北海說。

“What’s that got to do with us?” Wu Yue said coldly, his eyes sweeping from Tang to the last bits of sunset in the west.

“這與我們還有關(guān)系嗎？”吳岳冷漠地回答，目光從“唐”號上移開，遙望著西天殘存的那一抹晚霞。

“You’ve been in a bad mood since joining the space force.”

“自從進(jìn)入太空軍后，你的情緒一直很低落。”

“You should know the reason. You can always read my thoughts, sometimes more clearly than I can, and then remind me what it is I’m really thinking about.”

“你應(yīng)該知道原因吧，你總是能輕易看到我的思想，有時候看得比我還透徹，經(jīng)你提醒，我才知道自己真正想的是什么。”

Zhang Beihai turned to Wu Yue. “You’re depressed about joining what’s inevitably a losing war. You’re jealous of that final generation that will be young enough to fight in the space force at the end and be buried in the cosmos together with their fleet. Devoting a lifetime of effort to a hopeless endeavor is hard for you to accept.”

章北海轉(zhuǎn)身直視著吳岳，“對于投身于一場注定要失敗的戰(zhàn)爭，你感到悲哀。你很羨慕最后的那一代太空軍，在年輕時就能戰(zhàn)斗到最后，與艦隊(duì)一起埋葬在太空。但把一生的心血耗盡在這樣一個毫無希望的事業(yè)上，對你來說確實(shí)很難?！?/p>

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