Now that he was alone on this ominous?plane flight, he wanted to have her companionship, to guess with her what lay at the journey’s end. But she didn’t appear. He could still see her in a far-off region of his soul, sitting silently before the fireplace, never feeling lonely, because she knew her world was within him.

現(xiàn)在，在這兇險莫測的航程中，孤獨的羅輯想讓她來陪伴，想和她一起猜測航程的盡頭有什么，但她沒有出現(xiàn)。在心靈的遠方，羅輯看到她仍靜靜地坐在壁爐前，她不會感到寂寞，因為知道自已的世界坐落于何處。

Luo Ji reached out a hand to the medicine bottle by the bed with the thought of using a sleeping pill to force himself to sleep, but the instant his fingers touched the bottle it flew off the cabinet and up to the ceiling, as did the clothing that he had flung?onto the chair. They remained on the ceiling for a couple seconds. He felt himself leave the bed, but since the sleeping bag was attached, he didn’t fly away, and when the bottle landed, he fell heavily back into the bed. For a few seconds his body felt like it was being pressed down by a heavy object, and he couldn’t move. The sudden weightlessness and hypergravitation?made him dizzy, a condition that continued for less than ten seconds before everything returned to normal.

羅輯伸手去拿床頭的藥瓶，想吃一片安眠藥強迫自己入睡，就在他的手指接觸藥瓶前的一剎那，藥瓶從床頭柜上飛了起來，同時飛起來的還有羅輯扔在椅子上的衣服，它們直上天花板，在那里待了兩秒鐘后又落了下來。羅輯感到自己的身體也離開了床面，但由于睡袋的固定沒有飛起來。在藥瓶和衣服落下后，羅輯也感到自己 重重地落回床面，有那么幾秒鐘，他的身體感覺被重物所壓，動彈不得。這突然的失重和超重令他頭暈目眩，但這現(xiàn)象持續(xù)了不到十秒鐘，很快一切恢復正常。

He heard the soft swish?of footsteps on the carpet outside the door. A number of people were in motion, and then the door opened and Shi Qiang poked his head in. “Luo Ji, are you okay?”

羅輯聽到了門外腳步踏在地毯上的沙沙聲，有好幾個人在走動，門開了，史強探進頭來：“羅輯，沒事吧？”

When Luo Ji said he was fine, he closed the door without coming in. Outside, a dialogue continued in low voices.

聽到羅輯回答沒事，他就沒有進來，把門關上了，羅輯聽到了門外低低的對話聲。

“It looks like a misunderstanding during the escort change. Nothing to worry about.”

“好像是護航交接時出的一點誤會，沒什么事的。”

“What did the higher-ups say on the call earlier?”?That was Shi Qiang’s voice.

“剛才上級來電話又說了什么？”這是史強的聲音。

“They said that the escort formation would require a midair refueling in half an hour, and that we shouldn’t be alarmed.”

“說是一個半小時后護航編隊要空中加油，讓我們不要驚慌?！?/p>

“The plan doesn’t mention this interruption, does it?”

“計劃上沒提這茬兒??？”

“Not even close. In the chaos just now, seven of the escort planes jettisoned their secondary fuel tanks.”

“嗨，別提了，就剛才亂那一下子，有七架護航機把副油箱拋了?！?/p>

“Why all the jumpiness? Forget it. You should go back to sleep. Don’t get too worked up.”

“干嗎這么一驚一乍的？算了，你們?nèi)ニ粫喊桑瑒e弄得太緊張?！?/p>

“How are we supposed to sleep in a state like this?”

“現(xiàn)在這狀態(tài)，哪能睡呀!”

“Leave someone on watch. What good are you if you’re tired out? They may try to keep us on high alert?all the time, but I maintain my own option of security work: When you’ve thought of everything you should, and done everything you need to, then let whatever happens happen. There’s nothing more anyone can do, you know? Don’t psych?yourselves out.”

“留個人守著就行了，都這么耗著能干啥？不管上面怎么強調(diào)重要性，對安全保衛(wèi)工作我有自己的看法：只要該想的想到了，該做的做到了，整個過程中要真發(fā)生什么，那也隨它去，誰也沒辦法，對不對？別凈跟自個兒過不去?！?/p>

At the mention of “escort change,”?Luo Ji reached over, opened the cover to the window, and looked outside. There was still a sea of clouds in the night sky. The moon was inclining?toward the horizon, and he could see the trails of the fighter formation, now with an additional six lines. He inspected the tiny aircraft heading up those trails and noticed that they were a different model than the four he’d seen earlier.

聽到了“護航交接”這個詞，羅輯探起身打開了舷窗的隔板向外看，仍是云海茫茫，月亮已在夜空中斜向天邊。他看到了殲擊機編隊的尾跡，現(xiàn)在已經(jīng)增加到六根，他仔細看了看尾跡頂端那六架小小的飛機，發(fā)現(xiàn)它們的形狀與前面看到的那四架不一樣。

The bedroom door opened and Shi Qiang poked his torso?in to say, “Luo, my man, just a small issue. Don’t worry. Nothing else from now on. Go back to sleep.”

臥室的門又開了，史強探進來半個身子對羅輯說：“羅兄，一點兒小問題，別擔心，往后沒啥了，繼續(xù)睡吧?！?/p>

“There’s still time to sleep? How many hours have we been flying?”

“還有時間睡嗎？都飛了幾個小時了。”

“We’ve still got a few more hours. Go to sleep.”?He closed the door and left.

“還得飛幾個小時，你就睡吧?！笔窂娬f完關上門走了。

Luo Ji turned over in the bed and picked up the pill bottle. Shi had been thorough: It contained just one pill. He took it, looked at the small red light beneath the window, imagining it was the light of a fireplace, and drifted off to sleep.

羅輯翻身下床，拾起藥瓶，發(fā)現(xiàn)大史真仔細，里面只有一片藥。他把藥吃了，看著舷窗下面的那盞小紅燈，把它想象成壁爐的火光，漸漸睡著了。

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ominous： adj.不祥的;不吉利的;預兆的;惡兆的

companionship： n.陪伴;友誼;友情;交誼

far-off： adj.遙遠的;很久以前的;久遠的

fling：v.猛扔;(尤指生氣地)扔，擲，拋，丟;猛動(身體或身體部位);粗暴地(向某人)說;氣勢洶洶地(對某人)說

attach： v.貼上;重視;把…固定，把…附(在…上);（使）與…有聯(lián)系

hypergravitation：超重

dizzy：

adj.頭暈的;眩暈的;頭暈目眩的;使人眩暈的;使人頭昏眼花的

v.使頭暈眼花;使發(fā)昏;使昏亂;使茫然

swish：

v.刷地(或嗖地、呼地等)揮動;(使)快速空中移動

n.快速的空中移動(或揮動、擺動等);(快速空中揮動等的)刷刷聲，嗖嗖聲，呼呼聲

adj.華貴入時的;豪華的

motion：

n.運動;移動;動;(為傳遞信息用手或頭做的)動作

v.(以頭或手)做動作，示意

poke：

v.(用手指或其他東西)捅，杵;推;捅;戳;探;露出;伸出;探出;捅窟窿

n.捅;戳;撥;挑;(汽車的)馬力，推進力

dialogue： n.

(尤指集體或國家間為解決問題、結束爭端等進行的)對話;(書、戲劇或電影中的)對白

escort：

vt.護送;護衛(wèi)

n.護衛(wèi)隊;護送者;護衛(wèi)艦(或車隊、飛機)

formation： n.組成;形成;組成物;形成物;編隊;隊形

midair： n.半空中;上空

alarm：

n.驚恐;驚慌;恐慌;警報;警報器

vt.使驚恐;使害怕;使擔心;給(門等)安裝警報器

Not even close. 差得太遠了。

jettison：

vt.拋棄;(為減輕重量而從行駛的飛機或船上)扔棄，丟棄，投棄;擺脫;除掉;處理掉;放棄，拒絕接受(想法、信念、計劃等)

n.拋棄;投棄貨物

jumpiness：提心吊膽;跳動

jumpy： adj.提心吊膽的;膽戰(zhàn)心驚的;緊張不安的

be worked up：太興奮/精神太緊張

on watch： （通常指軍隊夜間的）警戒，值夜

tired out： 疲憊;筋疲力盡

on high alert： 高度警戒

psych： v.使某人緊張，喪失信心等

incline：

v.(使)傾向于，有…的趨勢;點頭(尤指以示同意、歡迎等);(使)傾斜

n.斜坡;傾斜;斜度

trail：

v.追蹤;(被)拖，拉;(尤指跟在他人后面)疲憊地走，沒精打采地慢走

n.(長串的)痕跡，蹤跡，足跡;(尤指打獵時跟蹤的)蹤跡，臭跡;(鄉(xiāng)間的)小路，小徑;（特定）路線，路徑

inspect： vt.檢查;查看;審視;視察

torso： n.(身體的)軀干;軀干雕像

thorough： adj.徹底的;完全的;深入的;細致的;仔細周到;工作縝密;十足的;徹頭徹尾的;完完全全的

drift：

v.漂流;漂移;飄;緩緩移動;緩慢行走;無意間發(fā)生;無目的地轉變;順其自然地做;無意間進入;吹積;使漂流

n.流動;趨勢;水流;氣流大叢的花;大意

drift off (to sleep) 入睡；睡著