(单词翻译:单击)
名著阅读
Chapter 27
Slartibartfast's study was a total mess, like the results of an explosion in a public library. The old man frowned as they stepped in.
"Terribly unfortunate," he said, "a diode blew in one of the life-support computers. When we tried to revive our cleaning staff we discovered they'd been dead for nearly thirty thousand years. Who's going to clear away the bodies, that's what I want to know. Look why don't you sit yourself down over there and let me plug you in?"
He gestured Arthur towards a chair which looked as if it had been made out of the rib cage of a stegosaurus.
"It was made out of the rib cage of a stegosaurus," explained the old man as he pottered about fishing bits of wire out from under tottering piles of paper and drawing instruments. "Here," he said, "hold these," and passed a couple of stripped wire end to Arthur.
The instant he took hold of them a bird flew straight through him.
He was suspended in mid-air and totally invisible to himself. Beneath him was a pretty treelined city square, and all around it as far as the eye could see were white concrete buildings of airy spacious design but somewhat the worse for wear — many were cracked and stained with rain. Today however the sun was shining, a fresh breeze danced lightly through the trees, and the odd sensation that all the buildings were quietly humming was probably caused by the fact that the square and all the streets around it were thronged with cheerful excited people. Somewhere a band was playing, brightly coloured flags were fluttering in the breeze and the spirit of carnival was in the air.
Arthur felt extraordinarily lonely stuck up in the air above it all without so much as a body to his name, but before he had time to reflect on this a voice rang out across the square and called for everyone's attention.
A man standing on a brightly dressed dais before the building which clearly dominated the square was addressing the crowd over a Tannoy.
"O people waiting in the Shadow of Deep Thought!" he cried out. "Honoured Descendants of Vroomfondel and Majikthise, the Greatest and Most Truly Interesting Pundits the Universe has ever known ... The Time of Waiting is over!"
Wild cheers broke out amongst the crowd. Flags, streamers and wolf whistles sailed through the air. The narrower streets looked rather like centipedes rolled over on their backs and frantically waving their legs in the air.
第二十七章
司拉提巴特法斯特的书房一片混乱，就像一个发生了一场爆炸的公共图书馆。进门后，老人皱起眉头。
“真是太不幸了，”他说，“一台生命支持电脑里的一个二极管爆了。当我们试图唤醒我们的清扫系统时，才发现它们已经死掉差不多快3万年了。谁来清理这些垃圾呢，真是头疼呀。唔，你为什么不到那边坐下来，让我替你接上仪器好吗？”
他做了个手势，让阿瑟坐到一张看上去像是由一头剑龙的胸腔制成的椅子上。
“这是用一头剑龙的胸腔做的。”老人解释道，一边磨磨蹭蹭地从摇摇晃晃的纸堆下面扯出电线，接上仪器。“这儿，”他说，“拿着这些。”他把几根剥掉了外皮的电线端头递给阿瑟。
阿瑟接过电线的那一瞬间，一只鸟笔直地从他面前掠过。
他悬在半空中，自己完全看不见自己。在他身下是一个绿树成行的美丽的城市广场，广场四周目力所及之处全都是白色的混凝土建筑，设计风格轻快通透，只是装饰稍微差了些一许多建筑已被雨淋得痕迹斑驳。这是阳光明媚的一天，清新的微风在林间吹拂，广场和周围的街道上聚集着欢乐兴奋的人群，很容易使人产生一种奇怪的感觉，似乎所有建筑也都跟着轻声地哼哼着。某个地方，一支乐队正在表演，色彩鲜艳的旗帜在风中招展，空气中弥漫着狂欢节的气息。
在空中，阿瑟甚至没有一具有形的躯体，于是他感到极端孤独，但没等他有足够的时间考虑这个问题，一个声音已经响彻整个广场，让所有人注意。
一个男人站在装点得五彩缤纷的高台上，这个高台就在显然是这个广场的主体建筑物前面，他正通过扩音器向人群发表演讲。
“等待在深思的阴影之下的人们！”他喊道，“光荣的卢姆方德尔和曼吉克塞斯——宇宙中有史以来最伟大、最风趣的博学者一一的子孙们，漫长的等待终于结束了！”
人群中爆发出热烈的欢呼声。旗帜、横幅以及口哨声飘荡在空中。狭窄一些的街道看上去很像转过身背部着地的蜈蚣，在空中疯狂地挥舞着它们的腿。
背景阅读
作者简介：
道格拉斯·亚当斯（Douglas Noël Adams，1952年3月11日－2001年5月11日）是一位英国广播剧作家、和音乐家，尤其以《银河系漫游指南》系列作品出名。亚当斯自称为“极端无神论者”。在去世以前，他是一位非常受欢迎的演讲者，尤其是在科技和环保等题材方面。他在49岁时的早逝在科幻和奇幻社群中引起了极大的哀悼。
本书简介：
地球被毁灭了，因为要在它所在的地方修建一条超空间快速通道。主人公阿瑟·邓特活下来了，因为他有一位名叫福特·长官的朋友。这位朋友表面上是个找不着工作的演员，其实是个外星人，是名著《银河系漫游指南》派赴地球的研究员。两人开始了一场穿越银河的冒险，能够帮助他们的只有《银河系漫游指南》一书中所包括的无限智慧。
豆瓣书评：
《银河系漫游指南》的小说很好看，比电影好看10倍。
它是一个叫道格拉斯·亚当斯的人写的，他当过阿拉伯王公的保镖，准备着一旦有人举着鸡蛋或者炸弹尖叫着跑过来，就立刻鼠窜，他客串过PINKFLOYD的吉他手，因为跟乐队成员是好朋友，他还做过鸡场清洁工，一个扫鸡粪的。。。
我惟一可以与他相媲美的经历是，我小时候在农场放过猪。我的姥爷是大队的饲养员，麾下五百多号猪，甚是了得。年少有为的我帮他拿着一条长鞭子，把猪全都赶回圈里，一头都不能少。谁想这段经历奠定了我一生的命运，我后来当上了主编（猪编）。王小波也放过猪，他写了《一只特立独行的猪》，我的境界没那么高，我从农场所惟一获取的知识是——尽管猪粪很臭，但猪肉却是好香的。
遗憾的是，道格拉斯·亚当斯于2001年死掉了，才49岁。为什么这些聪明而有趣的人总是活不长久？我知道王小波的时候，他也刚刚死掉。我一直不喜欢巴金，或许是因为他活得太久了，越来越干燥，越来越无趣。。。。
我联系到了出版社，可以搞到《银河系漫游指南》和它的续篇《宇宙尽头的餐馆》。一般的书店找不到这两本书。资料上说，《银河系漫游指南》写了5本，卖了1400万册，是“科幻圣经”，有大批忠实的粉丝。粉丝们对电影不大满意，因为电影很多有趣的东西没传达。但是，我认为电影已经做得很好了，起码，它让我知道了亚当斯。我认为，亚当斯比卢卡斯牛逼100倍。虽然，他赚的钱比卢卡斯少100倍，或者1000倍。我也一直不喜欢卢卡斯的《星球大战》，它太幼稚了。。。。。
这个世界的“快乐与财富关系之定律”是：如果你只让一小撮聪明人或者自以为聪明的人感到快乐，你肯定会早死，并且几乎赚不到什么钱，像亚当斯；如果你让每一个傻瓜和小孩子都乐不可支，你肯定会名利双收，长命百岁，像卢卡斯。
在书的扉页上，有道格拉斯亚当斯的照片。十足一个加肥版的罗伯特德尼罗——只是少了点阴鸷，多了些顽皮。
我爱他，而我并非同性恋。通常，我爱一个女人的身体，爱一个男人的头脑。直到现在，我还没遇到一个有女人身体和男人头脑的女人，却遇到了一大堆有男人身体和女人头脑的男人。 (From:加肥猫)
