经典科幻文学:《基本上无害 Mostly Harmless》第23章4
日期:2016-03-25 12:18

(单词翻译:单击)

‘Chaos!’ said Arthur. ‘Complete chaos! Random keeps on screaming at Trillian, or Tricia or whoever it is, that she abandoned her and then demanding to go to a good night club. Tricia’s broken down in tears and says she’s never even met Random let alone given birth to her. Then she suddenly started howling about someone called Rupert and said that he had lost his mind or something. I didn’t quite follow that bit, to be honest. Then Random started throwing stuff and they’ve cut to a commercial break while they try and sort it all out. Oh! They’ve just cut back to the studio! Shut up and watch.’

“混乱!”阿瑟说,“一片混乱!兰登不停地朝崔莉恩嚷嚷,或者是说崔茜卡,或者那个长的一摸一样的人。她埋怨她把自己抛弃了,还要求找家上档次的电子俱乐部。崔茜卡哭的稀里哗啦,说自己压根没见过兰登,更别提生她了。然后她突然也嚎起来,是的是个叫鲁伯特的什么家伙,说他失忆症还是什么的。说实话那部分我没怎么听明白。然后兰登就开始丢东西,所以他们就插广告,好争取点时间把这事情搞搞清楚。哦!他们又切回演播室了!闭上嘴好好看。”

A rather shaken anchorman appeared on the screen and apologised to viewers for the disruption of the previous item. He said he didn’t have any very clear news to report, only that the mysterious girl, who called herself Random Frequent Flyer Dent had left the studio to, er, rest. Tricia McMillan would be, he hoped, back tomorrow. Meanwhile, fresh reports of UFO activity were coming in…

一个很有些混乱的播音员出现在屏幕上,为先前的节目中断向观众们道歉。他说自己并没有什么太清楚的故事情节,只能告诉大家那个神秘的女孩——就是管自己叫兰登.时常.飞行.邓特的那位——刚刚离开演播室去,呃,休息。而崔茜卡.麦克米伦,他希望,明天能回到大家身边。与此同时,眼下又有了关于UFO的新消息……

Ford leaped up off the bed, grabbed the nearest phone and jabbed at a number.

福特从床上一跃而起,抓住离自己最近的电话拨了个号。

‘Concierge? You want to own the hotel? It’s yours if you can find out for me in five minutes which clubs Tricia McMillan belongs to. Just charge the whole thing to this room.’

“门房吗?想不想拥有这家酒店?只要你能在五分钟之内给我查出来崔茜卡.麦克米伦是哪家俱乐部的会员,酒店就归你了。只管把费用算在账上。”

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重点单词
  • screenn. 屏,幕,银幕,屏风 v. 放映,选拔,掩蔽,遮蔽
  • commercialadj. 商业的 n. 商业广告
  • minutesn. 会议记录,(复数)分钟
  • frequentadj. 经常的,频繁的 vt. 常到,常去
  • randomadj. 随机的,随意的,任意的 adv. 随机地 n.
  • previousadj. 在 ... 之前,先,前,以前的
  • mysteriousadj. 神秘的,不可思议的
  • dentn. 凹痕,心理阴影,挫伤 vt. 弄凹 vi. 形成凹
  • chaosn. 混乱,无秩序,混沌
  • demandingadj. 要求多的,吃力的