13 The Big Day Arrives

13 The Big Day Arrives The sun was shining brightly on the morning of the big day, but the ground was still white with snow and the air was very cold. Outside the gates of Wonka's factory, enormous crowds of people had gathered to watch the five lucky ticket holders going in. The excitement was tremendous. It was just before ten o'clock. The crowds were pushing and shouting, and policemen with arms linked were trying to hold them back from the gates. Right beside the gates, in a small group that was carefully shielded from the crowds by the police, stood the five famous children, together with the grown-ups who had come with them. The tall bony figure of Grandpa Joe could be seen standing quietly among them, and beside him, holding tightly on to his hand, was little Charlie Bucket himself. All the children, except Charlie, had both their mothers and fathers with them, and it was a good thing that they had, otherwise the whole party might have got out of hand. They

大日子的到来大日子的早晨，太阳灿烂地照耀着，但地上仍然被雪覆盖着，空气很冷。 在旺卡工厂的大门外，一大群人聚集在一起，观看五位幸运的彩票持有者入场。 兴奋是巨大的。 那是在快十点钟的时候。 人群又挤又叫，手挽着手的警察试图阻止他们靠近大门。 就在大门旁边，警察小心翼翼地把这五个著名的孩子和和他们一起来的成年人围在一起，组成了一小群人。 乔爷爷瘦骨嶙峋的身影静静地站在他们中间，小查理·巴克特紧紧抓住他的手，站在他旁边。 除了查理，所有的孩子都有父母陪伴，这是件好事，否则整个聚会可能会失控。 他们

were so eager to get going that their parents were having to hold them back by force to prevent them from climbing over the gates. 'Be patient!' cried the fathers. 'Be still! It's not time yet! It's not ten o'clock!' Behind him, Charlie Bucket could hear the shouts of the people in the crowd as they pushed and fought to get a glimpse of the famous children. 'There's Violet Beauregarde!' he heard someone shouting. 'That's her all right! I can remember her face from the newspapers!' 'And you know what?' somebody else shouted back. 'She's still chewing that dreadful old piece of gum she's had for three months! You look at her jaws! They're still working on it!' 'Who's the big fat boy?'

他们是如此渴望出发，以至于他们的父母不得不用武力阻止他们翻过大门。 “要有耐心!父亲们喊道。 “还是!还没到时间呢!还没到十点呢!”在他身后，查理·巴克特可以听到人群中人们的喊叫声，他们推搡着，想看一眼那些著名的孩子。 “那是维奥莱特·博雷加德!”他听到有人喊道。 “这就是她!”我能从报纸上记得她的脸!”“你知道吗?另一个人喊道。 “她还在嚼那块嚼了三个月的口香糖!”你看她的下巴!他们还在做呢!“那个大胖子是谁?”

'That's Augustus Gloop!' 'So it is!' 'Enormous, isn't he!' 'Fantastic!' 'Who's the kid with a picture of The Lone Ranger stencilled on his windcheater?' 'That's Mike Teavee! He's the television fiend!' 'He must be crazy! Look at all those toy pistols he's got hanging all over him!' 'The one I want to see is Veruca Salt!' shouted another voice in the crowd. 'She's the girl whose father bought up half a million chocolate bars and then made the workers in his peanut factory unwrap every one of them until they found a Golden Ticket! He gives her anything she wants!

“那是奥古斯都·格鲁普!”“原来如此!”“他块头很大，是不是?”“太棒了!“那个把《独行侠》(the Lone Ranger)的照片印在挡风玻璃上的孩子是谁?”“那是迈克·提维!”他是电视迷!“他一定是疯了!”看看他身上挂的那些玩具手枪!“我要见的是维露卡·索特!”人群中另一个声音喊道。 她的父亲买了50万块巧克力棒，然后让花生工厂的工人把每一块巧克力都拆开包装，直到找到一张金奖券!她要什么他就给什么!

Absolutely anything! She only has to start screaming for it and she gets it!' 'Dreadful, isn't it?' 'Shocking, I call it!' 'Which do you think is her?' 'That one! Over there on the left! The little girl in the silver mink coat!' 'Which one is Charlie Bucket?' 'Charlie Bucket? He must be that skinny little shrimp standing beside the old fellow who looks like a skeleton. Very close to us. Just there! See him?' 'Why hasn't he got a coat on in this cold weather?' 'Don't ask me. Maybe he can't afford to buy one.' 'Goodness me! He must be freezing!' Charlie, standing only a few paces away from the speaker, gave Grandpa Joe's hand a squeeze, and the old man looked down at Charlie and smiled. Somewhere in the distance, a church clock began striking ten. Very slowly, with a loud creaking of rusty hinges, the great iron gates of the factory began to swing open. The crowd became suddenly silent. The children stopped jumping about. All eyes were fixed upon the gates. ' There he is!' somebody shouted. 'Thats him!' And so it was!

绝对什么!她只需要开始尖叫，她就明白了!“太可怕了，是不是?”“令人震惊，我叫它震惊!”“你认为哪个是她?”“那个!”在左边那边!那个穿银色貂皮大衣的小女孩!“哪一个是查理·巴克特?”“查理·巴克特?” 他一定是站在像骷髅一样的老家伙旁边的那只瘦小的小虾。 离我们很近。就在那里!看到他了吗?“这么冷的天，他为什么不穿外套?””“别问我。 也许他买不起。“天哪!”他一定冻坏了!”查理站在离演讲者只有几步远的地方，紧紧地握了一下乔爷爷的手，乔爷爷低头看着查理，笑了。 远处的某个地方，教堂的钟开始敲十点。 随着生锈的铰链发出响亮的嘎吱声，工厂的大铁门慢慢地打开了。 人群突然安静下来。 孩子们不再蹦蹦跳跳了。 所有的眼睛都盯着大门。 “他在那儿!”有人喊道。 “这是他!”事实的确如此!