14 Mr Willy Wonka

14 Mr Willy Wonka Mr Wonka was standing all alone just inside the open gates of the factory. And what an extraordinary little man he was! He had a black top hat on his head. He wore a tail coat made of a beautiful plum-coloured velvet. His trousers were bottle green. His gloves were pearly grey. And in one hand he carried a fine gold-topped walking cane. Covering his chin, there was a small, neat, pointed black beard – a goatee. And his eyes – his eyes were most marvellously bright. They seemed to be sparkling and twinkling at you all the time. The whole face, in fact, was alight with fun and laughter. And oh, how clever he looked! How quick and sharp and full of life! He kept making quick jerky little movements with his head, cocking it this way and that, and taking

旺卡先生孤零零地站在工厂敞开的大门里面。 他是一个多么了不起的小个子男人啊!他头上戴着一顶黑色的大礼帽。 他穿着一件漂亮的紫红色天鹅绒做的燕尾服。 他的裤子是瓶绿色的。 他的手套是珍珠灰色的。 他一手拿着一根精美的金顶手杖。 他的下巴上长着一撮小巧、整齐、尖尖的黑胡子——山羊胡。 他的眼睛——他的眼睛出奇地明亮。 它们似乎一直在向你闪闪发光。 事实上，整张脸都洋溢着欢乐和笑声。 哦，他看起来多么聪明啊!多么迅速、锐利、充满生机啊!他不停地用他的头做一些快速而又不稳定的小动作，这样那样地歪着头，然后拿

everything in with those bright twinkling eyes. He was like a squirrel in the quickness of his movements, like a quick clever old squirrel from the park. Suddenly, he did a funny little skipping dance in the snow, and he spread his arms wide, and he smiled at the five children who were clustered near the gates, and he called out, 'Welcome, my little friends! Welcome to the factory!' His voice was high and flutey. 'Will you come forward one at a time, please,' he called out, 'and bring your parents. Then show me your Golden Ticket and give me your name. Who's first?' The big fat boy stepped up. 'I'm Augustus Gloop,' he said. 'Augustus!' cried Mr Wonka, seizing his hand and pumping it up and down with terrific force. 'My dear boy, how good to see you! Delighted! Charmed! Overjoyed to have you with us! And these are your parents? How nice! Come in! Come in! That's right! Step through the gates!' Mr Wonka was clearly just as excited as everybody else. 'My name,' said the next child to go forward, 'is Veruca Salt.' 'My dear Veruca! How do you do? What a pleasure this is! You do have an interesting name, don't you? I always thought that a veruca was a sort of wart that you got on the sole of your foot! But I must be wrong, mustn't I? How pretty you look in that lovely mink coat! I'm so glad you could come! Dear me, this is going to be such an exciting

一切都在那双明亮闪烁的眼睛里。 他像一只动作敏捷的松鼠，像一只从公园里跑出来的机灵的老松鼠。 突然，他在雪地里跳了一个有趣的小舞蹈，他张开双臂，对着聚集在大门附近的五个孩子微笑，并喊道:“欢迎，我的小朋友!欢迎到工厂来!”他的声音又高又细。 “请你们一个一个上来，”他喊道，“带上你们的父母。 那就给我看看你的金奖券，告诉我你的名字。 第一个是谁?”那个胖男孩站了起来。 “我是奥古斯都·格卢普，”他说。 “奥古斯都!旺卡先生叫道，抓住他的手，用可怕的力量上下摆动着。 “我亲爱的孩子，见到你真好!”很高兴!迷住了!很高兴你能和我们在一起!这些是你的父母? 多么可爱!进来!进来!这是正确的!从大门进来!”旺卡先生显然和其他人一样兴奋。 “我的名字，”下一个走上前的孩子说，“是维露卡·索特。“我亲爱的维露卡!”你好! 这是我的荣幸!你的名字真有意思，不是吗? 我一直以为疣是长在脚底的一种疣!但我一定是错了，不是吗? 你穿那件可爱的貂皮大衣真漂亮!我很高兴你能来!我的天，这将是一个如此令人兴奋的

day! I do hope you enjoy it! I'm sure you will! I know you will! Your father? How are you, Mr Salt? And Mrs Salt? Overjoyed to see you! Yes, the ticket is quite in order! Please go in!' The next two children, Violet Beauregarde and Mike Teavee, came forward to have their tickets examined and then to have their arms practically pumped off their shoulders by the energetic Mr Wonka. And last of all, a small nervous voice whispered, 'Charlie Bucket.' 'Charlie!' cried Mr Wonka. 'Well, well, well! So there you are! You're the one who found your ticket only yesterday, aren't you? Yes, yes. I read all about it in this morning's papers! Just in time, my dear boy! I'm so glad! So happy for you! And this? Your grandfather? Delighted to meet you, sir! Overjoyed! Enraptured! Enchanted! All right!

的一天!我真的希望你喜欢!我相信你会的!我知道你会的!你的父亲吗? 你好吗，绍特先生?索特夫人呢? 见到你太高兴了!是的，这张票很好!请进去吧!”接下来的两个孩子，维奥莱特·博雷加德和迈克·蒂维，走上前来检查他们的票，然后精力充沛的旺卡先生几乎把他们的胳膊从肩膀上拍了下来。 最后，一个小小的声音紧张地低声说:“查理·巴克特。“查理!旺卡先生叫道。 “好啦，好啦，好啦!”所以你在这里!你就是昨天才找到机票的那个人，对吗? 是的,是的。我在今天早上的报纸上看到了这一切!来得正是时候，我亲爱的孩子!我太高兴了!真为你高兴!这吗? 你的祖父吗?很高兴见到你，先生!喜出望外!狂喜!魔法!好吧!

Excellent! Is everybody in now? Five children? Yes! Good! Now will you please follow me! Our tour is about to begin! But do keep together! Please don't wander off by yourselves! I shouldn't like to lose any of you at this stage of the proceedings! Oh, dear me, no!' Charlie glanced back over his shoulder and saw the great iron entrance gates slowly closing behind him. The crowds on the outside were still pushing and shouting. Charlie took a last look at them. Then, as the gates closed with a clang, all sight of the outside world disappeared. 'Here we are!' cried Mr Wonka, trotting along in front of the group. 'Through this big red door, please! That's right! It's nice and warm inside! I have to keep it warm inside the factory because of the workers! My workers are used to an extremely hot climate! They can't stand the cold! They'd perish if they went outdoors in this weather! They'd freeze to death!' 'But who are these workers?' asked Augustus Gloop. 'All in good time, my dear boy!' said Mr Wonka, smiling at Augustus. 'Be patient! You shall see everything as we go along! Are all of you inside? Good! Would you mind closing the door? Thank you!' Charlie Bucket found himself standing in a long corridor that stretched away in front of him as far as he could see. The corridor was so wide that a car could easily have been driven along it. The walls were pale pink, the lighting was soft and pleasant.

太好了!大家都进来了吗? 五个孩子吗?是的!好!现在请你跟我来!我们的旅行就要开始了!但是一定要在一起!请不要自己闲逛!在这个阶段，我不想失去你们中的任何一个!哦，天哪，不!”查理回头瞥了一眼，看见巨大的铁门在他身后慢慢关上了。 外面的人群仍在推搡和喊叫。 查理最后看了他们一眼。 然后，当大门哐当一声关上时，外面世界的一切景象消失了。 “我们到了!”旺卡先生叫道，小跑着走在队伍前面。 “请穿过这扇红色的大门!”这是正确的!里面又暖和又好!因为工人的关系，我不得不在工厂里保持温暖!我的工人已经习惯了极端炎热的气候!他们受不了冷!如果他们在这种天气出去，他们会死的!他们会被冻死的!“但是这些工人是谁呢?”奥古斯都·格卢普问道。 “到时候一切都会好的，我亲爱的孩子!”旺卡先生微笑着对奥古斯都说。 “要有耐心!在我们前进的过程中，你将看到一切!你们都在里面吗? 好!你介意把门关上吗? 谢谢你!”查理·巴克特发现自己站在一条长长的走廊里，这条走廊一直延伸到他眼前。 这条走廊很宽，一辆汽车很容易就能开过去。 墙壁是淡粉色的，灯光柔和宜人。

'How lovely and warm!' whispered Charlie. 'I know. And what a marvellous smell!' answered Grandpa Joe, taking a long deep sniff. All the most wonderful smells in the world seemed to be mixed up in the air around them – the smell of roasting coffee and burnt sugar and melting chocolate and mint and violets and crushed hazelnuts and apple blossom and caramel and lemon peel… And far away in the distance, from the heart of the great factory, came a muffled roar of energy as though some monstrous gigantic machine were spinning its wheels at breakneck speed. 'Now this, my dear children,' said Mr Wonka, raising his voice above the noise, 'this is the main corridor. Will you please hang your coats and hats on those pegs over there, and then follow me. That's the way! Good! Everyone ready? Come on, then! Here we go!' He trotted off rapidly down the corridor with the tails of his plum-coloured velvet coat flapping behind him, and the visitors all hurried after him. It was quite a large party of people, when you came to think of it. There were nine grown-ups and five children, fourteen in all. So you can imagine that there was a good deal of pushing and shoving as they hustled and bustled down the passage, trying to keep up with the swift little figure in front of them. 'Come on!' cried Mr Wonka. 'Get a move on, please! We'll never get round today if you dawdle like this!'

“多么可爱和温暖啊!”查理小声说。 “我知道。多么美妙的气味啊!乔爷爷回答说，深深地吸了一大口。 世界上所有最美妙的气味似乎都混合在他们周围的空气中——烤咖啡、焦糖、融化的巧克力、薄荷、紫罗兰、压碎的榛子、苹果花、焦糖和柠檬皮的气味……在遥远的地方，从那座大工厂的中心传来一声低沉的轰鸣声，仿佛有一台巨大的庞然大物在以惊人的速度旋转着它的轮子。 “听着，我亲爱的孩子们，”旺卡先生说，他的声音盖过了喧闹声，“这是主走廊。 请把你们的外套和帽子挂在那边的挂钩上，然后跟我来。 就是这样!好!每个人都准备好了吗? 那就来吧!我们走吧!”他快步跑过走廊，梅子色天鹅绒外套的衣摆在身后飘动，客人们都匆匆跟在他后面。 你仔细想想，那是一大群人。 9个大人，5个孩子，总共14个人。 所以你可以想象，他们在走廊里推推搡搡，努力跟上前面那个敏捷的小身影。 “来吧!旺卡先生叫道。 “快点，拜托!”如果你这样磨蹭下去，我们今天就绕不过去了!”

Soon, he turned right off the main corridor into another slightly narrower passage. Then he turned left. Then left again. Then right. Then left. Then right. Then right. Then left. The place was like a gigantic rabbit warren, with passages leading this way and that in every direction. 'Don't you let go my hand, Charlie,' whispered Grandpa Joe. 'Notice how all these passages are sloping downwards!' called out Mr Wonka. 'We are now going underground! All the most important rooms in my factory are deep down below the surface!' 'Why is that?' somebody asked. 'There wouldn't be nearly enough space for them up on top!' answered Mr Wonka. 'These rooms we are going to see are enormous! They're larger than football fields! No building in the world would be big enough to house them! But down here, underneath the ground, I've got all the space I want. There's no limit – so long as I hollow it out.' Mr Wonka turned right. He turned left.

很快，他从主走廊右转，进入了另一条稍窄的通道。 然后他向左转。然后又离开了。 然后对吧。然后离开了。然后对吧。 然后对吧。然后离开了。这个地方就像一个巨大的养兔场，四面八方都有通道通向这里和那里。 “别放开我的手，查理，”乔爷爷小声说。 “注意这些通道是如何向下倾斜的!”旺卡先生喊道。 “我们现在要去地下了!”我工厂里所有最重要的房间都在地下深处!“为什么?”有人问。 “上面几乎没有足够的空间放他们!”旺卡先生回答。 “我们将要参观的这些房间太大了!”它们比足球场还大!世界上没有任何建筑大到可以容纳他们!但在这里，地下，我有我想要的所有空间。 没有限制——只要我把它掏空。”旺卡先生向右拐。 他向左转。