18 Down the Chocolate River

18 Down the Chocolate River 'Off we go!' cried Mr Wonka. 'Hurry up, everybody! Follow me to the next room! And please don't worry about Augustus Gloop. He's bound to come out in the wash. They always do. We shall have to make the next part of the journey by boat! Here she comes! Look!' A steamy mist was rising up now from the great warm chocolate river, and out of the mist there appeared suddenly a most fantastic pink boat. It was a large open row boat with a tall front and a tall back (like a Viking boat of old), and it was of such a shining sparkling glistening pink colour that the whole thing looked as though it were made of bright, pink glass. There were many oars on either side of it, and as the boat came closer, the watchers on the riverbank could see that the oars were being pulled by masses of Oompa- Loompas – at least ten of them to each oar. 'This is my private yacht!' cried Mr Wonka, beaming with pleasure. 'I made her by hollowing out an enormous boiled sweet! Isn't she beautiful! See how she comes cutting through the river!'

18沿着巧克力河而下我们出发了!旺卡先生叫道。 “大家快点!”跟我到隔壁房间去!请不要担心奥古斯都·格卢普。 他一定会幡然醒悟的。 他们总是这样。我们必须乘船走下一段旅程!她来了!看!”这时，一层热气腾腾的薄雾从温暖的巧克力河上升起，从薄雾中突然出现了一艘非常奇妙的粉红色小船。 这是一艘敞开式的大船，船头和船尾都很高(就像古代的海盗船一样)，船身是闪闪发光的粉红色，整个船身看起来就像是用明亮的粉红色玻璃做成的。 船舷两边各有许多桨，船越划越近，河岸上的守望者看到桨是由一大群奥柏伦柏人拉着的——每只桨上至少有十个奥柏伦柏人。 “这是我的私人游艇!”旺卡先生高兴地笑着叫道。 “我把一个巨大的煮糖挖空，造出了她!”她真漂亮!看她是怎样从河里划过来的!”

The gleaming pink boiled-sweet boat glided up to the riverbank. One hundred Oompa-Loompas rested on their oars and stared up at the visitors. Then suddenly, for some reason best known to themselves, they all burst into shrieks of laughter. 'What's so funny?' asked Violet Beauregarde. 'Oh, don't worry about them!' cried Mr Wonka. 'They're always laughing! They think everything's a colossal joke! Jump into the boat, all of you! Come on! Hurry up!' As soon as everyone was safely in, the Oompa-Loompas pushed the boat away from the bank and began to row swiftly downriver. 'Hey, there! Mike Teavee!' shouted Mr Wonka. 'Please do not lick the boat with your tongue! It'll only make it sticky!' 'Daddy,' said Veruca Salt, 'I want a boat like this! I want you to buy me a big pink boiled-sweet boat exactly like Mr Wonka's! And I want lots of Oompa-Loompas to row me about, and I want a chocolate river and I want… I want…' 'She wants a good kick in the pants,' whispered Grandpa Joe to Charlie. The old man was sitting in the back of the boat and little Charlie Bucket was right beside him. Charlie was holding tightly on to his grandfather's bony old hand. He was in a whirl of excitement. Everything that he had seen so far – the great chocolate river, the waterfall, the huge sucking pipes, the minty sugar meadows, the Oompa- Loompas, the beautiful pink boat, and most of all, Mr Willy

那只闪闪发光的粉色煮糖船滑到河岸上。 一百个奥柏伦柏人坐在桨上，抬头望着来客。 突然，出于某种他们自己也最清楚的原因，他们都放声大笑起来。 “什么事这么好笑?”维奥莱特·博雷加德问。 “哦，别为他们担心!”旺卡先生叫道。 “他们总是在笑!”他们认为一切都是天大的笑话!你们都跳上船去!来吧!快点!”当所有人都安全上岸后，奥柏伦柏人就把船推离岸边，开始快速地向下游划去。 “嘿,有!麦克!旺卡先生喊道。 “请不要用舌头舔船!”它只会让它变粘!“爸爸，”韦卢卡·索特说，“我想要一艘这样的船!”我要你给我买一艘和旺卡先生的一模一样的粉色煮糖船!我要很多奥柏伦柏人划船给我划船，我要一条巧克力河，我要……我要……”“她要狠狠地踢她的裤子，”乔爷爷小声对查理说。 老人坐在船尾，小查理·巴克特就在他旁边。 查理紧紧地抓着祖父瘦骨嶙峋的老手。 他兴奋极了。 到目前为止，他所看到的一切——巨大的巧克力河、瀑布、巨大的吸管、薄荷糖草地、奥柏伦伯人、漂亮的粉红色小船，最重要的是，威利先生

Wonka himself – had been so astonishing that he began to wonder

旺卡本人——表现得如此惊人，以至于他开始怀疑

whether there could possibly be any more astonishments left. Where were they going now? What were they going to see? And what in the world was going to happen in the next room? 'Isn't it marvellous?' said Grandpa Joe, grinning at Charlie. Charlie nodded and smiled up at the old man. Suddenly, Mr Wonka, who was sitting on Charlie's other side, reached down into the bottom of the boat, picked up a large mug, dipped it into the river, filled it with chocolate, and handed it to Charlie. 'Drink this,' he said. 'It'll do you good! You look starved to death!' Then Mr Wonka filled a second mug and gave it to Grandpa Joe. 'You, too,' he said. 'You look like a skeleton! What's the matter? Hasn't there been anything to eat in your house lately?' 'Not much,' said Grandpa Joe. Charlie put the mug to his lips, and as the rich warm creamy chocolate ran down his throat into his empty tummy, his whole body from head to toe began to tingle with pleasure, and a feeling of intense happiness spread over him. 'You like it?' asked Mr Wonka. 'Oh, it's wonderful!' Charlie said. 'The creamiest loveliest chocolate I've ever tasted!' said Grandpa Joe, smacking his lips. 'That's because it's been mixed by waterfall,' Mr Wonka told him.

是否还会有更多的惊喜。 他们现在要去哪里? 他们会看到什么? 隔壁房间里到底会发生什么? “这不是很了不起吗?”乔爷爷笑着对查理说。 查理点点头，抬头对老人微笑。 突然，坐在查理另一边的旺卡先生把手伸进船底，拿起一个大马克杯，把它浸入河里，装满了巧克力，递给了查理。 “喝了这个，”他说。“这对你有好处!”你看起来快饿死了!”旺卡先生又倒了一杯，递给乔爷爷。 “你也是，”他说。“你看起来像个骷髅!”怎么了? 你家里最近没有吃的东西吗?“没什么，”乔爷爷说。 查理把杯子放到唇边，浓郁温暖的奶油巧克力顺着他的喉咙流进他空空的肚子，他从头到脚都开始兴奋起来，一种强烈的幸福感传遍了他的全身。 “你喜欢吗?”旺卡先生问。 “哦，太棒了!”查理说。 “这是我吃过的最美味的巧克力!”乔爷爷咂着嘴说。 旺卡先生告诉他:“那是因为它是用瀑布混合的。”

The boat sped on down the river. The river was getting narrower. There was some kind of a dark tunnel ahead – a great round tunnel that looked like an enormous pipe – and the river was running right into the tunnel. And so was the boat! 'Row on!' shouted Mr Wonka, jumping up and waving his stick in the air. 'Full speed ahead!' And with the Oompa- Loompas rowing faster than ever, the boat shot into the pitch-dark tunnel, and all the passengers screamed with excitement. 'How can they see where they're going?' shrieked Violet Beauregarde in the darkness. 'There's no knowing where they're going!' cried Mr Wonka, hooting with laughter. ' There's no earthly way of knowing Which direction they are going! There's no knowing where they're rowing, Or which way the river's flowing! Mot a speck of light is showing, So the danger must be growing, For the rowers keep on rowing, And they're certainly not showing Any signs that they are slowing…' 'He's gone off his rocker!' shouted one of the fathers, aghast, and the other parents joined in the chorus of frightened shouting. 'He's crazy!' they shouted. 'He's balmy!'

小船顺流而下。 河水越来越窄了。 前面有一条黑暗的隧道——一条巨大的圆形隧道，看起来像一条巨大的管道——河水正好流入隧道。 船也是如此!“行!旺卡先生喊道，跳了起来，在空中挥舞着他的棍子。 “全速前进!”随着奥柏伦柏人划得比以前更快，船迅速驶入漆黑的隧道，所有的乘客都兴奋地尖叫起来。 “他们怎么能看到他们要去的地方?”维奥莱特·博雷加德在黑暗中尖叫。 “根本不知道他们要去哪儿!”旺卡先生大笑着叫道。 “根本就不知道他们往哪个方向走!”不知道他们在哪里划船，也不知道河水往哪个方向流!一点亮光也没有，所以危险一定在增加，因为划桨的人还在划，而且他们显然没有表现出任何减速的迹象他疯了!其中一位父亲惊恐地喊道，其他的父母也跟着惊恐地叫喊起来。 “他疯了!他们喊道。 “他是温和的!”