25 The Great Glass Lift

25 The Great Glass Lift 'I've never seen anything like it!' cried Mr Wonka. 'The children are disappearing like rabbits! But you mustn't worry about it! They'll all come out in the wash!' Mr Wonka looked at the little group that stood beside him in the corridor. There were only two children left now – Mike Teavee and Charlie Bucket. And there were three grown-ups, Mr and Mrs Teavee and Grandpa Joe. 'Shall we move on?' Mr Wonka asked. 'Oh, yes!' cried Charlie and Grandpa Joe, both together. 'My feet are getting tired,' said Mike Teavee. 'I want to watch television.' 'If you're tired then we'd better take the lift,' said Mr Wonka. 'It's over here. Come on! In we go!' He skipped across the passage to a pair of double doors. The doors slid open. The two children and the grown-ups went in. 'Now then,' cried Mr Wonka, 'which button shall we press first? Take your pick!' Charlie Bucket stared around him in astonishment. This was the craziest lift he had ever seen. There were buttons

伟大的玻璃升降机“我从来没有见过这样的东西!”旺卡先生叫道。 “孩子们像兔子一样消失了!”但是你不必担心!他们会被洗得一干二净的!”旺卡先生看着走廊里站在他身边的一小群人。 现在只剩下两个孩子了——迈克·提维和查理·巴克特。 还有三位大人，提维夫妇和乔爷爷。 “我们继续走吧?”旺卡先生问。 “哦,是的!查理和乔爷爷一起叫道。 “我的脚累了，”迈克·蒂维说。 “我想看电视。“如果你累了，我们最好乘电梯，”旺卡先生说。 “在这儿。来吧!我们进去了!”他蹦蹦跳跳地穿过过道，来到一对双开门前。 门滑开了。两个孩子和大人们走了进去。 “现在，”旺卡先生叫道，“我们该先按哪个按钮?” 你自己挑吧!”查理·巴克特吃惊地环顾四周。 这是他见过的最疯狂的电梯。 有按钮

everywhere! The walls, and even the ceiling, were covered all over with rows and rows and rows of small, black push buttons! There must have been a thousand of them on each wall, and another thousand on the ceiling! And now Charlie noticed that every single button had a tiny printed label beside it telling you which room you would be taken to if you pressed it. 'This isn't just an ordinary up-and-down lift!' announced Mr Wonka proudly. 'This lift can go sideways and longways and slantways and any other way you can think of! It can visit any single room in the whole factory, no matter where it is! You simply press the button… and zing!… you're off!' 'Fantastic!' murmured Grandpa Joe. His eyes were shining with excitement as he stared at the rows of buttons. 'The whole lift is made of thick, clear glass!' Mr Wonka declared. 'Walls, doors, ceiling, floor, everything is made of glass so that you can see out!' 'But there's nothing to see,' said Mike Teavee. 'Choose a button!' said Mr Wonka. 'The two children may press one button each. So take your pick! Hurry up! In every room, something delicious and wonderful is being made.' Quickly, Charlie started reading some of the labels alongside the buttons. THE ROCK-CANDY MINE – 10,000 FEET DEEP, it said on one. COKERNUT-ICE SKATING RINKS, it said on another.

无处不在!墙上，甚至天花板上，都布满了一排排又一排排的黑色小按钮!每面墙上肯定有一千个，天花板上也有一千个!现在查理注意到，每一个按钮旁边都有一个很小的印刷标签，告诉你按下它会被带到哪个房间。 “这不是普通的上下电梯!”旺卡先生骄傲地宣布。 “这台电梯可以横着、竖着、斜着走，还有你能想到的任何方向!”它可以访问整个工厂的任何一个房间，无论它在哪里!你只需要按下按钮，就可以了!你走吧!“太棒了!乔爷爷低声说。 他盯着一排排的纽扣，眼睛里闪烁着兴奋的光芒。 “整个电梯都是由厚厚的透明玻璃制成的!”旺卡先生宣布。 “墙、门、天花板、地板，所有的东西都是用玻璃做的，这样你就能看到外面了!”“可是没什么可看的，”迈克·蒂维说。 “选一个按钮!”旺卡先生说。 两个孩子可以每人按一个按钮。 所以你自己选吧!快点!每个房间都在制作美味而美妙的东西。”查理很快地开始看钮扣旁边的标签。 冰糖矿——10000英尺深，其中一条上写着。 另一则广告上写着:“椰子溜冰场”。

Then… STRAWBERRY-JUICE WATER PISTOLS. TOFFEE-APPLE TREES FOR PLANTING OUT IN YOUR GARDEN – ALL SIZES. EXPLODING SWEETS FOR YOUR ENEMIES. LUMINOUS LOLLIES FOR EATING IN BED AT NIGHT. MINT JUJUBES FOR THE BOY NEXT DOOR – THEY'LL GIVE HIM GREEN TEETH FOR A MONTH. CAVITY-FILLING CARAMELS – NO MORE DENTISTS. STICKJAW FOR TALKATIVE PARENTS. WRIGGLE-SWEETS THAT WRIGGLE DELIGHTFULLY IN YOUR TUMMY AFTER SWALLOWING. INVISIBLE CHOCOLATE BARS FOR EATING IN CLASS. SUGAR-COATED PENCILS FOR SUCKING. FIZZY LEMONADE SWIMMING POOLS. MAGIC HAND-FUDGE – WHEN YOU HOLD IT IN YOUR HAND, YOU TASTE IT IN YOUR MOUTH. RAINBOW DROPS – SUCK THEM AND YOU CAN SPIT IN SIX DIFFERENT COLOURS. 'Come on, come on!' cried Mr Wonka. 'We can't wait all day!' 'Isn't there a Television Room in all this lot?' asked Mike Teavee.

然后……草莓汁水枪。 太妃糖苹果树种植在您的花园-各种大小。 为你的敌人爆炸糖果。 夜光棒棒糖，晚上在床上吃。 薄荷枣给隔壁的男孩，可以让他一个月的牙齿都是绿的。 补牙的焦糖——不用再看牙医了。 对于健谈的父母来说，下巴很硬。 吞下后在肚子里愉快地扭动的糖果。 上课吃的隐形巧克力棒。 用来吸吮的糖衣铅笔。 气泡柠檬水游泳池。 魔法手软糖——当你拿在手里的时候，你会在嘴里尝到它的味道。 彩虹滴-吸了它们，你可以吐出六种不同的颜色。 “加油，加油!”旺卡先生叫道。 “我们不能等一整天!”“这里不是有一间电视室吗?”迈克·蒂维问。

'Certainly there's a television room,' Mr Wonka said. 'That button over there.' He pointed with his finger. Everybody looked. TELEVISION CHOCOLATE, it said on the tiny label beside the button. 'Whoopee!' shouted Mike Teavee. 'That's for me!' He stuck out his thumb and pressed the button. Instantly, there was a tremendous whizzing noise. The doors clanged shut and the lift leaped away as though it had been stung by a wasp. But it leapt sideways! And all the passengers (except Mr Wonka, who was holding on to a strap from the ceiling) were flung off their feet on to the floor. 'Get up, get up!' cried Mr Wonka, roaring with laughter. But just as they were staggering to their feet, the lift changed direction and swerved violently round a corner. And over they went once more. 'Help!' shouted Mrs Teavee. 'Take my hand, madam,' said Mr Wonka gallantly. 'There you are! Now grab this strap! Everybody grab a strap. The journey's not over yet!' Old Grandpa Joe staggered to his feet and caught hold of a strap. Little Charlie, who couldn't possibly reach as high as that, put his arms around Grandpa Joe's legs and hung on tight. The lift rushed on at the speed of a rocket. Now it was beginning to climb. It was shooting up and up and up on a steep slanty course as if it were climbing a very steep hill. Then suddenly, as though it had come to the top of the hill

旺卡先生说:“当然有电视房。” “那边那个按钮。”他用手指了指。 每个人都看到。电视巧克力，按钮旁边的小标签上写着。 “哇! !迈克·提维喊道。 “那是给我的!”他伸出拇指按下了按钮。 突然，一阵巨大的嗖嗖声响起。 门哐当一声关上，电梯跳开了，好像被黄蜂蜇了一下。 但它向侧面跳去!所有的乘客(除了旺卡先生，他抓住天花板上的一根带子)都被甩到了地板上。 “起来，起来!”旺卡先生大笑着叫道。 但就在他们摇摇晃晃地站起来的时候，电梯改变了方向，猛烈地转过一个拐角。 于是他们又走了过去。 “帮助!蒂维太太喊道。 “拉住我的手，夫人。”旺卡先生殷勤地说。 “你在这儿!”现在抓住这条带子!每个人拿一条带子。 旅程还没有结束呢!”老乔爷爷摇摇晃晃地站了起来，抓住一条带子。 小查理不可能够到那么高，他伸出双臂紧紧抱住乔爷爷的腿。 电梯以火箭的速度飞驰而去。 现在它开始往上爬了。 它在一个陡峭的斜坡上不停地往上爬，好像在爬一座非常陡峭的山。 突然，它好像来到了山顶

and gone over a precipice, it dropped like a stone and Charlie felt his tummy coming right up into his throat, and Grandpa Joe shouted, 'Yippee! Here we go!' and Mrs Teavee cried out, 'The rope has broken! We're going to crash!' And Mr Wonka said, 'Calm yourself, my dear lady,' and patted her comfortingly on the arm. And then Grandpa Joe looked down at Charlie who was clinging to his legs, and he said, 'Are you all right, Charlie?' Charlie shouted, 'I love it! It's like being on a roller coaster!' And through the glass walls of the lift, as it rushed along, they caught sudden glimpses of strange and wonderful things going on in some of the other rooms:

然后越过悬崖，它像石头一样掉了下来，查理觉得肚子都快呛到喉咙了，乔爷爷叫道:“伊嘘!”我们开始吧!蒂维太太喊道，“绳子断了!”我们要坠毁了!”旺卡先生说:“别激动，我亲爱的女士。”然后拍拍她的胳膊安慰她。 然后乔爷爷低头看着抓着他腿的查理，问道:“你还好吗，查理?”查理喊道:“我喜欢它!就像坐过山车一样!”电梯疾驰而过，透过玻璃墙，他们突然瞥见了其他房间里发生的奇怪而奇妙的事情。

An enormous spout with brown sticky stuff oozing out of it on to the floor… A great, craggy mountain made entirely of fudge, with Oompa-Loompas (all roped together for safety) hacking huge hunks of fudge out of its sides… A machine with white powder spraying out of it like a snowstorm… A lake of hot caramel with steam coming off it… A village of Oompa-Loompas, with tiny houses and streets and hundreds of Oompa-Loompa children no more than four inches high playing in the streets… And now the lift began flattening out again, but it seemed to be going faster than ever, and Charlie could hear the scream of the wind outside as it hurtled forward… and it twisted… and it turned… and it went up… and it went down… and… 'I'm going to be sick!' yelled Mrs Teavee, turning green in the face. 'Please don't be sick,' said Mr Wonka. 'Try and stop me!' said Mrs Teavee. 'Then you'd better take this,' said Mr Wonka, and he swept his magnificent black top hat off his head, and held it out, upside down, in front of Mrs Teavee's mouth. 'Make this awful thing stop!' ordered Mr Teavee. 'Can't do that,' said Mr Wonka. 'It won't stop till we get there. I only hope no one's using the other lift at this

“一个巨大的喷口，棕色的黏糊糊的东西从里面渗出来，流到地板上……一座完全由软糖构成的崎岖的大山，奥柏伦柏人(为了安全，他们都用绳子绑在一起)从山腰上砍下大块的软糖……一台像暴风雪一样喷出白色粉末的机器……一个热焦糖湖，上面冒着蒸汽……一个奥柏伦柏人的村庄。”有小房子和小街道，成百上千个不到四英寸高的奥柏伦柏孩子在街上玩耍……现在电梯又开始变平了，但它似乎比以往任何时候都要快，查理能听到外面风的尖叫，因为它向前飞驰……它扭曲……它转弯……它上升……它下降……然后……“我要吐了!”蒂维太太喊道，脸色发青。 “请不要生病，”旺卡先生说。 “设法阻止我!”蒂维太太问道。 “那你最好拿着这个。”旺卡先生说，他把那顶华丽的黑色礼帽从头上一扫，把它倒扣在提维太太的嘴上。 “让这可怕的东西停下来!”提维先生命令道。 “不行，”旺卡先生说。 “不到那儿它就不会停。 我只希望没人在用另一部电梯