26 The Television-Chocolate Room

26 The Television-Chocolate Room The Teavee family, together with Charlie and Grandpa Joe, stepped out of the lift into a room so dazzlingly bright and dazzlingly white that they screwed up their eyes in pain and stopped walking. Mr Wonka handed each of them a pair of dark glasses and said, 'Put these on quick! And don't take them off in here whatever you do! This light could blind you!' As soon as Charlie had his dark glasses on, he was able to look around him in comfort. He saw a long narrow room. The room was painted white all over. Even the floor was white, and there wasn't a speck of dust anywhere. From the ceiling, huge lamps hung down and bathed the room in a brilliant blue-white light. The room was completely bare except at the far ends. At one of these ends there was an enormous camera on wheels, and a whole army of Oompa- Loompas was clustering around it, oiling its joints and adjusting its knobs and polishing its great glass lens. The Oompa-Loompas were all dressed in the most extraordinary way. They were wearing bright-red space suits, complete with helmets and goggles – at least they looked like space

蒂维一家和查理、乔爷爷一起走出电梯，走进一间明亮得耀眼、白得炫目的房间，他们痛得眯起眼睛，停了下来。 旺卡先生递给他们每人一副墨镜，说:“快戴上!无论如何都不要在这里脱下来!这光会使你失明的!”查理一戴上墨镜，就能舒服地环顾四周了。 他看到一间又长又窄的房间。 房间被刷成了白色。 连地板都是白色的，没有一点灰尘。 巨大的灯从天花板上垂下来，把房间沐浴在明亮的蓝白色灯光中。 这房间除了两端外，什么也没有。 在其中的一端，有一台巨大的带轮子的照相机，一大群奥柏伦柏人聚集在相机周围，给相机的连接处上油，调整旋钮，打磨巨大的玻璃镜头。 奥柏伦柏人都穿得很特别。 他们穿着鲜红色的太空服，戴着头盔和护目镜——至少他们看起来像太空

suits – and they were working in complete silence. Watching them, Charlie experienced a queer sense of danger. There was something dangerous about this whole business, and the Oompa-Loompas knew it. There was no chattering or singing among them here, and they moved about over the huge black camera slowly and carefully in their scarlet space suits. At the other end of the room, about fifty paces away from the camera, a single Oompa-Loompa (also wearing a space suit) was sitting at a black table gazing at the screen of a very large television set. 'Here we go!' cried Mr Wonka, hopping up and down with excitement. 'This is the Testing Room for my very latest and greatest invention – Television Chocolate!' 'But what is Television Chocolate?' asked Mike Teavee. 'Good heavens, child, stop interrupting me!' said Mr Wonka. 'It works by television. I don't like television myself. I suppose it's all right in small doses, but children never seem to be able to take it in small doses. They want to sit there all day long staring and staring at the screen…' 'That's me!' said Mike Teavee. 'Shut up!' said Mr Teavee. 'Thank you,' said Mr Wonka. I shall now tell you how this amazing television set of mine works. But first of all, do you know how ordinary television works? It is very simple. At one end, where the picture is being taken, you have a large ciné camera and you start photographing something.

西装革履——他们默默地工作着。 看着他们，查理有一种奇怪的危机感。 这整件事有些危险，奥柏伦柏人知道这一点。 这里没有聊天和唱歌的声音，他们穿着猩红色的太空服，在巨大的黑色相机上缓慢而小心地移动。 在房间的另一端，离摄像机大约五十步远的地方，一个奥柏伦柏人(也穿着宇航服)坐在一张黑色的桌子旁，盯着一台非常大的电视机的屏幕。 “我们走吧!”旺卡先生叫道，兴奋得跳上跳下。 “这是我最新最伟大的发明——电视巧克力的试验室!”“但什么是电视巧克力?”迈克·蒂维问。 “天哪，孩子，别打断我!”旺卡先生说。 “它通过电视发挥作用。我自己不喜欢看电视。 我想小剂量服用是可以的，但孩子们似乎永远不能小剂量服用。 他们想整天坐在那里盯着屏幕看……”迈克·蒂维说。 “闭嘴!提维先生说。 “谢谢你。”旺卡先生说。 现在我要告诉你我这台神奇的电视机是如何工作的。 但首先，你知道普通电视是如何工作的吗? 这很简单。在拍摄照片的一端，你有一个大的照相机，你开始拍摄一些东西。

The photographs are then split up into millions of tiny little pieces which are so small that you can't see them, and these little pieces are shot out into the sky by electricity. In the sky, they go whizzing around all over the place until suddenly they hit the antenna on the roof of somebody's house. They then go flashing down the wire that leads right into the back of the television set, and in there they get jiggled and joggled around until at last every single one of those millions of tiny pieces is fitted back into its right place (just like a jigsaw puzzle), and presto! – the photograph appears on the screen…' 'That isn't exactly how it works,' Mike Teavee said. 'I am a little deaf in my left ear,' Mr Wonka said. 'You must forgive me if I don't hear everything you say.' 'I said, that isn't exactly how it works!' shouted Mike Teavee.

然后，这些照片被分割成数百万个小碎片，小到你看不见它们，这些小碎片被电射向天空。 在天空中，它们嗖嗖地到处飞，直到突然撞到某户人家屋顶上的天线。 然后，它们沿着直接通向电视机后面的电线闪烁，在那里，它们被摇来摇去，直到最后，数百万个小碎片中的每一个都被装回了正确的位置(就像拼图游戏一样)。——照片就会出现在屏幕上……”“其实不是这样的，”迈克·蒂维说。 “我的左耳有点聋，”旺卡先生说。 “如果我没有听到你说的每一句话，请原谅我。”“我说，事情不完全是这样的!迈克·提维喊道。

'You're a nice boy,' Mr Wonka said, 'but you talk too much. Now then! The very first time I saw ordinary television working, I was struck by a tremendous idea. "Look here!" I shouted. "If these people can break up a photograph into millions of pieces and send the pieces whizzing through the air and then put them together again at the other end, why can't I do the same thing with a bar of chocolate? Why can't I send a real bar of chocolate whizzing through the air in tiny pieces and then put the pieces together at the other end, all ready to be eaten?" ' 'Impossible!' said Mike Teavee. 'You think so?' cried Mr Wonka. 'Well, watch this! I shall now send a bar of my very best chocolate from one end of this room to the other by television! Get ready, there! Bring in the chocolate!' Immediately, six Oompa-Loompas marched forward carrying on their shoulders the most enormous bar of chocolate Charlie had ever seen. It was about the size of the mattress he slept on at home.

“你是个好孩子，”旺卡先生说，“但你话太多了。 现在!当我第一次看到正常工作的普通电视时，我被一个惊人的想法打动了。 “看这里!”我叫道。“如果这些人可以把一张照片分解成数百万张，然后在空中呼啸而过，然后在另一端把它们重新组合在一起，为什么我不能把一块巧克力也这样做呢?” 为什么我不能让一块真正的巧克力碎成小块在空中呼啸而过，然后在另一端把它们拼在一起，就可以吃了呢?”“不可能的!迈克·蒂维说。 “你这么想?”旺卡先生叫道。 “好吧，看这个!”现在，我要通过电视把我最好的一块巧克力从房间的一端送到另一端!准备好!把巧克力拿进来!”立刻，六个奥柏伦柏人扛着查理从未见过的最大的一块巧克力向前走去。 它和他在家里睡的床垫差不多大。

'It has to be big,' Mr Wonka explained, 'because whenever you send something by television, it always comes out much smaller than it was when it went in. Even with ordinary television, when you photograph a big man, he never comes out on your screen any taller than a pencil, does he? Here we go, then! Get ready! No, no! Stop! Hold everything! You there! Mike Teavee! Stand back! You're too close to the camera! There are dangerous rays coming out of that thing! They could break you up into a million tiny pieces in one second! That's why the Oompa-Loompas are wearing space suits! The suits protect them! All right! That's better! Now, then! Switch on!' One of the Oompa-Loompas caught hold of a large switch and pulled it down. There was a blinding flash. 'The chocolate's gone!' shouted Grandpa Joe, waving his arms. He was quite right! The whole enormous bar of chocolate had disappeared completely into thin air! 'It's on its way!' cried Mr Wonka. 'It is now rushing through the air above our heads in a million tiny pieces. Quick! Come over here!' He dashed over to the other end of the room where the large television set was standing, and the others followed him. 'Watch the screen!' he cried. 'Here it comes! Look!' The screen flickered and lit up. Then suddenly, a small bar of chocolate appeared in the middle of the screen.

旺卡先生解释说:“它必须很大，因为无论什么时候你通过电视发送东西，出来的东西总是比进去的时候小得多。” 即使是用普通的电视，当你拍摄一个大个子时，他在你的屏幕上显示出来的高度也不会超过一支铅笔，不是吗? 我们开始吧!做好准备!不,不!停!拥有一切!你在那里!麦克!向后站!你离摄像机太近了!有危险的射线从那东西里出来!他们可以在一秒钟内把你打成碎片!这就是为什么奥柏伦柏人穿着太空服!这些衣服保护着他们!好吧!这是更好的!现在,然后!打开!”一个奥柏伦柏人抓住一个大开关，把它拉了下来。 一道炫目的闪光。 “巧克力没了!”乔爷爷挥舞着手臂喊道。 他说得很对!整块巨大的巧克力完全消失在空气中了!“在路上了!”旺卡先生叫道。 “它现在在我们头顶的空气中以无数个小碎片掠过。 快!到这儿来!”他冲到房间的另一端，那里放着一台大电视机，其他人跟着他。 “看屏幕!”他叫道。 “它来了!”看!”屏幕闪烁着，亮了起来。 突然，一块小巧克力出现在屏幕中央。

'Take it!' shouted Mr Wonka, growing more and more excited. 'How can you take it?' asked Mike Teavee, laughing. 'It's just a picture on a television screen!' 'Charlie Bucket!' cried Mr Wonka. 'You take it! Reach out and grab it!' Charlie put out his hand and touched the screen, and suddenly, miraculously, the bar of chocolate came away in his fingers. He was so surprised he nearly dropped it. 'Eat it!' shouted Mr Wonka. 'Go on and eat it! It'll be delicious! It's the same bar! It's got smaller on the journey, that's all!' 'It's absolutely fantastic!' gasped Grandpa Joe. 'It's… it's… it's a miracle!' 'Just imagine,' cried Mr Wonka, 'when I start using this across the country… you'll be sitting at home watching television and suddenly a commercial will flash on to the screen and a voice will say, "EAT WONKA'S CHOCOLATES! THEY'RE THE BEST IN THE WORLD! IF YOU DON'T BELIEVE US, TRY ONE FOR YOURSELF – NOW!" And you simply reach out and take one! How about that, eh?' 'Terrific!' cried Grandpa Joe. 'It will change the world!'

“把它!旺卡先生喊道，变得越来越兴奋。 “你怎么能接受呢?”迈克·蒂维笑着问。 “那只是电视屏幕上的一幅画!”“查理·巴克特!”旺卡先生叫道。 “你拿去吧!”伸手抓住它!”查理伸出手去触摸屏幕，突然，奇迹般地，那块巧克力从他的指间掉了下来。 他太惊讶了，差点把它掉在地上。 “吃了它!旺卡先生喊道。 “吃吧!”会很好吃的!还是那个酒吧!它在旅途中变小了，仅此而已!“真是太棒了!”乔爷爷喘着气说。 “这……这……这是个奇迹!”“想象一下，”旺卡先生叫道，“当我开始在全国范围内使用它的时候……你会坐在家里看电视，突然屏幕上跳出一个广告，一个声音说:‘吃旺卡巧克力!他们是世界上最好的!如果你不相信我们，就自己试一试吧——现在就试!”你只要伸手拿一个!怎么样，嗯?“太棒了!乔爷爷叫道。 “它将改变世界!”