27 Mike Teavee is Sent by Television

27 Mike Teavee is Sent by Television Mike Teavee was even more excited than Grandpa Joe at seeing a bar of chocolate being sent by television. 'But Mr Wonka,' he shouted, 'can you send other things through the air in the same way? Breakfast cereal, for instance?' 'Oh, my sainted aunt!' cried Mr Wonka. 'Don't mention that disgusting stuff in front of me! Do you know what breakfast cereal is made of? It's made of all those little curly wooden shavings you find in pencil sharpeners!' 'But could you send it by television if you wanted to, as you do chocolate?' asked Mike Teavee. 'Of course I could!' 'And what about people?' asked Mike Teavee. 'Could you send a real live person from one place to another in the same way?' 'A person!' cried Mr Wonka. 'Are you off your rocker?' 'But could it be done?' 'Good heavens, child, I really don't know… I suppose it could… yes. I'm pretty sure it could… of course it could… I

迈克·提维看到电视送来了一块巧克力，他比乔爷爷更兴奋。 “可是旺卡先生，”他喊道，“你能用同样的方法把别的东西送到空中吗?” 比如早餐麦片?“啊，我神圣的姑妈!”旺卡先生叫道。 “别在我面前提那些恶心的事!”你知道早餐麦片是什么做的吗? 它是用卷笔刀里的那些卷曲的小木屑做成的!”“但是，如果你愿意的话，你能像送巧克力那样，用电视送吗?迈克·蒂维问。 “我当然可以!””“那人呢?迈克·蒂维问。 “你能用同样的方法把一个活生生的人从一个地方送到另一个地方吗?”“一个人!”旺卡先生叫道。 “你疯了吗?”“可是这能做到吗?”“天哪，孩子，我真不知道……我想可能……是的。” 我很确定可以，当然可以，我

wouldn't like to risk it, though… it might have some very nasty results…' But Mike Teavee was already off and running. The moment he heard Mr Wonka saying, 'I'm pretty sure it could… of course it could,' he turned away and started running as fast as he could towards the other end of the room where the great camera was standing. 'Look at me!' he shouted as he ran. 'I'm going to be the first person in the world to be sent by television!' 'No, no, no, no!' cried Mr Wonka. 'Mike!' screamed Mrs Teavee. 'Stop! Come back! You'll be turned into a million tiny pieces!' But there was no stopping Mike Teavee now. The crazy boy rushed on, and when he reached the enormous camera, he jumped straight for the switch, scattering Oompa- Loompas right and left as he went. 'See you later, alligator!' he shouted, and he pulled down the switch, and as he did so, he leaped out into the full glare of the mighty lens. There was a blinding flash. Then there was silence. Then Mrs Teavee ran forward… but she stopped dead in the middle of the room… and she stood there… she stood staring at the place where her son had been… and her great red mouth opened wide and she screamed, 'He's gone! He's gone!' 'Great heavens, he has gone!' shouted Mr Teavee.

不过我不想冒这个险……那样做可能会有非常糟糕的结果……”但是迈克·蒂维已经跑开了。 当他听到旺卡先生说:“我很确定它能……当然能”的时候，他转过身，开始以最快的速度向房间的另一端跑去，那里有一台巨大的摄像机。 “看着我!”他边跑边喊。 “我将成为世界上第一个被电视派来的人!”“不，不，不，不!”旺卡先生叫道。 “迈克!蒂维太太尖叫道。 “停!回来!你会变成无数个小碎片!”但是现在已经没有什么能阻止迈克·蒂维了。 这个疯狂的男孩向前冲去，当他走到巨大的照相机前，他直接跳向开关，把奥柏伦柏人甩得四散。 “再见，鳄鱼!”他大叫一声，拉下开关，他一跳就跳出来，站在巨大的镜头下。 一道炫目的闪光。 然后是沉默。然后蒂维夫人跑上前……但她突然停在房间中央……她站在那里……她站在那里盯着她儿子去过的地方……她张大了红色的大嘴，尖叫道:“他走了!”他走了!“天哪，他走了!”提维先生喊道。

Mr Wonka hurried forward and placed a hand gently on Mrs Teavee's shoulder. 'We shall have to hope for the best,' he said. 'We must pray that your little boy will come out unharmed at the other end.' 'Mike!' screamed Mrs Teavee, clasping her head in her hands. 'Where are you?' 'I'll tell you where he is,' said Mr Teavee, 'he's whizzing around above our heads in a million tiny pieces!' 'Don't talk about it!' wailed Mrs Teavee. 'We must watch the television set,' said Mr Wonka. 'He may come through any moment.' Mr and Mrs Teavee and Grandpa Joe and little Charlie and Mr Wonka all gathered round the television and stared tensely at the screen. The screen was quite blank.

旺卡先生急忙上前，把一只手轻轻地放在蒂维太太的肩膀上。 “我们只能往好处想了，”他说。 “我们必须祈祷你的小男孩能毫发无损地从另一端出来。“迈克!蒂维太太用双手抱着头尖叫道。 “你在哪儿?”“我告诉你他在哪儿，”提维先生说，“他在我们头顶上嗖嗖地飞来飞去，碎成一百万块!”“别说了!”蒂维太太哀号道。 “我们必须看电视，”旺卡先生说。 “他随时都可能过来。”蒂维夫妇、乔爷爷、小查理和旺卡先生都围在电视机前，紧张地盯着屏幕。 屏幕上一片空白。

'He's taking a heck of a long time to come across,' said Mr Teavee, wiping his brow. 'Oh dear, oh dear,' said Mr Wonka, 'I do hope that no part of him gets left behind.' 'What on earth do you mean?' asked Mr Teavee sharply. 'I don't wish to alarm you,' said Mr Wonka, 'but it does sometimes happen that only about half the little pieces find their way into the television set. It happened last week. I don't know why, but the result was that only half a bar of chocolate came through.' Mrs Teavee let out a scream of horror. 'You mean only a half of Mike is coming back to us?' she cried. 'Let's hope it's the top half,' said Mr Teavee. 'Hold everything!' said Mr Wonka. 'Watch the screen! Something's happening!' The screen had suddenly begun to flicker. Then some wavy lines appeared. Mr Wonka adjusted one of the knobs and the wavy lines went away. And now, very slowly, the screen began to get brighter and brighter. 'Here he comes!' yelled Mr Wonka. 'Yes, that's him all right!' 'Is he all in one piece?' cried Mrs Teavee. 'I'm not sure,' said Mr Wonka. 'It's too early to tell.'

“他花了好长时间才走过来。”提维先生擦了擦额头说。 “哦，天哪，哦，天哪，”旺卡先生说，“我真希望他的身体不会被落下。“你到底是什么意思?”提维先生厉声问道。 “我不想吓你，”旺卡先生说，“但有时候，只有大约一半的小碎片能进入电视机。 这件事发生在上周。我不知道为什么，但结果是只有半块巧克力出来了。”蒂维太太惊恐地尖叫了一声。 “你是说只有一半的迈克会回到我们身边?”她叫道。 “希望是上半部分，”提维先生说。 “持有一切!旺卡先生说。 “看屏幕!”事情发生的!”屏幕突然开始闪烁。 然后出现了一些波浪状的线条。 旺卡先生调整了其中一个旋钮，波浪线就消失了。 现在，慢慢地，屏幕开始变得越来越亮。 “他来了!”旺卡先生喊道。 “是的，就是他!”“他还完好无损吗?”蒂维太太喊道。 “我不确定，”旺卡先生说。 现在下结论还为时过早。

Faintly at first, but becoming clearer and clearer every second, the picture of Mike Teavee appeared on the screen. He was standing up and waving at the audience and grinning from ear to ear. 'But he's a midget!' shouted Mr Teavee. 'Mike,' cried Mrs Teavee, 'are you all right? Are there any bits of you missing?' 'Isn't he going to get any bigger?' shouted Mr Teavee. 'Talk to me, Mike!' cried Mrs Teavee. 'Say something! Tell me you're all right!' A tiny little voice, no louder than the squeaking of a mouse, came out of the television set. 'Hi, Mum!' it said. 'Hi, Pop! Look at me! I'm the first person ever to be sent by television!' 'Grab him!' ordered Mr Wonka. 'Quick!' Mrs Teavee shot out a hand and picked the tiny figure of Mike Teavee out of the screen. 'Hooray!' cried Mr Wonka. 'He's all in one piece! He's completely unharmed!' 'You call that unharmed?' snapped Mrs Teavee, peering at the little speck of a boy who was now running to and fro across the palm of her hand, waving his pistols in the air. He was certainly not more than an inch tall. 'He's shrunk!' said Mr Teavee. 'Of course he's shrunk,' said Mr Wonka. 'What did you expect?'

麦克·蒂维的照片出现在屏幕上，起初很模糊，但每一秒钟都变得越来越清晰。 他站起来向观众挥手，笑得合不拢嘴。 “可他是个侏儒!”提维先生喊道。 “迈克，”蒂维太太叫道，“你没事吧? 你身上还缺什么吗?“他不会再变大了吗?”提维先生喊道。 “跟我说话，迈克!”蒂维太太喊道。 “说点什么!告诉我你没事吧!”一个微弱的声音，不比老鼠的吱吱声大，从电视机里传出来。 “嗨,妈妈!它说。“嗨,流行!看着我!我是第一个被电视派来的人!“抓住他!”旺卡先生命令道。 “快!”蒂维太太伸出一只手，从屏幕上挑出了迈克·蒂维的小影。 “万岁!”旺卡先生叫道。“他完好无损!”他完全没有受伤!”“你说那没受伤?蒂维太太厉声说，凝视着一个男孩的小斑点，那个男孩正在她的手掌上跑来跑去，手里的手枪在空中挥舞着。 他当然不超过一英寸高。 “他是缩水了!提维先生说。 “他当然缩水了。”旺卡先生说。 “你想要什么?”

'This is terrible!' wailed Mrs Teavee. 'What are we going to do?' And Mr Teavee said, 'We can't send him back to school like this! He'll get trodden on! He'll get squashed!' 'He won't be able to do anything!' cried Mrs Teavee. 'Oh, yes I will!' squeaked the tiny voice of Mike Teavee. 'I'll still be able to watch television!' 'Never again!' shouted Mr Teavee. 'I'm throwing the television set right out the window the moment we get home. I've had enough of television!' When he heard this, Mike Teavee flew into a terrible tantrum. He started jumping up and down on the palm of his mother's hand, screaming and yelling and trying to bite her fingers. 'I want to watch television!' he squeaked. 'I want to watch television! I want to watch television! I want to watch television!'

“这太可怕了!”蒂维太太哀号道。 “我们该怎么办?”提维先生说:“我们不能就这样把他送回学校!他会被踩死的!他会被压扁的!“他什么也做不了!”蒂维太太喊道。 “哦，是的，我会的!”迈克·蒂维的小声音尖声问道。 “我还能看电视!”“再也不要了!”提维先生喊道。 “我们一到家，我就把电视机扔出窗外。 我看够电视了!”迈克·蒂维听到这话，勃然大怒。 他开始在妈妈的手掌上跳来跳去，又叫又叫，还想咬她的手指。 “我想看电视!”他尖声说。 “我想看电视!”我想看电视!我想看电视!”