11 Sneaking Out to Join the Circuits

CHAPTER ELEVEN SNEAKING OUT TO JOIN THE CIRCUITS Erin, Lawrence, and Phil crept quietly into the school. They were wearing outfits unlike any they had worn before. They were dressed like mad scientists.

第十一章溜出去参加巡回演出艾琳、劳伦斯和菲尔悄悄地溜进了学校。 他们穿着和以前不一样的衣服。 他们穿得像疯狂的科学家。

They had tools and notes and devices that no real scientist would use to finish a partially built robot. And yet that is exactly what they intended to do.

他们有工具、笔记和设备，没有真正的科学家会用它们来完成一个部分建成的机器人。 然而，这正是他们想要做的。

They surrounded the robot and waited for one of those brilliant "thoughts" to pop into their heads. But Franny wasn't there with her invisible whispers, so they just stood there, looking at each other.

他们包围了机器人，等待着一个绝妙的“想法”突然出现在他们的脑海里。 但弗兰妮并没有在那里轻声细语，所以他们只是站在那里，面面相觑。

After a while Phil became impatient and decided to pretend to have a brilliant thought. "It should be able to squirt ketchup from its nozzle right here," he said. The other two nodded. "It needs to be able to extend this, like so," Erin said, also faking an idea.

过了一会儿，菲尔不耐烦了，决定假装有一个绝妙的想法。 “它应该能够从这里的喷嘴喷出番茄酱，”他说。 另外两个人点点头。“它需要能够扩展这一点，就像这样，”艾琳说，也想出了一个主意。

"And I have a few changes I think we should make to its brain," said Lawrence, who sometimes had trouble changing his pants, much less a robot's brain. "We are totally mad scientists now," Erin said as she pulled carelessly at wires in the robot's chest. "There's nothing to it," Lawrence said, recklessly joining circuits inside one of the robot's brains.

“我认为我们应该对它的大脑做一些改变，”劳伦斯说，他有时连换裤子都有困难，更不用说换机器人的大脑了。 “我们现在完全是疯狂的科学家了，”艾琳一边说，一边漫不经心地拉着机器人胸前的电线。 “这没什么，”劳伦斯一边说，一边不顾一切地连接着机器人大脑中的一个电路。

"And Franny hardly did any of the work on this robot. It's really more our robot than hers," Phil added, and the robot beeped.

弗兰妮几乎没有在这个机器人上做任何工作。 它更像是我们的机器人，而不是她的。”菲尔补充道，机器人发出了哔哔声。