7 That’s a Little Tough to Swallow

CHAPTER SEVEN THAT'S A LITTLE TOUGH TO SWALLOW Franny had put in a long day completing the Doomsday Device and she was sleeping very soundly, dreaming the kind of dream that mad scientists always seem to dream.

弗兰妮花了漫长的一天完成了“末日装置”，她睡得很香，做着疯狂的科学家似乎总是做的那种梦。

Suddenly Igor, who was in a terrible panic about something, shook Franny awake. He had drawn spaces hips shooting lasers and written the words "alien invasion" on a piece of paper. He waggled it at Franny and pointed frantically toward the sky. Franny, still groggy, staggered to her feet and stumbled to the special safe where she kept the Doomsday Device.

突然，伊戈尔因为什么事而惊慌失措，把弗兰妮摇醒。 他画了发射激光的太空飞船，并在一张纸上写下了“外星人入侵”的字样。 他朝弗兰妮摇了摇，疯狂地指着天空。 弗兰妮仍然昏昏沉沉，摇摇晃晃地站了起来，跌跌撞撞地走到存放末日装置的特殊保险柜前。

"It's a good thing I completed it in time," she said. "I'll just set it down here in case we need to use it." She placed the device on the table and went to her telescope. Franny scanned the sky. "I don't see them yet," she said. "I wonder if they're planning some sort of a sneak attack."

“我及时完成了，这是件好事，”她说。 “我把它放在这里，以防我们用得着。” 她把仪器放在桌上，走到望远镜前。 弗兰妮扫视了一下天空。“我还没看到他们，”她说。 “我想知道他们是否在计划某种偷袭。”

She looked over at Igor, who was sitting on a chair, watching TV, and snacking on grapes. Her eyes narrowed. "Igor, you certainly look calm for somebody who is expecting an alien invasion." Igor did not look up from the television.

她看了看伊戈尔，他正坐在椅子上看电视，吃着葡萄。 她眯起眼睛。“伊戈尔，作为一个预料到外星人入侵的人，你看起来确实很冷静。” 伊戈尔没有抬头看电视。

Franny looked back up at the sky. There were no spaceships, no laser beams, and no aliens. "Igor, where exactly did you see the aliens coming to invade the Earth?" Igor pointed at the TV. It was a movie about aliens invading Earth.

弗兰妮回头看了看天空。 没有宇宙飞船，没有激光束，也没有外星人。 “伊戈尔，你到底是在哪里看到外星人来入侵地球的？”伊戈尔指着电视。 这是一部关于外星人入侵地球的电影。

Franny was stunned for a moment. "A movie?" she said. Igor looked up from the TV this time. "You saw it in a movie?" Franny began to shout. "A movie?! Do you have any idea the danger you put us all in because you saw some people in rubber alien costumes? I was even getting ready to activate the Doomsday De—" Franny stopped yelling in mid-sentence.

弗兰妮愣了一会儿。 “电影？”她说。伊戈尔这次从电视上抬起头来。 “你在电影里看过吗？”弗兰妮开始大叫起来。 “电影吗? !你知不知道你给我们带来了多大的危险就因为你看到了一些穿着橡胶异形服装的人？ 我甚至已经准备好启动‘末日’了——”弗兰尼说到一半就停止了叫喊。