11 ICU, ICU, and ICU2

CHAPTER ELEVEN ICU, ICU, AND ICU2 Franny had Igor lock on to a television satellite. She knew he could do it, because once Igor had locked himself in the lab and used it to make every TV in the world play Miss Wizzywozzle's Story Time. Because he loved the show, he wanted to make everybody else love it too.

第十一章重症监护病房和重症监护病房弗兰妮让伊戈尔锁定了一颗电视卫星。 她知道他能做到，因为有一次伊戈尔把自己锁在实验室里，用它让世界上所有的电视都播放《魔法小姐的故事时间》。 因为他喜欢这个节目，他想让其他人也喜欢它。

Last month Franny had figured out how to get a return picture from other people's TVs. If she wanted to, she could simply type in your name and then watch you through your TV. She called it the ICU2, and she had quite a few laughs at people walking around in their underpants, but she had never thought of a really good use for it—until now. Franny revealed her plan to Igor.

上个月，弗兰尼想出了从别人的电视里得到一张退货照片的办法。 如果她愿意，她可以简单地输入你的名字，然后通过电视看你。 她把它叫做ICU2，她经常嘲笑那些穿着内裤走来走去的人，但她从来没有想过它有什么真正好的用途，直到现在。 弗兰妮向伊戈尔透露了她的计划。

"You just keep that satellite locked in position. The cameras will be on me inside the Frandidate skin," she said, pulling the skin on the rest of the way.

“你只要保持卫星锁定位置。 摄像机将在我的候选人皮肤里拍摄，”她一边说，一边拉着皮肤走完剩下的路。

"The system is going to activate every TV in the country, and the ICU2 will send us a picture of the viewer. The Frandidate will sense what each person wants, and it will change its shape according to those feelings. All I'll need to say is something like 'vote Franny K. Stein for president.'" Igor looked a little uncomfortable. The Frandidate skin helped Franny sense Igor's concerns. "This is not like taking over the world," said Franny. "If the voters elect me as president, it's because they freely choose to

“该系统将激活全国的每台电视，ICU2将向我们发送观看者的照片。 候选人会感觉到每个人想要什么，并根据这些感觉改变形状。 我只需要说“投票给弗兰妮·K”。 斯坦竞选总统。’”伊戈尔显得有些不自在。 候选人的皮肤帮助弗兰妮感受到了伊戈尔的担忧。 “这又不是接管世界，”弗兰妮说。 “如果选民选我当总统，那是因为他们有自由选择

do so. It's not by force. I'm not making them do it. It's their choice." Igor nodded. That made sense. "And think of all the good I could do if I got elected." Igor nodded again.

这样做。不是靠武力。我没有强迫他们这么做。 这是他们的选择。”Igor点点头。 这很有道理。“想想如果我当选了，我能做多少好事。” 伊戈尔又点了点头。

"Now, look at this," she said. "The system will automatically measure the amount of success we're having, so we can look at this Support Meter and know second-by- second just how many voters we have on our side." Igor looked at the clock. "Don't worry about the timing. The Frandidate moves fast, and as it does more and more of this, my calculations say that it will get easier and easier for the skin to do its thing." Igor pointed at a second camera, which was aimed at the Frandidate from a different angle.

“现在，看看这个，”她说。 “这个系统会自动衡量我们取得的成功，所以我们可以看看这个支持仪表，并逐秒了解我们有多少选民支持我们。” 伊戈尔看了看钟。“不要担心时机。 候选人的动作很快，随着它做得越来越多，我的计算表明，皮肤会越来越容易发挥作用。” 伊戈尔指着另一台摄像机，它从另一个角度对准了候选人。