20 Making Contact

Making Contact written by Jack Gabo linscy illustrated by Anthony Elworthy

《接触》作者:杰克·加博·林西，插画:安东尼·埃尔沃西

Theo liked learning about space. He liked reading books and watching videos about the planets and the stars. He loved looking at them through his telescope at night. As Theo looked at the millions of stars far away in the sky, he asked himself, "Is anybody out there?"

西奥喜欢学习有关太空的知识。 他喜欢阅读关于行星和恒星的书籍和视频。 他喜欢在晚上用望远镜观察它们。 当西奥望着天空中遥远的数百万颗星星时，他问自己:“有人在那里吗?”

He wrote an email and sent it to anybody@anywhereinspace.universe The email said, "Hello. Hello. Hello. Is anybody out there? This is Theo. I'm living on planet Earth! If you get this message and want to be friends, please answer me. Theo." He pushed SEND and sent the email on its way.

他写了一封电子邮件，发到了anybody@anywhereinspace.universe。邮件中写道:“你好。 你好。你好。有人在吗? 这是西奥。我住在地球上!如果你收到这条信息，想做朋友，请回复我。 西奥。”他按下了SEND键，把邮件发送出去了。

The email zapped around the back yard. It zoomed around the world. Then it flew out into space. It flew higher past the moon and whizzed past the planets and out to the starry night. "Hello. Hello. Hello. Is anybody out there? This message is from Theo. "I'm on planet Earth. If you get this message and want to be friends, please answer me."

这封电子邮件在后院传得飞快。 它在世界各地迅速传播。 然后它飞向太空。 它飞过月亮，呼啸着飞过行星，飞向繁星点点的夜空。 “你好。你好。你好。有人在吗? 这条信息来自西奥。 “我在地球上。如果你收到这条信息，想和我做朋友，请回复我。”

At the same time as Theo sent the email, his best friend, Sai, was leaving his place to visit Theo. As he left home his phone buzzed. Sai opened the message and read it. "Hello. Hello. Hello. Is anybody out there? This message is from Theo. I'm on planet Earth. If you get this message and want to be friends, please answer me. Theo."

就在西奥发邮件的同时，他最好的朋友赛正要离开住处去看望西奥。 当他离开家时，他的电话响了起来。 赛打开信读了起来。 “你好。你好。你好。有人在吗? 这条信息来自西奥。 我在地球上。如果你收到这条信息，想做朋友，请回复我。 西奥。”

When Sai read Theo's message he laughed. He thought he would play a trick on Theo. He wrote an email back to him. It said, "Hello. Hello. Hello Theo. Yes! I am out here and I want to be friends. I have some yummy food for us to eat." Then he pressed SEND and sent the email on its way.

赛读到西奥的留言后笑了。 他想捉弄西奥。 他给他回了一封电子邮件。 上面写着:“你好。你好。你好,西奥。 是的!我在这里，我想和你做朋友。 我有一些美味的食物给我们吃。” 然后他按下“发送”键，将邮件发送出去。