8 Dinner with Aliens!

Eight dinner with aliens. THE DINNER GUESTS SAT down around the dining room table. Roxy and Harris carried steaming platters of food from the kitchen. Zeke got up to help.

和外星人共进晚餐。出席晚宴的客人围坐在餐桌旁。 罗克西和哈里斯从厨房端来一盘盘热气腾腾的食物。 齐克站起来帮忙。

As Harris put down a platter of fish, he saw Zeke returning from the kitchen. Zeke balanced two bowls, three plates, and a pitcher of water on his arms, shoulders, and head—all quite easily. Harris's parents clapped.

哈里斯放下一盘鱼，看见齐克从厨房回来。 齐克很轻松地把两个碗、三个盘子和一壶水放在胳膊、肩膀和头上。 哈里斯的父母鼓掌。

"That's pretty impressive!" said Mr. Walker. Harris put his face in his hands. Zeke told us you move around a lot. You must have lived in some interesting places for your work," said Mrs. Walker. "Oh, yes," said Quar. "In Plaxima, the weather was so severe that we had to walk backward so the wind didn't blow us over. In Jerstik, people could eat their clothing."

“这太令人印象深刻了！”沃克说。 哈里斯双手捂着脸。 齐克告诉我们你经常搬家。 “为了你的工作，你一定在一些有趣的地方住过。”沃克太太说。 “哦，是的。”夸尔说。“在普拉克西马，天气非常恶劣，我们不得不向后走，这样风就不会把我们吹倒。 在Jerstik，人们可以吃自己的衣服。”

"And in Nanstu, the language was so complicated, just saying hello took five minutes," added Xad. "I've never heard of any of these places," said Mrs. Walker.

“在南斯图，语言非常复杂，仅仅打个招呼就需要5分钟，”Xad补充道。 “我从来没听说过这些地方，”沃克太太说。

"They are pretty far away, and very small," Zeke said quickly, shooting his parents an annoyed look. After all the warnings they gave him about keeping the truth hidden, here they were telling strange stories.

“他们离得很远，而且很小，”齐克飞快地说，恼怒地看了父母一眼。 在他们再三警告他不要隐瞒真相之后，他们现在却在讲一些奇怪的故事。

As he listened, Harris grew more convinced than ever that Zeke and his parents were aliens. He also noticed that platter after platter of food somehow appeared in front of Zeke and his parents. But he never saw anyone touch or pass anything to anyone else.

听着听着，哈里斯越来越相信齐克和他的父母是外星人。 他还注意到，一盘又一盘的食物不知怎么地出现在齐克和他的父母面前。 但他从未见过任何人触摸或传递任何东西给其他人。