微观世界儿童百科 · 10 On Earth
Chapter 3 KRUZZZAAAAAAH! "He's gone!" cried Judy. meep… "Look!" said Thudd, pointing to a bright dot streaking through the night sky. Judy squinted to see it. "A shooting star!" she said. "We should make a wish," said Andrew. bong… "We should wish to be somewhere else," said the Time-A-Tron. "That is no shooting star. That is the planet that will smash into Earth and create the moon!" "Uh-oh," said Andrew. "What can we do?" asked Judy.
第三章克鲁扎啊!“他走了!”朱迪叫道。 “看!”泰德指着夜空中划过的一个亮点说。 朱迪眯着眼睛看。“流星!”她说。 “我们应该许个愿。”安德鲁说。 “我们应该到别的地方去。”时间战神说。 “那不是流星。 那颗行星将撞上地球,形成月球!”“哦哦,”安德鲁说。 “我们能做什么?”朱迪问。
bong… "Nothing," said the Time-A-Tron. "Unless the Fast-Forward button begins to work very soon." Judy grabbed her slipper and slammed the button. Flack! Flack! Flack! Nothing happened. The sky was turning red. The tiny dot was growing into a globe of orange light. Glowing chunks were falling away from it. Tails of fire streaked across the sky as it sped closer.
“没什么。”时间战神说。 “除非快进键很快开始起作用。” 朱迪抓起她的拖鞋,砰地一声按下了按钮。 宣传!宣传!宣传!什么也没有发生。 天空变红了。那个小点正在变成一个橙色的球体。 发光的大块从上面掉下来。 当它快速靠近时,火焰的尾巴划过天空。
"What will happen to us?" asked Judy. bong… "That depends on how strong Strongium is," said the Time-A-Tron. Strongium was what the Time-A-Tron was made of. meep… "Purple button blinking!" said Thudd. Thudd's purple button popped open and a purple beam zoomed out. But there was no one at the end of it. Tick… tock… tick… tock… "It's Doctor Kron-Tox again!" said Judy.
“我们会怎么样?”朱迪问。 “那要看锶有多强了。”时间战神说。 锶是制造时空创的材料。 “紫色按钮在闪烁!” 砰的一声,泰德的紫色按钮打开了,一束紫色的光束嗖地射出。 但最后一个人也没有。 嘀嗒……嘀嗒……嘀嗒……“又是克朗托克斯医生!”朱迪说。
A whispery voice began to speak: My oh my oh my oh my! What's that coming from the sky? Is it huge and dark and lumpy? Does it make you awfully jumpy? What will happen when it crashes? Will the Dubbles turn to ashes? What is to become of you? What you don't know, I surely do! "HA! HA! HA!" Tick… tock… tick… tock… The fiery planet was so close that it filled the whole sky. The sea of molten rock churned and turned into waves. bong… "Put in your earplugs, little Dubbles," said the Time-A-Tron.
一个轻声细语的声音开始说话:天啊天啊天啊天啊天啊!天上传来什么声音? 它是不是又大又黑又凹凸不平? 它会让你非常紧张吗? 当它崩溃时会发生什么? 杜布尔家族会化为灰烬吗? 你会变成什么样子?你不知道的,我肯定知道!“哈!哈!哈!”嘀嗒……嘀嗒……嘀嗒……嘀嗒……那颗炽热的行星离我们很近,它充满了整个天空。 熔岩的海洋翻滚着,变成了波浪。 “戴上耳塞,小泡泡。”时间战神说。
Two pairs of earplugs dangled from a door in the control panel. Andrew and Judy stuck them in their ears. Then Andrew squeezed his eyes shut and waited. KRUZZZAAAAAAAAAAH! A humongous crash shook every bone in Andrew's body. His stomach fluttered up as the crash blasted them down and down. When Andrew opened his eyes, flaming rock was zooming by the dome of the Time-A-Tron. Andrew pulled out his earplugs. So did Judy. "We must be miles deep inside the Earth!" said Judy. Ahead of the Time-A-Tron was a glow as bright and yellow as the sun. meep… "Core of Earth," said Thudd. "Like core of apple. Earth core is big lump of iron. Earth core hot, hot, hot! Seven thousand degrees! Surface of sun only five thousand degrees!"
控制面板上的一扇门上挂着两副耳塞。 安德鲁和朱迪把它们塞进耳朵里。 然后安德鲁紧紧闭上眼睛,等待着。 KRUZZZAAAAAAAAAAH !巨大的撞击声震动了安德鲁的每一根骨头。 他的肚子怦怦直跳,因为撞击把他们炸得一落千丈。 当安德鲁睁开眼睛的时候,一块燃烧着的岩石从“时空战神”的圆顶上呼啸而过。 安德鲁拿出耳塞。 朱迪也一样。“我们一定是在地球深处好几英里了!”朱迪说。 在“时空创”的前面,有一道像太阳一样明亮、黄色的光。 “地核。”萨德说。 “就像苹果核。地核是一大块铁。 地核热,热,热!七千度!太阳表面只有五千度!”
bong… "Do not look, little Dubbles," said the Time-A-Tron. "The brightness will hurt your eyes." Andrew and Judy turned away. It was getting awfully hot and sweaty inside the Time-A-Tron. Judy fanned herself with her hand. Andrew wiped his face with his pajama sleeve. bong… "We are almost past the core of the Earth now," said the Time-A-Tron. "We are slowing down." "We're buried so deep," said Judy. "How are we going to get out of here?" bong… "Ah," sighed the Time-A-Tron. "All we can do is follow the atoms of Montana. Perhaps the atoms will move up, but it could take millions of years." Hooo… hooo… hooo… Judy looked at Andrew. "What's that?" she asked. "It's coming from below," said Andrew. "We'd better go down and see."
“别看,小达布尔斯。” “太亮会伤眼睛的。” 安德鲁和朱迪转过身去。 时间战神里热得让人汗流浃背。 朱迪用手扇扇子。 安德鲁用睡衣袖子擦了擦脸。 “我们现在快穿过地核了。”时间战神说。 “我们正在减速。”“我们被埋得太深了,”朱迪说。 “啊,”时间战神叹了口气。 “我们所能做的就是追踪蒙大拿的原子。 也许原子会向上移动,但这可能需要数百万年的时间。” 朱蒂看着安德鲁。 “那是什么?”她问。“是从下面传来的。”安德鲁说。 “我们最好下去看看。”
