Chapter 12

12 KLINK, KLANK, FRANK, AND WATSON KICK INTO HIGH GEAR. Frank lays out his wrenches and soldering iron, screwdrivers and pliers, hacksaw and hammer, rulers, clamps, and files. He consults his plan and directs his team. Klink prints out blueprints, charts, and formulas.

12克林克，克兰克，弗兰克和华生开始全速前进。 弗兰克拿出他的扳手和烙铁、螺丝刀和钳子、钢锯和锤子、尺子、夹子和锉刀。 他咨询他的计划并指导他的团队。 Klink打印出蓝图、图表和公式。

Klank hauls in bits and pieces of a bicycle, mower, and motorcycle—wires, tires, chains, and gears—from the yard. Watson raids the repair shop and the kitchen for nuts and bolts and corkscrews and magnets. Frank solders and connects, screws and bolts, hammers and files. Klink and Frank check, test, recheck and retest, and test some more.

克兰克从院子里拖来自行车、割草机和摩托车的零零碎碎——电线、轮胎、链条和齿轮。 沃森搜查了修理店和厨房，寻找螺帽、螺栓、开瓶器和磁铁。 弗兰克焊接和连接，螺丝和螺栓，锤子和锉刀。 Klink和Frank检查，测试，再检查，再测试，再测试。

Time flies by without anyone noticing it. Until suddenly the fish on the wall wiggles, flips its head sideways, and starts singing, "WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS! WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS!" "Everyone under the workbench!" calls Frank. "No one can know about you guys or our project yet." Watson throws a blue tarp over everything and dives under the workbench with Klink and Klank. "Move over," beeps Klank. "You are hogging all the room." "I am not," whispers Klink. "Stop pushing," hisses Watson. "Shhhhhhhh!" says Frank, just as the door to the lab opens and— "Hello, scientists!" Watson, pushed by Klank's big foot, rolls

时间不知不觉地飞逝而过。 突然，墙上的鱼扭动了一下，把头扭向一边，开始唱歌：“我们是冠军！”我们是冠军！”“所有人都到工作台下！”弗兰克喊道。 “现在还不能让任何人知道你们和我们的项目。” 沃森把一块蓝色的防水布盖在所有的东西上，然后和Klink和Klank一起潜入工作台下面。 “让开，”克兰克嘟嘟地说。“你占据了整个房间。” “我不是。”克林小声说。 “别推了，”华生嘶嘶地说。 “嘘！”弗兰克说，这时实验室的门打开了，“你好，科学家们！”沃森被克兰克的大脚推了一下，滚了过去

out from under the workbench. "Oh, hi, Grampa Al." "Dr. Watson! Good to see you... uh, playing with the new robots?" Watson jumps to his feet. "Oh, no. We are working on Science Prize stuff here. I've perfected my Peanut Butter Bubble Gum. And just wait till you see what Frank has." Klink and Klank roll, crawl, and unpack themselves from under the workbench. "Hey, boys. Good to see you again. What have you been up to all morning?" Klank hums, blinks his antenna, and answers, "I have been up to about 1.8288 meters all morning. Or, in American measurements, six feet." "Ha! Good one," laughs Grampa Al. "Except he's not kidding," says Frank. "He means it."

从工作台下面出来。 “哦，嗨，阿尔爷爷。”“华生医生!很高兴见到你…… 呃，玩新机器人？”华生跳了起来。 “哦,不。我们正在为科学大奖做准备。 我已经完善了我的花生酱泡泡糖。 你等着看弗兰克有什么吧。” Klink和Klank从工作台下面滚动、爬行和打开包装。 “嘿,男孩。很高兴再次见到你。 你整个上午都在干什么？”克兰克哼了一声，眨了眨他的天线，回答说：“我整个上午都在海拔1.8288米的地方。 或者，按照美国的度量衡，是六英尺。” “哈!好一个，”爷爷笑着说。 “不过他不是在开玩笑，”弗兰克说。 “他是认真的。”

Klink revs his vacuum engine. "We have actually been combining atoms and anti-atoms to produce energy for Frank Einstein's invention." "Ha! Another good one. Making your own particle collider. Just like my scientist pals at CERN, who have been smashing atomic parts together for years and spending millions of dollars to do it." Grampa Al winks at Watson. "And you guys did it all in one day. With repair-shop junk. You robots are funnier than a monkey's uncle." "He's not kidding either." Frank whips the blue tarp off the object in the middle of the room. It looks like a bike from the future. Instead of pedals and gears, it has a small silver motor.

Klink加速了他的真空发动机。 “我们实际上一直在结合原子和反原子来为弗兰克·爱因斯坦的发明产生能量。” “哈!又一个不错的。制作你自己的粒子对撞机。 就像我在欧洲核子研究中心的科学家朋友们一样，他们多年来一直在粉碎原子部件，并为此花费了数百万美元。” 爷爷对华生眨了眨眼睛。 “你们在一天内完成了这一切。 用修理店的破烂。你们这些机器人比猴子的叔叔还有趣。” “他也不是在开玩笑。” 弗兰克把蓝色防水布从房间中央的物体上扯下来。 它看起来像一辆来自未来的自行车。 它没有踏板和齿轮，而是有一个银色的小马达。