Chapter 20

20 WATSON STARTS TO RUN TOWARD THE ROBOTS, BUT FRANK grabs his arm. "Wait! It might be a trap. And I'm sure Edison has more security. Let's watch for a minute." And, sure enough, in less than a minute, a motorized boom lift wheels around the corner of the particle collider... carrying T. Edison

沃森开始向机器人跑去，但弗兰克抓住了他的手臂。 “等等!这可能是个陷阱。 我相信爱迪生有更多的安保措施。 让我们看一会儿。” 果然，不到一分钟，一个机动吊杆就把粒子对撞机的轮子吊起来了…… 携带爱迪生

and the boom driver, Mr. Chimp. Frank and Watson duck behind a bank of computers. "All right, you repair-shop rejects," calls Edison from the boom platform. "Stand over against that wall. Right in front of the target." "We are hardly rejects," says Klink. "My mental capacity alone is, by any measure, now roughly twelve times that of even your smartest human." "And you are a robot. And I have decided to get rid of you before that jerk Einstein and his doofus pal—" "Hey..." whispers Watson. "I'm not a doofus." "—come back snooping around. I will destroy all evidence that you ever helped me. And we will get to run the best and final test on the Edison

还有吊杆司机猩猩先生。 弗兰克和华生躲在一排电脑后面。 “好吧，你们这些修理店的废品，”爱迪生在吊杆平台上喊道。 “站到墙边去。 就在目标的前面。” “我们不是被拒绝的人，”Klink说。 “以任何标准衡量，我的心智能力都是最聪明的人类的12倍。” “你是一个机器人。我决定赶在那个混蛋爱因斯坦和他的笨蛋朋友——”“嘿……” 沃森低语。“我不是傻瓜。” ——回来四处窥探。 我会销毁所有你帮过我的证据。 我们将在爱迪生身上进行最好的最后一次测试

Antimatter Squirt Gun. Win-win!" Frank and Watson can see Klank's antenna blinking in serious thought. "But I do not want to be destroyed." "Hmm," says Edison. "What is Asimov's Second Law of Robotics again?" Klank beeps, "A robot must obey orders from humans." Edison pushes a remote, and the Edison Antimatter Squirt Gun lights up with a deep

反物质水枪。双赢!”弗兰克和沃森可以看到克兰克的天线在认真地思考着。 “但我不想被毁灭。” “嗯，”爱迪生说。“什么是阿西莫夫机器人第二定律？”克兰克嘟嘟地说：“机器人必须服从人类的命令。” 爱迪生按了一下遥控器，爱迪生反物质喷枪就亮了起来

hum. "Great. So I am ordering you two metalheads to get over there in front of that target. Now." Klink and Klank move slowly along the brick wall and stand in front of the target. "There is nothing they can do," says Frank. "They can't violate their robot laws. We have to save them." "Right," says Watson. He jumps up and starts running toward Klink and Klank. "Though I was thinking we could make a plan first..." Frank chases Watson and tries to pull him back, but only manages to catch him just as they both reach a ring of pressure- activated floor plates surrounding the Edison Antimatter Squirt Gun. The weight of Watson and Frank sinks the floor plate a barely noticeable half inch. But that half inch interrupts a photoelectric light

嗡嗡声。“好了。所以我命令你们两个笨蛋到目标前面去。 现在。”Klink和Klank沿着砖墙慢慢移动，站在目标面前。 “他们什么也做不了，”弗兰克说。 “他们不能违反机器人法律。 我们必须拯救他们。”“对，”沃森说。 他跳起来，开始向Klink和Klank跑去。 “不过我想我们可以先制定一个计划……” 弗兰克追着沃森，试图把他拉回来，但只有在他们到达爱迪生反物质水枪周围的压力激活的地板环时，他才抓住了他。 华生和弗兰克的重量使地板下沉了半英寸。 但这半英寸会干扰光电

beam, which triggers a switch, which activates a spring, which shoots a line of titanium bars out of the floor, which trap Watson and Frank in an escape-proof cage against the scarred brick factory wall.

然后触发一个开关，触发一个弹簧，弹簧从地板上射出一排钛棒，把沃森和弗兰克困在一个防逃逸的笼子里，笼子靠在伤痕累累的砖厂墙上。

"What?!" yells Edison. And this time he looks truly surprised. "How did you two idiots get in here? You are supposed to be in the junkyard across the lake, saving your robot pals." Mr. Chimp opens his mouth wide and bares his four large canine teeth. "Sorry to spoil your test," says Frank. "We just missed you so much, we had to come back and visit again." Edison uses his remote control to swivel his Edison Antimatter Squirt Gun back and forth. He looks at Klink and Klank. He looks at Frank and Watson. He thinks. He smiles. "Oh, this is even better. Klink, what is that First Law of Robotics?" "A robot cannot injure a human, or let a human

“什么？！”爱迪生喊道。这一次他看起来真的很惊讶。 “你们两个白痴是怎么进来的？” 你应该在湖对面的垃圾场里，拯救你的机器人朋友。” 猩猩先生张大嘴巴，露出四颗巨大的犬齿。 “很抱歉破坏了你的测试，”弗兰克说。 “我们太想念你了，我们不得不再来拜访你。” 爱迪生用他的遥控器来回旋转他的爱迪生反物质水枪。 他看着Klink和Klank。 他看着弗兰克和华生。 他认为。他笑了。“哦，这更好了。 克林克，机器人第一定律是什么？”“机器人不能伤害人类，也不能让人类受伤