Chapter 6

6 THE LOOK ON WATSON'S FACE IS PRETTY AMAZING. It's one part surprise, one part fear, a dash of a smile, and a twist of disbelief. "No. Way," says Watson slowly, his mouth open, his backpack still hanging off his shoulder. "Working robots." "Yes, working robots," says Frank, sitting on the picnic table in Grampa Al's backyard junk

华生脸上的表情非常惊艳。 这是一份惊喜，一份恐惧，一丝微笑和一种难以置信的扭曲。 “没有。华生慢慢地说，他的嘴张着，他的背包仍然挂在他的肩膀上。 “工作的机器人。”“是的，会工作的机器人，”弗兰克说，他坐在爷爷后院垃圾堆里的野餐桌上

pile, making notes in his lab notebook. "Smart working robots." "What's that little one doing with the batteries and skateboard?" "Building a magnetic levitation skateboard. The north and south pole of the magnets push against the other magnetic north and south poles and make the skateboard float." "Amazing," says Watson. Frank nods.

派尔在他的实验笔记本上做笔记。 “智能工作机器人。”“那个小家伙拿着电池和滑板干什么？”“造一个磁悬浮滑板。 磁铁的北极和南极相互推动，使滑板漂浮起来。” “太神奇了，”沃森说。弗兰克点了点头。

"OK," says Watson. "Now that big one just stepped on the skateboard and smashed it to bits. Not so amazing." "Don't worry," says Frank. "All part of the plan." It's Watson's turn to nod. "Which is why Shop-Vac Guy is melting everything in that pile over there with a laser?"

“好吧，”沃森说。“现在那只大家伙刚踩到滑板，把它砸得粉碎。 没什么了不起的。”“别担心，”弗兰克说。 “都是计划的一部分。”轮到华生点头了。 “这就是为什么吸尘器工人要用激光把那边那堆东西都熔化了？”

"Learning. Growing intelligence with experience. Identifying metals by their melting points," answers Frank. "And why Trash-Can Man is eating those nails and bicycle tires and VCR tapes and laughing?" Frank makes another note. "OK, I'm not sure about that... but I wouldn't call them names if I were you. They're both kind of sensitive." Watson gives Frank his full-on, crazy Whaaa? look. "Really?" He looks over at Klink melting a sledgehammer into a puddle of liquid metal. "Impressive experiment in changing states of matter," Frank notes. "Solid to liquid." "Oh boy," says Watson, finally dropping his backpack to the ground. "This reminds me of your Electric Shoes invention. A great idea— until it was my shoes that melted. I can see

“学习。用经验来增长智力。 通过熔点来识别金属，”弗兰克回答。 “为什么垃圾桶男一边吃钉子、自行车轮胎和录像机录像带一边大笑？”弗兰克又做了一个笔记。 “好吧，我不确定…… 但如果我是你，我不会骂他们。 他们都有点敏感。” 华生给了弗兰克一个疯狂的什么？ 看。“真的吗?”他看着克林克把一把大锤融化成一滩液态金属。 “改变物质状态的令人印象深刻的实验，”弗兰克指出。 “从固体到液体。”“哦，天哪，”华生说，最后把背包扔到地上。 “这让我想起了你发明的电鞋。 一个好主意——直到我的鞋子融化了。 我能看到

this robot plan going even more terribly. And me losing something more than my shoes. Like my arm. Or my leg. Or my head!"

这个机器人的计划更可怕。 而我失去的不仅仅是鞋子。 比如我的手臂。或者我的腿。或者我的头！”

"Watson, you worry too much." "Worry too much? I haven't even started to worry. What if these bots go crazy? What if they turn their smarts and powers against us? It happens all the time in robot movies." Frank makes another check in his notebook and closes it. "Not a problem. Watch this. Klink, Klank, come over here!" The smaller robot puts down the ceiling fan he is examining. The bigger robot drops the car engine he is hefting, trips over a nest of old cables, and falls on a tricycle, completely flattening it. Both robots motor over to the picnic table. "Klink and Klank, this is Watson. Say hello to Watson." "Oh, for goodness' sake," Klink says to Frank. "You sound like you are talking to a half-wit puppy that just wet your rug." He turns to Watson.

“华生，你担心得太多了。” “太担心了？我还没开始担心呢。 如果这些机器人疯了怎么办？ 如果他们用智慧和超能力来对付我们呢？ 这在机器人电影中屡见不鲜。” 弗兰克又在笔记本上查了一下，合上了。 “没问题。看这个。 克林克，克林克，快过来！”较小的机器人放下他正在检查的吊扇。 较大的机器人把他正在搬运的汽车引擎掉在地上，被一堆旧电缆绊倒，然后掉在一辆三轮车上，把它完全压扁了。 两个机器人都跑到野餐桌上。 “Klink和Klank，这是华生。 向华生问好。”“哦，看在上帝的份上，”克林克对弗兰克说。 “你听起来就像在和一只刚刚弄湿你地毯的笨狗说话。” 他转向华生。