Chapter 11

11 KLANK BENDS THE LAST PIECE OF STEEL INTO PLACE. Klink wraps wiring to match a Tesla diagram. Frank locks the antenna into position. Watson drills another soda can with his peashooter. "Yes!" says Frank. He holds up his latest

klank把最后一块钢弯曲到位。 Klink包裹电线以匹配特斯拉的图表。 弗兰克把天线锁好。 华生用他的水枪钻了另一个汽水罐。 “是的！”弗兰克说。他举起了他的最新作品

invention. "The antenna will draw magnetic energy from the Earth and pass it through the wire coils inside. Just like in our experiment." "Right," says Watson. "Which will move the electrons in the wire coils to the transformer." "Check," says Watson. "Which will shoot out of the fingertip transmitter. With no wires." "Of course!" cheers Watson. "Hold this lightbulb and stand over on the other side of the lab." Watson picks up the oversized lightbulb and walks to the other side of the lab. "Why do you want me to—" Frank aims the new invention at Watson. "Hey, wait! No! Not me! This could be hazardous to my health! Make Klink hold it!" Before Watson can move, Frank pulls the trigger. The lightbulb in Watson's hand flickers, hums, and then pops on in a bright

发明。“天线将从地球吸收磁能，并将其通过内部的线圈。 就像我们的实验一样。” “对，”沃森说。“这会将线圈中的电子移动到变压器中。” “检查，”沃森说。它会从指尖发射器发射出来。 没有电线。”“当然！”沃森欢呼道。 “拿着这个灯泡，站在实验室的另一边。” 沃森拿起那个超大的灯泡，走到实验室的另一边。 “你为什么要我——”弗兰克把这个新发明对准了华生。 “嘿,等等!不!不是我!这可能对我的健康有害！让克林克拿住它！”华生还没来得及动，弗兰克就扣动了扳机。 华生手里的灯泡闪烁着，嗡嗡作响，然后突然亮了起来

white glow. Watson stares at the bulb in his hand, which glows without being plugged into anything. "It... it works!" "Of course it does," says Frank. "Hypothesis tested and confirmed," adds Klink. Klank shakes his big vegetable-strainer head. "I did not think that was going to happen." Frank points the invention at an unplugged clock. The hands spin to life. Frank electrifies a string of old Christmas- tree lights. They blink on and off.

白色的光芒。华生盯着他手里的灯泡，它没有插任何东西就会发光。 “这……它工作!”“当然有，”弗兰克说。 “假设得到了检验和证实，”Klink补充道。 克兰克摇了摇他那过滤蔬菜的大脑袋。 “我不认为这会发生。” 弗兰克把发明指向一个不插电的时钟。 手转起来了。弗兰克点亮了一串旧圣诞树上的彩灯。 它们不停地眨眼。

Frank starts up a radio, a blender, a heater, and a fan. All wirelessly. "Nice," says Watson. "What do you call it?" Klink revs his vacuum motor. "It should obviously be called the Wireless Electromagnetic- Transmission Device. Because that is precisely what it is." "Ooh, oooh," says Klank. "You should call it... the Kooky Kootie Zapper!" "It's a real electro-finger," says Watson.

弗兰克启动了收音机、搅拌器、加热器和风扇。 所有无线。“很好，”沃森说。 “你叫它什么？”Klink加速他的真空马达。 “显然，它应该叫做无线电磁传输装置。 因为事实就是如此。” “哦，哦，”克兰克说。“你应该把它叫做…… 奇奇怪怪的跳枪！”“这是一个真正的电子手指，”沃森说。

Frank looks up. "Hey, that's a perfect name, Watson. Can we use it?" Watson beams. He is thrilled to be part of Frank's invention. "Of course." "Great," says Frank. "Now come on. Let's take this thing out and show Midville some wireless electricity." Watson pauses. "Uh, Frank? Maybe we should think this thing through. Maybe make a plan so we don't get in trouble like we did last time. And the time before that. And the time before that." Frank rummages behind his workbench. "Why do we need a plan? We are giving people free electricity." "But what about... you know who?" Watson bends his head toward Klink and Klank. Frank finds what he was looking for—an old purple-velvet-lined saxophone case. "Klink and Klank? Oh, absolutely. They have to help us,

弗兰克抬起头。“嘿，这名字真不错，华生。 我们能用它吗？”沃森梁。 他很高兴能成为弗兰克发明的一部分。 “当然。”“太好了，”弗兰克说。 “现在走吧。让我们把这个东西拿出来，给米德维尔展示一下无线电力。” 沃森停顿。“呃,弗兰克? 也许我们应该把这事想清楚。 做个计划，这样我们就不会像上次那样惹上麻烦了。 还有之前的时间。还有之前的时间。” 弗兰克在他的工作台后翻找。 “我们为什么需要一个计划？”我们正在为人们提供免费电力。” “但是……你知道是谁吗？”华生朝克林克和克兰克低下头。 弗兰克找到了他要找的东西——一个旧的紫色天鹅绒衬里的萨克斯管盒子。 “Klink and Klank?”哦,当然。 他们必须帮助我们

too." "No, I mean—" Watson starts. "Hooray!" booms Klank. He picks up Klink. He hugs Watson with one big metal arm. He squeezes Frank with another big metal arm. Klank spins everyone in circles, blasting his ROCK2 beat. Klink beeps, "Blleeeeeeehhhhhhh!" Frank and Watson spin around, yelling, "Ahhhhhhh-hhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!" Klank beats and spins and booms his crazy noises that sound like a washing machine screaming and a garbage disposal destroying a rocket engine. Which is exactly why Frank and Watson's classmate and pal Janegoodall, on her way home from baseball practice, busts into the lab and starts smashing Klank all over his steel body, wiry legs, and metal-strainer head with perfect, sharp, fast strikes of her aluminum bat to save her friends.

也是。”“不，我是说——”华生开始说。 “万岁！”克兰克大声说道。他拿起了克林克。 他用一只巨大的金属手臂拥抱着沃森。 他用另一只巨大的金属手臂挤压着弗兰克。 Klank让每个人都绕着圈旋转，发出他的ROCK2节奏。 link发出哔哔声，“哔哔哔……”弗兰克和沃森旋转,大喊大叫,“Ahhhhhhh-hhhhhhhhhhhhhhh !”Klank敲打着，旋转着，发出疯狂的声音，听起来就像洗衣机的尖叫声和垃圾处理器摧毁火箭发动机。 这就是为什么弗兰克和沃森的同学兼朋友珍妮古德尔，在她从棒球训练回家的路上，冲进实验室，开始用她的铝棒完美，锋利，快速地击打克兰克的钢铁身体，铁丝腿和金属过滤器头部，以拯救她的朋友。