4 Goodbye, Earth

CHAPTER 4 GOODBYE, EARTH We stared up at the giant flying eyeball. It stared back down at us. Then the whole tree began to tremble and shake and rise up into the air.

第四章再见了，地球我们抬头望着那颗巨大的飞着的眼球。 它又低头盯着我们。 然后，整棵树开始颤抖，摇晃着向空中升起。

'I didn't know our tree could fly,' said Terry. 'I don't think the tree is flying,' said Jill. 'I think the UFE is lifting it up! We're being abducted by a giant flying eyeball!'

“我不知道我们的树会飞，”特里说。 “我不认为树在飞。”吉尔说。 “我想UFE是在抬高它！”我们被一个巨大的飞行眼球绑架了！”

'Yay!' said Terry. 'We're going on an intergalactic space adventure! I love intergalactic space adventures!' 'Me too!' I said. 'And just think of all the ideas we'll get for our next book!' The higher we got, the faster we went, and, in what felt like no time at all, we had left Earth's atmosphere and entered outer space. THE DAY WE WERE ABDUCTED BY A GIANT FLYING EYEBALL AND TAKEN ON A CRAZY RIDE THROUGH SPACE.

“耶!特里说。“我们要进行一次星系间的太空冒险！”我喜欢星际空间冒险！“我也是！”我说。 “想想我们下一本书的创意吧！”我们飞得越高，速度也就越快，感觉就在一瞬间，我们离开了地球的大气层，进入了外太空。 那天我们被一个巨大的飞行眼球绑架，在太空中疯狂地飞行。

We were on the outer edge of the solar system when the 3D video phone rang.

当3D视频电话响起时，我们正在太阳系的外缘。

I pushed the button to answer it. It was Mr Big Nose, our publisher. His big nose filled the screen. 'What took you so long to answer the phone?' he yelled. 'Where were you?' 'We're in space,' I said. 'We just passed Uranus.' 'Are you trying to be funny?' said Mr Big Nose. 'I'm a busy man, you know. I don't have time for jokes!' 'No, it's not a joke,' I said. 'It's true! We really are in space.' 'What are you doing out there?' he shouted. 'You're supposed to be writing a book, remember?'

我按下按钮去接电话。 是大鼻子先生，我们的出版商。 他的大鼻子遮住了屏幕。 “你怎么这么久才接电话？”他喊道。 “你去哪儿了？”“我们在太空，”我说。 “我们刚刚经过天王星。“你是想搞笑吗？”大鼻子先生说。 “你知道，我是个大忙人。 我没时间开玩笑！“不，这不是玩笑，”我说。 “这是真的!我们真的在太空。“你在外面干什么？”他喊道。 “你应该在写一本书，记得吗？”

'I do remember,' I said, 'and I was trying to get ideas for it, but I couldn't because this really annoying fly was really annoying me, and then we got abducted by a giant flying eyeball!'

“我记得，”我说，“我试着想出一些点子，但我没能想出，因为这只非常烦人的苍蝇真的很烦人，然后我们被一个巨大的飞行眼球绑架了！”