6 Intergalactic Death Battle

CHAPTER 6 INTERGALACTIC DEATH BATTLE 'Did you hear that?' said Terry. 'Yes,' I said. 'We're all going to die in an intergalactic death battle!' 'No,' said Terry, 'not that bit. The bit about how we could win a trophy—or a medal!' 'Unless we lose, that is,' I said.

第六章星际死亡之战你听到了吗？特里说。 “是的，”我说。“我们都会死在一场星系间的死亡大战中！”“不，”特里说，“一点儿也不。” 关于我们如何赢得奖杯或奖牌的那部分！“除非我们输了，”我说。

'No, Andy,' said Terry. 'You don't understand. Even if we lose, we still get a medal that says: If you had fun, you won!' 'No,' I said. 'You don't understand. A death battle is a battle to the death. Only the winner survives: the losers—which is everybody else—will all die.' 'Then we'd better make sure we win,' said Terry. 'But that would mean we have to kill all the other contestants,' said Jill. 'That's awful!'

“不，安迪，”特里说。“你不明白。 即使我们输了，我们仍然会得到一块奖牌，上面写着：如果你玩得开心，你就赢了！“不，”我说。 “你不明白。死亡之战是一场生死之战。 只有赢家才能生存，输家——也就是其他所有人——都将死去。“那我们最好确保赢，”特里说。 “但那就意味着我们必须杀死所有其他参赛者。”吉尔说。 “这是可怕的!”

'It's less awful than being killed,' said Terry. 'And it's not like we have a choice.' 'But how could we win even if we wanted to?' said Jill. 'The other aliens look much more dangerous than us. We don't stand a chance!' 'You're forgetting one very important thing,' said Terry. 'Well, two, actually. I have laser eyes.' 'But you can't even kill a fly with your laser eyes!' I said. 'How do you expect them to help us win an intergalactic death battle?'

“这比被杀可怕多了，”特里说。 而且我们也没有别的选择。“但是即使我们想赢，我们怎么能赢呢？”吉尔说。 “其他外星人看起来比我们危险得多。 我们没有机会了！“你忘了一件很重要的事，”特里说。 “嗯，实际上是两个。我有激光眼睛。“可你的激光眼睛连一只苍蝇都杀不死！”我说。 “你怎么能指望他们帮助我们赢得一场星系间的死亡之战呢？”

As we were speaking, thousands of flying eyeballs were filling the air around us. 'Attention all aliens,' boomed the giant flying eyeball. 'In a moment your enclosures will be removed and the battle will begin. It will continue until only one species remains. Are there any questions?' 'Yes,' said a little green blob. 'Please may I be excused from the battle? I need to go home.' 'No,' said the eyeball. 'All contestants must fight. It's the rules.'

就在我们说话的时候，成千上万只飞行的眼球充斥着我们周围的空气。 “所有外星人请注意，”巨大的飞行眼球轰鸣道。 “再过一会儿，你们的围墙就会被拆除，战斗就会开始。 它将继续下去，直到只剩下一个物种。 有什么问题吗？“是的，”一个绿色的小斑点说。 “请允许我离开战场好吗？” 我要回家了。“不，”眼球说。 “所有参赛者都必须参加比赛。 这是规则。”

Then, without warning, the eyeball let out a loud, high-pitched noise and our enclosure shattered. In fact, all the enclosures did. We got such a fright, we fell out of the tree onto the soft spongy surface of Eyeballia with all the other aliens.

然后，毫无征兆地，眼球发出了一声响亮的、尖锐的噪音，我们的围场破碎了。 事实上，所有的围场都是如此。 我们被吓了一跳，和其他外星人一起从树上掉到埃耶巴利亚柔软的海绵状表面上。

It was terrifying being so close to so many dangerous aliens, but there was hardly any time to feel scared, because then the eyeball said: We all jumped up.

离这么多危险的外星人这么近是很可怕的，但几乎没有时间感到害怕，因为这时眼球说：我们都跳了起来。