10 The Really Rainy Day

The Really Rainy Day

真正的雨天

"Hey, Andy," said Terry, "how long has it been raining?" "About three hours," I said. "Oh," said Terry. "How long now?" "About three hours and five seconds," I said. "And how long now?"

“嘿，安迪，”特里说，“雨下了多久了？”“大约三个小时，”我说。 “哦，”特里说。“还有多久？”“大约三小时五秒，”我说。 “还有多久呢？”

"About three hours and ten seconds," I said. "And now?" "About three hours and fifteen seconds," I said. "Are you going to keep asking me how long it's been raining for the entire day?" "No," said Terry. "Only until it stops raining. Which reminds me… how long has it been raining now?"

“大约三小时十秒，”我说。 “现在呢?”“大约三小时十五秒，”我说。 “你是不是要一直问我一整天都下了多长时间的雨？”“不，”特里说。 “等雨停了再说。 这倒提醒了我……雨下了多久了？”

"About three thousand million billion years!" I shouted. "Now stop asking me how long it's been raining. Let's do something else." "Like what?" said Terry. "Let's play a game." "Yay!" said Terry. "I love games. How about we play LET'S PRETEND?" "Okay," I said. "What should we pretend?" "You pretend to be a weather forecaster," said Terry, "and I'll ask you how long it's been raining and then you tell me."

“大约三十亿亿亿年前！”我叫道。 “别再问我雨下了多久了。 我们做点别的吧。”“比如说？”特里说。 “我们来玩个游戏吧。”“耶！”特里说。 “我喜欢游戏。我们来玩LET'S PRETEND怎么样？”“好吧，”我说。 “我们该假装什么呢？”“你假装是天气预报员，”特里说，“我先问你下了多长时间的雨，然后你再告诉我。”

"No, that's a terrible idea," I said. "Besides, we've been playing that all morning anyway. Let's play Snake Catcher!" "Only if I can be the snake catcher," said Terry. "No," I said. "That's my job. You have to be the snake." "But I was the snake last time," said Terry. "I know," I said. "And you were really good at it!" "Then why did you hit me with a mallet?"

“不，这是个糟糕的主意，”我说。 “再说，反正我们整个上午都在玩这个。 我们来玩捉蛇游戏吧！”“除非我能成为捕蛇人。”特里说。 “不，”我说。“这是我的工作。 你必须扮演那条蛇。” “但上次我是那条蛇，”特里说。 “我知道，”我说。“你真的很擅长！”“那你为什么用木槌打我？”

"Because you were going to bite me." "But I was a snake!" said Terry. "That's what snakes are supposed to do, isn't it? And you were supposed to catch me, not hit me." "I was going to catch you," I said. "But how do you expect me to catch you if I don't hit you first?" "I don't know," said Terry. "That's why you can't be the snake catcher," I said. "Because you don't know anything about catching snakes."

“因为你要咬我。” “可我是一条蛇啊！”特里说。 “这就是蛇应该做的，不是吗？” 你应该抓住我，而不是打我。” “我正要抓住你呢，”我说。 “但如果我不先打你，你怎么能指望我抓住你呢？”“我不知道，”特里说。 “这就是为什么你不能做捕蛇人，”我说。 “因为你对抓蛇一窍不通。”