9 The Amazing Mind-Reading Sandwich-Making Machine

The Amazing Mind-Reading Sandwich-Making Machine

神奇的读心术三明治制作机

"Hey, Andy," said Terry, "what sort of sandwich do you want for lunch?" "I don't know," I said. "Cheese?" said Terry. "Nah." "Peanut butter?" "Nah." "What about cheese and peanut butter?" "Nah," I said. "I'm sick of cheese sandwiches, peanut butter sandwiches, and cheese-and-peanut-butter sandwiches." "Then what do you want?" said Terry. "I don't know what I want," I said. "All I know is what I don't want!"

“嘿，安迪，”特里说，“你午餐想吃什么样的三明治？”“我不知道，”我说。 “奶酪？”特里说。“不。” “花生酱吗?”“不。”“那奶酪和花生酱呢？”“不，”我说。 “我受够了奶酪三明治、花生酱三明治和奶酪花生酱三明治。” “那你想要什么？”特里说。 “我不知道我想要什么，”我说。 “我只知道我不想要什么！”

Terry looked over the edge of the deck. "Bill the postman's at the front door!" he said. "Hello, Andy and Terry!" called Bill. "Special delivery for you." "Thanks, Bill," I said. "Can you just leave it at the door? We're kind of busy at the moment." "Making another silly book, I suppose," said Bill. "No," I said. "Just trying to decide what sort of sandwich to have for lunch." "Well, I think I may have something here that could help you," said Bill. "What is it?" said Terry. "Judging by the label on the box," said Bill, "I'd say it's some sort of AMAZING mind-reading

特里朝甲板边缘望去。 “比尔，邮递员在前门！”他说。 “你好，安迪和特里！”比尔喊道。 “你的特快专递。” “谢谢，比尔，”我说。“你能把它放在门口吗？” 我们现在有点忙。” “我想是在写另一本愚蠢的书吧。”比尔说。 “不，”我说。“我只是想决定午餐吃什么三明治。” “嗯，我想我这里可能有些东西能帮到你。”比尔说。 “这是什么？”特里问。“从包装盒上的标签来看，”比尔说，“我认为这是一种神奇的读心术

SANDWICH-MAKING MACHINE!" "That's exactly what we need!" I said. "I ordered it last week. We'll be right down!" It was quite a big box— so big that Bill had to help us carry it up to the kitchen. We took it out of the box and set it up. "How does it work?" said Terry. "It says in the instructions that it reads your mind to find out exactly what sort of sandwich you want and then it makes it for you!" I said. "And even better, you can have your sandwich plain, lightly toasted, grilled, or deep-fried. It will even blend the sandwich into a milkshake so you can drink it, if that's what you really, really want!" "Wow!" said Terry. "Being able to drink a sandwich would save so much time! Let's get started."

SANDWICH-MAKING机!”“这正是我们需要的！”我说。 “我上周订的。我们马上就下来！”这是一个相当大的箱子——大到比尔不得不帮我们把它搬到厨房。 我们把它从盒子里拿出来安装好了。 “它是怎么工作的？”特里问。 “它在说明书上说，它能读懂你的思想，找出你想要的三明治，然后为你做出来！”我说。 更棒的是，你可以选择普通的、轻度烤的、烤的或油炸的三明治。 它甚至可以把三明治混合成奶昔，这样你就可以喝了，如果你真的很想喝的话！”“哇！”特里说。 “能喝三明治会节省很多时间！”让我们开始吧。”

"Okay," I said. "Apparently, you just put this mind- reading helmet on and the machine does the rest. I'll go first." I put the helmet on and the machine whirred into life. It buzzed and flashed and vibrated, and then the strangest-looking toasted sandwich I'd ever seen came shooting out of the sandwich- dispensing chute. "What sort did you get?" said Terry. "I'm not sure yet," I said, holding it up to my nose. "It smells like chocolate." I took a bite. "It is chocolate!" I said. I took another bite. "And pizza… and marshmallows… and popcorn. It's all of them mixed together— all my favorite things

“好吧，”我说。“显然，你只要戴上这个读心术头盔，机器就会完成其余的工作。 我先去。”我戴上头盔，机器轰隆隆地启动了。 它嗡嗡作响，闪烁着，震动着，然后，我所见过的最奇怪的烤三明治从三明治分发槽里射了出来。 “你买了什么？”特里问。 “我还不确定，”我说着，把它举到鼻子边。 “闻起来像巧克力。” 我咬了一口。“是巧克力！”我说。 我又咬了一口。“还有披萨……棉花糖……还有爆米花。” 这些都是我最喜欢的东西

in one perfectly toasted sandwich!" "I'm going to try it now," said Terry. He put on the helmet and the machine hummed as it read his mind. Pretty soon a very unusual-looking sandwich came shooting out. The bread was green with pink polka dots and the filling looked like rainbow-colored cotton candy. "What a funny-looking sandwich!" I said. "It tastes funny, too," said Terry, giggling. "It's a clown sandwich! Who knew that's what I really, really wanted?" "The AMAZING mind-reading SANDWICH-MAKING MACHINE!" I said. "That's who!" "I must admit, I'm feeling a little peckish myself," said Bill. "Mind if I have a turn?"

在一个完美的烤三明治里！”“我现在要试一试，”特里说。 他戴上头盔，机器嗡嗡作响，读懂了他的思想。 很快，一个非常不寻常的三明治出来了。 面包是绿色的，上面有粉红色的圆点，馅料看起来像彩虹色的棉花糖。 “多么滑稽的三明治啊！”我说。 “味道也很怪，”特里咯咯笑着说。 “这是小丑三明治！”谁知道那是我真正想要的？”“神奇的读心术三明治机！”我说。 “那是谁!”“我得承认，我自己也有点饿了。”比尔说。 “介意我来一下吗？”