10 The Future 65,000 AD

CHAPTER 10 THE FUTURE The swirling stops and we slowly fall to the ground. 'Wow, smooth landing, Terry,' I say. 'Yeah,' he

第十章未来旋转停止了，我们慢慢地落在地上。 “哇，平稳着陆，特里，”我说。 “是的,”他

says. 'It's like we practically floated down.' I look at the gravity detector gauge on the instrument panel. 'That's because we did float down,' I say. 'Gravity is only one-tenth as strong here as it is in our time.'

说。“就像我们实际上是漂浮下来的。”我看了看仪表板上的重力检测仪。 “那是因为我们确实漂下来了，”我说。 这里的引力只有我们这个时代的十分之一

'And where—and when—exactly are we?' says Inspector Bubblewrap. 'We're in the future,' says Terry. 'Sixty-five thousand years in the future!' 'This is the worst time machine ever!' I say.

“我们究竟在什么地方——什么时候？”泡泡布探长说。 “我们在未来，”特里说。 “六万五千年以后！”“这是有史以来最糟糕的时光机！”我说。

'No, it's not,' says Terry. 'It's a great time machine. It's just the chronometer that's not working properly.' 'Well, it's the worst chronometer ever, then,' I say, smashing my head against the control panel in frustration… but my head just bounces off as if the panel was made of marshmallow. 'Stupid reduced gravity!' I shout.

“不，不是，”特里说。 “这是一台很棒的时光机。 只是计时器出了问题。“嗯，这是有史以来最糟糕的计时器了，”我说，沮丧地用头撞着控制面板……但我的头只是弹了弹，好像控制面板是棉花糖做的一样。 “愚蠢的重力减小！”我喊。

'Look on the bright side, Andy,' says Terry. 'Reduced gravity is cool! Let's get out and have a bounce around.'

“往好的方面想，安迪，”特里说。 “重力减小很酷！”我们出去蹦蹦跳跳吧。”

Terry is in such a hurry to get out that he slips and falls

特里急于出去，结果滑倒了