10 WARNING!

CHAPTER 10 WARNING! Greetings, dear reader! My name is Andrew. I am your humble narrator and—along with Terence Denton—the co-creator of the Treehouse Chronicles, which is a full and honest account of our lives in a unique elevated dwelling.

第十章警告！你好，亲爱的读者！我叫安德鲁。 我是你卑微的叙述者，我和特伦斯·丹顿是《树屋编年史》的共同创作者，它完整而诚实地讲述了我们在一座独特的高层住宅中的生活。

If you show a kinship to the majority of our readership—that is to say, if you are possessed of a lively spirit and an inquiring mind—you may, perchance, have found yourself pondering the reasons for my—and Terence's—frequent lapses of memory during the course of the preceding pages. 'Hey, Andy!' says Terence. 'Not now, Terence,' I say. 'I am currently engaged in a matter of the utmost narratorial urgency and must not be interrupted under any circumstances.'

如果你和我们的大多数读者有一种亲缘关系——也就是说，如果你具有活泼的精神和好学的头脑——你也许会发现自己在前面几页的过程中，正在思考我和特伦斯经常失忆的原因。 嗨,安迪!特伦斯说。 “现在不行，特伦斯，”我说。 “我现在正在处理一件极其紧急的事情，在任何情况下都不能打断我。”

'But—' says Terence. 'I am terribly sorry,' I say, 'but I really must insist that you refrain from these irrelevant interjections that threaten the great and important enterprise I am currently embarked upon.' 'But—' splutters Terence. 'What is the matter with you today, Terence?' I say. 'Do you not have sufficient intellectual faculties to comprehend plain English?'

“可是——”特伦斯说。“我非常抱歉，”我说，“但我真的必须坚持你不要用这些无关紧要的感叹词，因为这些感叹词会威胁到我目前正在进行的伟大而重要的事业。“可是——”特伦斯结结巴巴地说。 “你今天怎么了，特伦斯？”我说。 “难道你没有足够的智力来理解简单的英语吗？”

'Plain English I can understand,' says Terence. 'But I can't understand a single other word you just said and I don't think our readers can either.' 'Poppycock and fiddlesticks!' I say. 'I will have you know my multi-syllabic narrative powers are without comparison in the realms of literary endeavour and my works are admired across the entire universe by

“简单的英语我能听懂，”特伦斯说。 “但你刚才说的话我一个字也听不懂，我想我们的读者也听不懂。“胡说八道！”我说。 “我想让你知道，我的多音节叙事能力在文学领域是无与伦比的，我的作品在整个宇宙中都受到

civilisations both known and yet to be discovered. There are more things in heaven and earth, Terence, than are dreamt of in your philosophy.' 'I don't know what you're talking about,' says Terence. 'But it sounds like you swallowed a dictionary for breakfast. And for your information, my name is Terry, not Terence!'

既有已知文明，也有有待发现的文明。 天地间有许多事情，特伦斯，是你的哲学所不能梦想的。“我不知道你在说什么，”特伦斯说。 “但听起来你好像把字典当早餐吞了。 顺便告诉你，我叫特里，不是特伦斯！”

'Actually, I think you will find that in actual fact Terry is an abbreviation of both Terrance and Terrell. It is also an Anglicised phonetic form of the French given name Thierry, a Norman French form of Theodoric from an older Germanic name meaning "small-brained one".' 'What's wrong with Andy?' says Alice. 'I don't know,' says Albert. 'I can't understand him any more.' 'Neither can I,' says Jill. 'I think we've made him too smart for his own good!'

“实际上，我想你会发现特里实际上是特伦斯和特雷尔的缩写。 它也是法语名Thierry的英语语音形式，是来自旧日耳曼名字Theodoric的诺曼法语形式，意思是“小脑袋的人”。“安迪怎么了？”爱丽丝说。 “我不知道，”阿尔贝说。 “我再也不能理解他了。“我也不会，”吉尔说。 “我想我们把他弄得太聪明了，对他没有好处！”