Chapter 8

chapter eight I'm hungry. Let's stop for corn dogs. I'm in a corn dog mood. We've been on the road for like twelve minutes. Munch, munch, munch. I'm also hungry. Did you guys eat before we left? Should I have eaten before we left? "Nope. No corn dogs," Dirk says. "This isn't the tree house anymore. We've got my little veggie garden—but that'll only last so long. Out here, we're gonna have to learn how to survive."

第八章我饿了。我们停下来吃玉米热狗吧。 我现在想吃玉米热狗。我们已经在路上开了12分钟了。 咀嚼，咀嚼，咀嚼。我也饿了。 我们走之前你们吃饭了吗？ 我该在走之前吃点东西吗？ “不。没有玉米热狗，”德克说。 “这里不再是树屋了。 我们有我的小菜园，但那只能维持这么久。 在这里，我们必须学会如何生存。”

"We're like the Lewis and Clark of the apocalypse!" Quint says. "Totally!" I say. "We one hundred percent are Lois and Clark. From The New Adventures of Superman! I used to watch that on Nick at Nite." "Not Lois and Clark," Quint says. "Lewis and Clark!" "Right, sure. Them too," I say. "We're all four of them: Lewis, Lois, Clark, and Clark. OK—June, you be Lewis. Dirk, you be Lois! And then—hmm—Quint, who do you want to be?" "Are you asking if I want to be Clark or if I would rather be Clark?" "Yeah, if I wanna do, like, a nickname thing —which Clark should I call you?" Dirk groans. "It's too early for groaning," June says, looking at the map. "We still have a hundred and twenty-seven miles until Apocalyptic Road Trip Attraction Number One. The Wor—" "World's Largest Collection of the World's Smallest Stuff!" Dirk cuts her off eagerly.

“我们就像启示录里的刘易斯和克拉克！”五度音说。 “完全!”我说。“我们百分之百是露易丝和克拉克。 来自超人的新冒险！我以前在《Nick at night》里看过这个节目。” “不是露易丝和克拉克，”昆特说。 “刘易斯和克拉克！”“对,肯定。 “他们也是。”我说。“我们都是他们四个人：路易斯、露易丝、克拉克和克拉克。 好吧，june，你是Lewis。德克，你是露易丝！然后，昆特，你想成为谁？”“你是在问我是想成为克拉克，还是宁愿成为克拉克？”“是的，如果我想给你起个昵称——我该叫你哪个克拉克？”德克呻吟。 “现在呻吟还太早了，”琼看着地图说。 “距离世界末日公路之旅一号景点还有127英里。 世界——”“世界上最大的收藏世界上最小的东西！”德克急切地打断了她的话。

"Featuring Some Bonus Actual Large Stuff! You don't have to tell me what it is—I know." "One hundred and twenty-seven miles..." Quint says. "I estimate that will take us less than three hours!"— Seventeen hours later, we're pulling into the parking lot. Dirk is like a dog that hears the word "walk"—he's practically scratching at the door. "I am so ready to see a ridiculously large collection of tiny stuff plus some actual large stuff!"

“有一些额外的大东西！”你不用告诉我是什么——我知道。” “一百二十七英里……” 五度音说。“我估计那只需要不到三个小时！”- 17个小时后，我们开进了停车场。 德克就像一条听到“走”这个词的狗——他几乎在抓门。 “我已经准备好看到一大堆小玩意和一些真正的大东西了！”

Youknow,everyone is into the world's largest, this and the world's largest that. But you never hear that much about really, really small stuff. That's what this place has. Wait, so this place has what? Like thimbles And pennies? No, dude, that would just be silly. This is stuff that's usually big,but they've got tiny versions of it, much less chill. "Wait, and the large stuff—is that stuff that's normally large?" I ask. "Nope!" Dirk says. "That's stuff that's normally tiny. Get it?!? It's kitschy!" "It's what? Who are you right now, Dirk?" I ask. Quint and June are hurrying inside. "GUYS! WHAT VERSION OF DIRK IS THIS?!" "This is Road Trip Dirk," he says. "Get used to it, pal."—

你知道，每个人都喜欢世界上最大的这个和世界上最大的那个。 但你从来没有听说过那么多关于非常非常小的事情。 这就是这个地方的特色。 等等，这地方有什么？ 比如顶针和便士？ 不，伙计，那样太蠢了。 这东西通常很大，但他们有很小的版本，不那么冷。 “等等，大的东西——通常是大的东西吗？”我问。 “不!”德克说。“这是通常很小的东西。 明白了吗? ! ?这是庸俗!”“这是什么? 你现在是谁，德克？”我问。 昆特和琼匆忙地走了进去。 “男人!这是德克的什么版本？！”“这是Road Trip Dirk，”他说。 “习惯吧，伙计。

A few minutes later we're standing in a round room that's jammed full of really tiny stuff. It's dusty and smells like mothballs and the walls are a pale cream color. Dirk is quiet. After a moment he takes a seat on a bench the size of a tissue box. I glance nervously at June and Quint. They shrug. We're all worried that Dirk is epically bummed by our first stop on his dad's road trip itinerary. He looks down at the ground and sighs deeply. "It's just... it's just... just... that..." Then he leaps to his feet, smiling so wide it looks like his cheeks might pop. "It's just that... it's so... little! I FREAKIN' LOVE IT!"

几分钟后，我们站在一个圆形的房间里，里面塞满了非常小的东西。 满是灰尘，闻起来像樟脑丸，墙壁是淡奶油色。 德克很安静。过了一会儿，他在一张纸巾盒大小的长凳上坐下。 我紧张地看了琼和昆特一眼。 他们耸耸肩。我们都担心德克会因为我们是他爸爸公路旅行的第一站而极度沮丧。 他低头看着地面，深深地叹了口气。 “这只是…它只是… 只是…,……”然后他跳了起来，笑得那么开心，看起来他的脸颊都要裂开了。 “只是……它是如此…… 小!我爱死它了！”

I mean, I guess I can kindof see why you love it. There's a lot of small stuff. Well, duh. But really, I mostly love that it's happening. This first stop makes it official. I'm doing the trip my dad planned for years, but not just me, us. We're doing it together. Ah, Dirk feelings. Oh, look, Tiny polygraph machine. Dirk and June and Quint head off to explore the rest of the museum. But not me—I'm more of an "end of the museum" kinda guy. 'Cause at the end of every museum is perhaps the greatest concept ever birthed by the human brain: THE GIFT SHOP. Ahh yes, the gift shop. One time, my class went on a field trip to the planetarium, and I picked up a nifty little stress

我想我能理解你为什么喜欢它。 有很多小事。 嗯,咄。但说真的，我最喜欢的是它的发生。 第一站就正式开始了。 我要去我爸爸计划多年的旅行，但不只是我，还有我们。 我们一起做。啊，德克的感情。 看，小测谎仪。 德克、琼和昆特出发去探索博物馆的其余部分。 但我不是，我是那种“博物馆末日”的人。 因为在每个博物馆的最后，也许是人类大脑产生的最伟大的概念：礼品店。 啊，是的，礼品店。有一次，我们班去天文馆实地考察，我受到了一点小小的压力