14 Homework Pays Off

Chapter Fourteen Homework Pays Off Elias twisted and turned all the knobs and dials on the scope. He was better at it than Voltronix. He didn't accidentally make any volcanoes appear, but nothing he did reversed the damage the scope had done. "Come on, Elias," said Paige. "Hurry." "There's something wrong with this thing," said Elias. "Ya think?" said Paige. "No, I mean, it's supposed to just be a viewing device," said Elias. "You're only supposed to be able to see through it." "That's great," said Paige. "By the way, a rock giant just caught Finn." "There must be something else in the scope for it to be able to change a planet like this," said Elias.

伊莱亚斯把瞄准镜上所有的旋钮和刻度盘都拧了又拧。 他比沃特罗尼克斯更擅长这个。 他并没有意外地让火山出现，但他所做的一切都无法逆转瞄准镜造成的破坏。 “来吧，伊莱亚斯。”佩吉说。 “快点。”“这东西有问题，”伊莱亚斯说。 “你觉得呢？”佩吉说。“不，我的意思是，它应该只是一个观看设备，”伊莱亚斯说。 “你只应该能够看穿它。” “太好了，”佩吉说。 “顺便说一下，芬恩刚刚被一个巨石巨人抓住了。” 伊莱亚斯说：“一定有别的东西在它的范围内，使它能够改变这样一个星球。”

"And now he has Abigail," said Paige. "Oh, and Foggy." "Some kind of power source inside of it," said Elias. "And now he's juggling with them," said Paige. "Elias? Can we move this along?" "I don't know," said Elias. "Maybe, if I had like an hour to figure it out." "The giant is now spinning Finn like a basketball on his finger," said Paige. "So, you probably have a little less time." Elias wanted to be the hero. He wanted to be the one who saved the day. But this was just like when they were playing laser tag. Maybe he wasn't built for exploring. Maybe he should be back in a lab on the Marlowe taking things apart.

“现在他有阿比盖尔了，”佩吉说。 “哦，还有福吉。”“里面有某种能量来源，”伊莱亚斯说。 “现在他在和他们玩杂耍。”佩吉说。 “伊莱亚斯?我们能继续吗？”“我不知道，”以利亚说。 “也许吧，如果我有一个小时的时间来想清楚的话。” 佩吉说：“这个巨人现在把芬恩像他手指上的篮球一样旋转着。” “所以，你的时间可能会少一点。” 伊莱亚斯想成为英雄。 他想成为拯救世界的人。 但这就像他们玩激光枪战一样。 也许他不是为探索而生的。 也许他应该回到马洛号的实验室把东西拆开。

More rock giants crawled out of the volcanoes. They started to circle Paige, Elias, and Voltronix. "HI, I'M VOLTRONIX ZU. I'M AWESOME. THANKS FOR ASKING," said Voltronix. The giants bellowed back.

更多的岩石巨人从火山中爬了出来。 他们开始围着佩吉、伊莱亚斯和伏特罗尼克斯。 “嗨，我是沃特罗尼克斯·祖。我太棒了。 “谢谢你的关心。”沃特罗尼克斯说。 巨人们吼了回去。

"Elias!" yelled Paige. He looked over at her with all the bubble aliens inside her helmet. He wished he could be as brave as she was. She'd risked her life to save the Fuffles. But he was much more comfortable with his notebook than with battling aliens. Everything was going to go up in flames, and it was his fault. "Wait, that's it," said Elias. "Flames! Remember when I said the rock giants were an invasive species? Well, how do you get rid of an invasive species of plant? A controlled burn. You have to burn away the plant." "Okay," said Paige. "But you can't burn rock." "No, I guess not," said Elias. "And they're not evil, so we don't want to hurt them. But! Aha. Maybe we could use the flames a different way." Elias twisted knobs and dials on the scope. And then, with one final flourish, he flipped a switch on the contraption and the whole thing lit up. It looked like it was on fire, but Elias could still hold it. It wasn't hot. Bright green, red, white, and purple lights shone out of it. The rock giants were transfixed. They couldn't take their eyes off of it. The giants on the ground put down the

“伊莱亚斯！”他看了看她，头盔里全是外星人的泡泡。 他希望自己能像她一样勇敢。 她冒着生命危险救了福尔福斯。 但比起与外星人作战，他更喜欢自己的笔记本。 一切都将付之一炬，而这都是他的错。 “等等，就是这样，”伊莱亚斯说。 “火焰!还记得我说过岩石巨人是一种入侵物种吗？ 那么，如何消灭一种入侵植物呢？ 有控制的燃烧。你必须把植物烧掉。” “好吧，”佩吉说。“但是你不能烧石头。” “不，我想没有，”伊莱亚斯说。 “它们并不邪恶，所以我们不想伤害它们。 但是!啊哈。也许我们可以用另一种方式使用火焰。” 伊莱亚斯拧了拧瞄准镜上的旋钮和刻度盘。 然后，他用最后一招，拨动了装置上的开关，整个装置亮了起来。 它看起来像着火了，但以利亚还能抓住它。 天气不热。明亮的绿色、红色、白色和紫色的光从里面射出。 岩石巨人们都惊呆了。 他们目不转睛地盯着它。 巨人在地上放下了

explorers and began climbing the volcano. They were attracted to the brilliant light of the scope. "Great work, Elias! They're like giant, scary, strong rocky moths!" said Paige. "Except now they're all coming at us." "VOLTRONIX ZU UNDERSTANDS!" said the robot. "Yes, you do," said Elias. "You get it, you big bucket of bolts, don't you?" "OF COURSE," said Voltronix. "YOU BROKE THE SCOPE, ELIAS! I WILL NOW THROW IT AWAY." The robot picked up the scope and flew it into the sky. The giants all watched him as he spun, turned, and flew into the mouth of the volcano. Suddenly, the light from the scope came pouring out of all the holes in the ground. Red, green, blue, and purple light shot out of the mouths of the volcanoes. The giants were mesmerized, and they all began following the light, climbing back down into the underground.

探险者们开始攀登这座火山。 他们被望远镜的耀眼光芒所吸引。 “干得好，以利亚！”它们就像巨大的、可怕的、强壮的岩蛾！”佩吉说。 “只不过现在他们都朝我们扑过来了。” “VOLTRONIX ZU明白了！”机器人说。 “是的，你知道，”以利亚说。 “你懂的，你这个大笨蛋，是不是？”“当然。”沃尔特罗尼克斯说。 “你把瞄准镜弄坏了，以利亚！”我现在要把它扔掉。” 机器人拿起瞄准镜飞向天空。 巨人们都看着他旋转，转身，飞进火山口。 突然，瞄准镜里的光从地上所有的洞里涌了出来。 红色、绿色、蓝色和紫色的光从火山口射出。 巨人们被迷住了，他们都开始跟着光，爬回地下。