4 A New Scope

Chapter Four A New Scope Over the next few days, Elias's friends tried to cheer him up. They were getting ready to go on a mission to another planet. They were pretty sure this one wouldn't explode. Maybe. But Elias kept thinking about the robot that had caught fire in his bedroom. At breakfast in the Marlowe's great hall, he doodled more versions of it. "Forget about the gerbilbot," said Finn. "Think of it as a controlled burn. You know, like we learned in science class? Like when you're trying to get rid of weeds. Sometimes you burn them on purpose so they can't come back." "Yeah, but the robot wasn't a weed," said Elias. "And the burn was out of control!" "No," said Vale. "The bad ideas are the weeds. And the fire on your carpet is, um, I don't know.

在接下来的几天里，以利亚的朋友们试图让他振作起来。 他们正准备去另一个星球执行任务。 他们很确定这个不会爆炸。 也许吧。但伊莱亚斯一直在想那个在他卧室里着火的机器人。 在马洛家的大厅里吃早饭时，他又画了几个版本。 “忘了沙鼠吧，”芬恩说。 “把它想象成一种可控的燃烧。 就像我们在科学课上学到的那样？ 就像你想除掉杂草一样。 有时你会故意烧掉它们，这样它们就不会再回来了。” “是的，但机器人不是杂草，”伊莱亚斯说。 “而且火势已经失控了！”“不，”维尔说。 “坏主意就是杂草。 你地毯上的火是，我不知道。

That was just a fire, I guess." "No more fires!" said Finn's mother, the captain of the Marlowe, as she strode into the great hall. She had come to tell them about their next mission. "There won't be any surprises this time," she said. "I promise." She told the explorers they were traveling to a planet with no threats. In fact, there were no aliens at all. There were plenty of plants and what looked like running rivers. But the Marlowe's scientists had scanned the entire surface and not seen a single animal. Captain Caspian left to get her own breakfast. "It sounds kind of boring," said Elias after she'd left. He stirred his cereal with rehydrated milk but didn't actually eat. "What's the point of going to a planet that doesn't have life?" "Because," said Abigail, "it looks a lot like Earth. The adults think it has everything humans need to live: oxygen, water, plant life. It could be perfect." "I'm with Abigail," said Finn. "This could be the type of planet we've been looking for. Besides, it has two suns. That's kind of cool."

我想那只是一场火。” “别再生火了！”芬恩的母亲，马洛号的船长，一边大步走进大厅，一边说。 她是来告诉他们下一个任务的。 “这次不会有任何意外，”她说。 “我保证。”她告诉探险家们，他们正在前往一个没有威胁的星球。 事实上，根本就没有外星人。 那里有很多植物和看起来像流水的河流。 但马洛的科学家们扫描了整个表面，没有看到一只动物。 凯斯宾船长自己去吃早餐了。 “听起来有点无聊，”她走后伊莱亚斯说。 他把麦片和水合牛奶搅拌在一起，但实际上并没有吃。 “去一个没有生命的星球有什么意义？”“因为，”阿比盖尔说，“它看起来很像地球。 成年人认为它拥有人类生存所需的一切：氧气、水、植物。 它可能是完美的。”“我和阿比盖尔在一起。”芬恩说。 “这可能就是我们一直在寻找的行星类型。 此外，它有两个太阳。这挺酷的。”

"Well, I'm with Elias," said Vale. "Unless he's planning to set more things on fire. Then I am definitely not with Elias." "I want to go with you!" said Finn's little sister, Paige. She popped her head out from under the table, where she'd been hiding the whole time. "It doesn't sound boring to me!" "Paige, you're too young," said Finn. "And too weird. Get out from under the table." Paige crawled out just as Voltronix Zu walked into the hall. "HELLO, YOUNG EXPLORERS. I AM AWESOME," said the robot. The kids all stared up at Voltronix. "Can we help you with something?" said Abigail. "YOU HELP ME? THAT IS HILARIOUS. BUT ALSO YES," said Voltronix. "CAPTAIN CASPIAN HAS GIVEN ME THIS DOOHICKEY AND TOLD ME TO USE IT. WHAT IS IT?" Voltronix held up a thin metal tube about the size of a large baseball bat. "It looks like an old-timey telescope," said Vale. "Or like a pirate's spyglass. You know, that

“嗯，我同意伊莱亚斯的看法，”瓦尔说。 “除非他打算再烧点东西。 那我肯定不是和以利亚一伙的。” “我想和你一起去！”芬恩的小妹妹佩吉说。 她从桌子底下探出头来，她一直躲在桌子底下。 “我不觉得无聊！”“佩吉，你太年轻了，”芬恩说。 “而且太奇怪了。从桌子底下出来。” 佩吉爬了出来，正好伏特罗尼克斯·祖走进大厅。 “你好，年轻的探险家们。我太棒了。”机器人说。 孩子们都抬头看着沃特罗尼克斯。 “我们能帮你什么忙吗？”阿比盖尔问。 “你能帮我吗？”太搞笑了。 但也可以。”沃尔特罗尼克斯说。 “凯斯宾船长给了我这个玩意儿，让我用它。 这是什么？”Voltronix举起一根大棒球棒大小的细金属管。 “它看起来像一架老式望远镜，”维尔说。 “或者像海盗的望远镜。 你知道的

thing they would hold up to their eyes to see ships sailing in the distance." "THAT'S NOT IT," said Voltronix. "SAY SOMETHING ELSE. BUT MAKE IT RIGHT THIS TIME." "Wow, you're rude," said Finn. "Elias, could you take a look at it? I bet you could figure it out." Finn hoped that Elias would get excited to test out a new technology. But Elias just sighed and took the tube from Voltronix. "It's an investigative scope," said Elias, handing it back to Voltronix. "Wow, Elias," said Finn. "How did you figure that out so fast?" "It says the name right on the side," said Elias. Voltronix started to say something, but Elias stopped him. "And before you ask, I don't know what that means." "It's our other new invention," said Finn's mom. She walked back to their table carrying a tray of food. "It lets you look through the surface of objects so you can see what's inside them. It's like if you took an X-ray and a telescope and mashed them together."

他们会举着眼睛看远处航行的船只。” “不是这样的。”沃尔特罗尼克斯说。 说点别的吧。但这次要做对。” “哇，你太粗鲁了，”芬恩说。 “伊莱亚斯，你能看看吗？” 我打赌你能弄明白。” 芬恩希望伊莱亚斯能对测试一项新技术感到兴奋。 但伊莱亚斯只是叹了口气，从沃特罗尼克手里拿过管子。 “这是一个调查范围。”伊莱亚斯说着，把它交还给了沃尔特罗尼克斯。 “哇，伊莱亚斯，”芬恩说。“你怎么这么快就发现了？”“它就在旁边写着名字，”伊莱亚斯说。 伏特罗尼克刚想说什么，但伊莱亚斯阻止了他。 “在你问之前，我不知道那是什么意思。” “这是我们的另一项新发明，”芬恩的妈妈说。 她端着一盘食物走回他们的桌子。 “它可以让你透过物体的表面看到它们的内部。 这就像你把x射线和望远镜混合在一起。”

"That's so cool," said Vale. He stood up and took the scope from Voltronix Zu. He raised it to his eye and pointed it at Finn's head. "Just as I suspected. Empty." "Get out of here," said Finn. He grabbed the scope and pointed it at the floor. "Whoa, cool! I can see the library below us. Through the floor!" "Can I see?" asked Paige, dancing around her brother. "Give me a second," said Finn. "One Mississippi," said Page. "My turn." Finn ignored his sister. "A thousand and one Mississippis, come on, Finn, let me see!" Paige climbed her brother, trying to get at the scope.

“太酷了，”瓦尔说。 他站起来，从伏尔特罗尼克斯·祖手中接过瞄准镜。 他把枪举到眼前，指着芬恩的头。 “正如我所料。空的。” “滚出去，”芬恩说。 他抓起瞄准镜，对准地板。 “哇,酷!我能看到我们下面的图书馆。 穿过地板！”“我能看看吗？”佩吉一边问，一边围着她哥哥跳舞。 “给我一点时间，”芬恩说。 “一个密西西比，”佩奇说。 “轮到我了。”芬恩不理睬他妹妹。 “一千零一秒，来吧，芬恩，让我看看！”佩吉爬到她哥哥身上，想去拿瞄准镜。