2 Isolation Vacation

Chapter Two Isolation Vacation No one likes getting a cold. No matter where someone is in the universe, the symptoms are the same: runny nose, watery eyes, cough, sore throat, the redness on that little part of the face where the nostrils meet the upper lip (that's the worst). But on a space station, a common cold can be a disaster. Every breath you take on a space station, someone else has already taken it. You're just borrowing that bit of air until you puff it out of your lungs for someone else to inhale and use for a second. And with all that air swapping comes germ swapping. Of course, the Marlowe has excellent air filtration systems, but a cold virus is the trickiest life-form in the known universe. The cold is basically a biological ninja, sneaking in and side

没有人喜欢感冒。 无论一个人在宇宙的哪个地方，症状都是一样的：流鼻涕、流泪、咳嗽、喉咙痛、鼻孔和上唇交汇的那一小部分脸发红（这是最糟糕的）。 但在空间站上，普通感冒可能是一场灾难。 你在空间站上呼吸的每一口气，都已经被别人呼吸过了。 你只是在借用那一点空气，直到你把它从肺里吹出来，让别人吸入并使用一秒钟。 伴随着空气交换而来的是细菌交换。 当然，马洛有很好的空气过滤系统，但感冒病毒是已知宇宙中最棘手的生命形式。 寒冷基本上是一个生物忍者，潜入和左右

kicking your sinuses no matter what defenses you've put up. So it's a policy on the Marlowe that if any astronaut gets sick, their whole family must be quarantined immediately. Quarantine is like being grounded. You have to stay in your room, no one can come visit you, and the only people you can talk to are the ones in your family. It's punishment by boredom, even though you didn't do anything wrong. If you're a little sick, you may only have to be quarantined for a couple days. If your cough never stops, you'll be quarantined for a week or two. If you are, as Vale said, a "snot monster," you could be in your tiny compartment with just your family for as long as a month, until everyone is cleared. "Thith will be fun," said Finn's mom, Isabel Caspian, the Marlowe captain. Her cold had so filled her sinuses with snot that she sounded like her head was inside a pumpkin. "Don't be tho thad, Finn. It will path by before you know it. Who wanth to play Monopoly?" And so the Caspian family—mother Isabel, father Leon, son Finn, and daughter Paige—began playing their first of many games of Monopoly.

踢你的鼻窦不管你有什么防御措施。 所以马洛号上有规定，如果宇航员生病了，他们全家都必须立即隔离。 隔离就像被禁足 你必须呆在你的房间里，没有人可以来看你，你唯一可以交谈的人就是你的家人。 这是无聊的惩罚，即使你没有做错任何事。 如果你有点不舒服，你可能只需要被隔离几天。 如果你一直咳嗽，你将被隔离一两个星期。 如果你像瓦尔说的那样是“鼻涕怪物”，你可能会和家人一起在你的小隔间里待上一个月，直到所有人都被清理干净。 “这会很有趣的。”芬恩的妈妈、马洛船长伊莎贝尔·凯斯宾说。 她的鼻窦里充满了鼻涕，听起来就像她的头在南瓜里一样。 “芬恩，别那样。不知不觉它就会过去。 谁想玩大富翁？”于是，凯斯宾一家——母亲伊莎贝尔、父亲莱昂、儿子芬恩和女儿佩姬——开始了他们的第一次大富翁游戏。

"It's not fair that I have to be here even though I'm not sick," said Finn. "Yeah," said Paige. "You guys are all gross and sick and I'm fine. Also, it's not fair that you make me be the thimble in Monopoly. Who wants to be a thimble? What even is a thimble?" But of course, by the next day, both Finn and Paige were full-fledged snot monsters. A few times a day, every day, Captain Caspian would sit at a computer in their family's living room, going over reports on the Marlowe's travels and sending advice and commands to the rest of the ship. The space station outside the Caspian compartment continued to make its way across galaxies, even though the four snot monsters couldn't see it. Foggy, Finn's robot, got to come and go as he pleased. The entire family would have to huddle in Finn's parents' bedroom, door closed, so Foggy could open and shut the front door without letting out contaminants. Sometime in the third week, it got a little old. "Hello, Caspian family!" Foggy yelled from the hallway. "Please exit the living room so I may come in."

芬恩说：“我没生病，还得待在这里，这太不公平了。” “是啊，”佩吉说。“你们这些家伙又恶心又恶心，我还好。 还有，你让我做大富翁里的顶针也不公平。 谁想当顶针？ 顶针到底是什么？”当然，到了第二天，芬恩和佩吉都变成了成熟的鼻涕怪物。 凯斯宾船长每天都要坐在家里客厅的电脑前几次，查看马洛号的航行报告，并向船上其他人发出建议和命令。 里海舱外的空间站继续穿越星系，尽管四个鼻涕怪看不见它。 福吉，芬恩的机器人，可以随心所欲地来去自如。 全家人必须挤在芬恩父母的卧室里，关着门，这样福吉才能在不让污染物散发出去的情况下打开和关上前门。 第三周的时候，它有点老了。 “你好，凯斯宾一家！”福吉在走廊里喊道。 “请离开客厅，让我进去。”

"Ugh," said Paige, putting down a crayon. "Let's drop everything. Finn's sidekick wants to come in... again." The family got up, retreated to the parents' bedroom, and shut the door—as they did every time Foggy came to visit. "Tell Foggy he can come in, Finn," said Captain Caspian. "All clear," mumbled Finn. "You have to yell it, Finn," said Captain Caspian. "He's not going to hear you." Truthfully, Finn didn't want to yell it. Foggy was always so upbeat. Sometimes when he was sick, Finn just wanted to feel miserable.

“啊，”佩吉说着，放下一支蜡笔。 “让我们放下一切。芬恩的伙伴想进来… 了。”全家人站起身来，回到父母的卧室，关上门——每次福吉来访时，他们都是这样做的。 “芬恩，告诉福吉他可以进来。”凯斯宾船长说。 “安全了。”芬恩咕哝道。 “你得喊出来，芬恩。”凯斯宾船长说。 “他不会听到你的。” 说实话，芬恩不想喊出来。 福吉总是那么乐观。 有时候，当芬恩生病的时候，他只是想要感觉痛苦。

"All clear!" Finn shouted. They heard the front door open and close, and they all filed out into the living room. "Hello, Caspian family!" said Foggy. "You already said that," said Finn. "I am so pleased to see you!" shouted Foggy. "Even though I am not pleased to see you looking so terrible. I wish I could help you all. I'm sad you're all feeling so bad. If there's anything I can do, please tell me." "I still can't believe you choose to come in here with us," said Paige. "There's no way I'd volunteer to hang out with Finn every day." Finn considered which Monopoly piece to throw at his sister. "But he is my boon companion!" Foggy exclaimed. "My true pal. My friend-to-the-end! There is no way I would ever abandon him here to his snot monstrosity!" "Foggy, please," said Finn. "A little less loud." "I am sorry," said Foggy. "Robots, as you know, cannot get sick." "Yes, you've said that," said Finn. "So, I do not know what it feels like to be sick," said Foggy.

“清楚!”芬恩喊道。 他们听到前门打开又关上的声音，大家鱼贯进入客厅。 “你好，凯斯宾一家！”福吉说。 “你已经说过了，”芬恩说。 “见到你我太高兴了！”福吉喊道。 “虽然我不高兴看到你看起来这么可怕。 我希望我能帮到你们。 我很难过你们都感觉很糟糕。 如果有什么我能做的，请告诉我。” “我还是不敢相信你选择和我们一起进来，”佩吉说。 “我不可能自愿每天和芬恩一起出去玩。” 芬恩在考虑向妹妹扔哪个大富翁棋子。 “可他是我的好伙伴啊！”多雾的喊道。 “我真正的朋友，我永远的朋友！”我绝对不会把他丢在这儿，让他呆在这个鼻涕怪物那里！”芬恩说：“福吉，谢谢。” “声音小一点。”“对不起，”福吉说。 “你知道，机器人是不会生病的。” “是的，你说过，”芬恩说。 “所以，我不知道生病是什么感觉，”福吉说。