2 The News

2. THE NEWS "Good morning, this is Dull TV. Reports are coming in that the Dull-on-Sea Museum has been ransacked by pirates."

2. “早上好，这里是无聊电视。 有报道说，海滨钝谷博物馆被海盗洗劫了。”

"Police say that the museum's camera failed to catch sight of the intruders, and no fingerprints or other evidence has been found. At this stage they only have the mumbled account of crossword champion and museum security guard Arthur Poppycock to go on. "We now go live to the news conference at Dull-on-Sea police station, where Chief Inspector Klewless will be sharing the latest developments."

警方表示，博物馆的摄像头没有拍到入侵者，也没有发现指纹或其他证据。 在这个阶段，他们只能咕哝着说填字游戏冠军和博物馆保安亚瑟·胡言乱语。 “我们现在直播在杜伦海警察局举行的新闻发布会，总督察克鲁维斯将与大家分享最新进展。”

WE'RE BAFFLED.

我们困惑。

"And now to our roving reporter in Dull-on-Sea." I was just walking home when I saw 'em. Hundreds of 'em, there were. Waving their cutlasses and singing and cursing and all excited. Carrying a load of treasure, they were. My wife didn't believe me. Said I was making things up, she did. Told me to sleep in the spare room and not to mess up the clean laundry, 'cause it was all neatly folded.

“现在有请我们在海边钝岭的流动记者。” 我在回家的路上看到了他们。 有好几百个。 挥舞着弯刀，唱着歌，咒骂着，非常兴奋。 他们带着一大堆财宝。 我妻子不相信我。 她说我在瞎编，她说了。 让我睡在空房间，别把干净的衣服弄脏了，因为它们都叠得整整齐齐。

I'd been ironing all day. And now I'll have to wash the sheets. They smell like stale beer and fries, and we've got guests coming Tuesday. Pirates, he said. Have you ever heard anything like it? Pirates in this day and age? "So, that's eyewitness Mervyn Wobley and his wife, Sheila, residents of Sea View Terrace. Now back to the studio."

我熨了一整天衣服。现在我得洗床单了。 闻起来像不新鲜的啤酒和薯条，而且周二有客人要来。 海盗，他说。你听过这样的歌吗？ 在这个时代有海盗吗？ 这就是目击者默文·沃利和他的妻子希拉，海景露台的居民。 现在回演播室吧。”

Matilda munched on her Pirate Pops and listened to the radio intently. "The robbery at the Dull-on-Sea Museum comes one month after the archaeological dig at Parrot Point was mysteriously ransacked in the night. Many of the treasures from the Parrot Point shipwreck had already been taken to the Dull-on-Sea Museum for safekeeping, but these were stolen in last night's raid. Police are yet to confirm that the two crimes are linked."

玛蒂尔达嚼着她的海盗棒棒糖，专心地听着收音机。 一个月前，鹦鹉角的考古挖掘工作在夜间被神秘地洗劫一空。 鹦鹉角沉船上的许多珍宝已经被送到钝海博物馆保管，但在昨晚的袭击中被盗。 警方尚未确认这两起案件是否有关联。”