3 The Airlock

3 The Airlock Once all of the water in the room on the screen had drained away, Dad started turning the wheel to open the door. Again, this brought with it a soft hissing sound. They walked into an even smaller metal room with a round hatch at the opposite end— it was the same one they'd seen on the screen and the floor was still wet. Once they were all crammed inside, 67 shut the door they'd just come through and pressed a button on the wall. More hissing. "Ah, it's an airlock," said Rockwell. Astronauts use them. I think it has something to do with getting them used to being out in proper space after they've been sitting in a nice comfy spaceship for ages." "That is incorrect," said 67. "Everybody, please disregard

3 气闸舱 等屏幕上房间里的水全部排干后，爸爸转动轮盘打开了舱门。 开门的时候再次传来轻轻的嘶嘶声。 他们走进一间更小的金属房间，房间另一头有个圆形舱门——就是刚才在屏幕上看到的那间，地板还湿着。 所有人都挤进来后，67关上了他们刚进来的门，按下了墙上的按钮。 又是一阵嘶嘶声。 “哦，原来这是气闸舱，”罗克韦尔说。 宇航员都会用这种舱。 我猜它是用来让宇航员在舒服的飞船里待久了之后，慢慢适应真正的太空环境的。 “不对，”67说。 “各位，请不要理会

what the Tall Human just said. He is displaying an extraordinary lack of knowledge." "Whoa!" said an astonished Rockwell. "That's a bit harsh isn't it? OK, if it's not an airlock what is it then, Einstein?" Actually, my name is 67. I am a second-generation RAZER designed by Josephine Engelberger of Chroma. Albert Einstein was a theoretical physicist best known for his work in the

刚才那个高个子人类说的话。 他简直太无知了。 “哇哦！”惊讶的罗克韦尔说道。 “这话是不是有点太狠了？ 行吧，要是它不是气闸舱那它是什么呀，爱因斯坦？” 实际上，我叫67。 我是克罗马星的约瑟芬·恩格尔伯格设计的第二代RAZER机器人。 阿尔伯特·爱因斯坦是一名理论物理学家，最为人熟知的就是他在

field of quantum physics and, in particular, for developing the theory of relativity and the mass-energy equivalence formula E- me. It should be clear to anybody with fully functioning cognitive facility that we are not one and the same being." The robot turned to face Dad. "Gary Jones, I suspect that the Tall Human is considerably less intelligent than he thinks he is."

量子物理学领域的研究，尤其是他提出了相对论和质能等效公式E=mc²。 任何认知功能健全的人都分得清，我们根本不是同一个人。” 机器人转过身面向爸爸。 “加里·琼斯，我怀疑这个高个子人类远没有他自己以为的那么聪明。”

"Is he being serious?" asked a flabbergasted Rockwell, looking at Peanut for back-up. She shrugged her shoulders. I am not a "he"," said 67, facing Rockwell again. RAZERs are not given a pre-assigned gender. My pronouns are they/ them. "Oh," said Rockwell. "Well, I'm sorry. I didn't mean to—" Apology not accepted," interrupted 67. Rockwell's jaw dropped. Anyway, we are not currently in space, as should be obvious to anyone with a modicum of common sense. We are, in fact, far below the water table and about to enter a sub-aqua environment. As such, certain precautions must be taken regarding air pressure. It needs to be equalised via a decompression sequence. That is to say, it must be adjusted until the pressure in the current chamber matches the pressure in the destination chamber. I will concede that it bears certain similarities to astronautical airlock systems, but on the most fundamental level it is quite different. It really is very simple to understand, even for a being with a limited capacity for assimilating information like Tall Human, here." "Yeah, Tall Human," said a giggling Little-Bit. "Maybe next time you'll think before you speak."

“他是认真的吗？”罗克韦尔瞠目结舌，看向皮纳特寻求支持。 她耸了耸肩。 “我不是‘他’，”67转回身对着罗克韦尔说。 RAZER机器人不会预先设定性别。 我的人称代词用它们。 “哦，”罗克韦尔说。 “好吧，对不起。 我不是故意——”“我不接受道歉，”67打断了他。 罗克韦尔惊得下巴都掉了。 不管怎么说，我们现在不在太空，只要有一点常识都能看出来。 事实上我们现在远在地下水位以下，马上就要进入水下环境了。 因此必须采取特殊措施调整气压。 需要通过减压流程让气压达到平衡。 也就是说，要把当前舱室的气压调整到和目标舱室的气压一致。 我承认它和宇航员的气闸舱系统确实有些相似，但本质上完全不同。 这真的很好懂，哪怕是像这位高个子人类这样接收信息能力有限的人也能明白。” “就是说啊，高个子人类，”小不点咯咯笑着说。 “下次说话前先动动脑子吧。”