经典科幻文学:《银河系漫游指南》第17章8

"And the sweet silver songs of the lark ... Revised impact time fifteen seconds fellas ... Walk on through the wind ..."
The missiles banked round in a screeching arc and plunged back into pursuit. + "This is it," said Arthur watching them. "We are now quite definitely going to die aren't we?"
"I wish you'd stop saying that," shouted Ford.
"Well we are aren't we?"
"Yes."
"Walk on through the rain ..." sang Eddie.
A thought struck Arthur. He struggled to his feet.
"Why doesn't anyone turn on this Improbability Drive thing?" he said. "We could probably reach that."
"What are you crazy?" said Zaphod. "Without proper programming anything could happen."
"Does that matter at this stage?" shouted Arthur.
"Though your dreams be tossed and blown ..." sand Eddie.
Arthur scrambled up on to one end of the excitingly chunky pieces of moulded contouring where the curve of the wall met the ceiling.
"Walk on, walk on, with hope in your heart ..."
"Does anyone know why Arthur can't turn on the Improbability Drive?" shouted Trillian.

“……距离撞击还有15秒，伙计们……在风中飘荡……”
导弹在前方猛地划了一道弧线，掉转头来，重新对准目标。“就这样了。”阿瑟盯着它们说，“我们这次死定了，是吗？”
“我希望你现在别说这个。”福特冲他喊了一句。
“可是，事实如此啊，不是吗？”
“是的。”
“穿过雨滴……”艾迪还在唱着。
突然间，一个念头击中了阿瑟。他跳了起来。
“为什么没有人去打开非概率驱动设备？”他说，“我们应该可以够得到那玩意儿。”
“你想干什么，疯了吗？”赞福德说，“如果不按正确程序操作，任何情况都有可能发生。”
“到这个时候，这些还重要吗？”阿瑟吼道。
“穿过你的梦……”艾迪唱道。
阿瑟爬到墙和天花板交界的弧线处。
“前进，前进，心中充满希望……”
“有谁知道为什么阿瑟打不开非概率驱动吗？”崔莉恩大声问。