经典科幻文学:《银河系漫游指南》第14章 Part4

"I'll give you a clue. Computer!"
"Hi gang!" enthused the computer. "This is getting real sociable isn't it?"
"Shut up," said Zaphod, "and show up the screens."
Light on the bridge sank. Pinpoints of light played across the consoles and reflected in four pairs of eyes that stared up at the external monitor screens.
There was absolutely nothing on them.
"Recognize that?" whispered Zaphod.
Ford frowned.
"Er, no," he said.
"What do you see?"
"Nothing."
"Recognize it?"
"What are you talking about?"
"We're in the Horsehead Nebula. One whole vast dark cloud."
"And I was meant to recognize that from a blank screen?"
"Inside a dark nebula is the only place in the Galaxy you'd see a dark screen."

“让我给你点儿提示。电脑！”
“嗨，各位！”电脑热情地说，“看来大伙儿都挺喜欢热闹的，对吗？”
“闭嘴。”赞福德说，“在屏幕上演示一下。”
室内的灯光暗下来。几盏小灯在控制台上闪烁，映出三双正盯着监视器屏幕的眼睛。
上面没有任何东西。
“认出来了吗？”赞福德耳语道。
福特皱起眉头。
“嗯，没有。”他说。
“你看见了什么？”
“什么都没有。”
“认出了吗？”
“你究竟在说些什么啊？”
“我们现在是在马头星云内。一整片广阔的暗黑星云。”
“难道你指望我从黑漆漆的屏幕上认出这个来吗？”
“一片暗黑星云内部，这是整个银河系中惟——处会让我们的屏幕漆黑一片的地方。”