经典科幻文学:《银河系漫游指南》第6章 Part 8

"What was that noise?" hissed Ford.
"It was me shouting," shouted Arthur.
"No! Shut up!" said Ford. I think we're in trouble."
"You think we're in trouble!"
Outside the door were the sounds of marching feet.
"The Dentrassi?" whispered Arthur.
"No, those are steel tipped boots," said Ford.
There was a sharp ringing rap on the door.
"Then who is it?" said Arthur.
"Well," said Ford, "if we're lucky it's just the Vogons come to throw us in to space."
"And if we're unlucky?"
"If we're unlucky," said Ford grimly, "the captain might be serious in his threat that he's going to read us some of his poetry first ..."

“哪来的噪音？”福特嘘了一声。
“是我在叫。”阿瑟继续叫道。
“不是！闭嘴！”福特说，“我想我们有麻烦了。”
“你想我们有麻烦了！”
门外传来清晰的脚步声。
“是丹特拉斯人吗？”阿瑟小声问。
“不是，是钉了铁掌的靴子。”福特说。
门被猛敲了一下。
“是谁呢？”阿瑟问。
“噢，”福特说，“如果我们运气好的话，这只是沃贡人来把我们抓了扔到太空里去。”
“那要是运气不好呢？”
“要是运气不好，”福特冷酷地说，“舰长会兑现他的威胁，先读几句他的诗给我们听……”