經典科幻文學:《 基本上無害 Mostly Harmless》 第9章9
The man at last glanced round at him. He seemed surprised to see him. Arthur couldn’t tell if he was surprised and pleased to see him or just surprised.
那人終於四下瞟了幾眼，看見阿瑟時似乎有些吃驚。不過那究竟是驚喜還是僅僅吃驚而已，阿瑟倒也說不清。
‘Are you open?’ called Arthur.
“營業嗎你？”阿瑟喊道。
The man frowned in incomprehension. Arthur couldn’t tell if he couldn’t understand or couldn’t hear.
那人一臉迷惑地皺起眉頭。阿瑟完全看不出他是沒聽懂還是沒聽見。
‘I’ll pop over,’ called Arthur. ‘Don’t go away.’
“我這就過去。”阿瑟說，“別走開！”
He clambered off the small platform and climbed quickly down the spiralling pegs, arriving at the bottom quite dizzy.
他從小平臺上下來，踩着螺旋形的踏板爬的飛快，落地的時候很有些暈頭轉向。
He started to make his way over to the pole on which the old man was sitting, and then suddenly realised that he had disoriented himself on the way down and didn’t know for certain which one it was.
他開始往坐着老頭的杆子走，然後突然意識到自己下來時已經攪亂了方向感，現在根本沒法確定要找的究竟是哪一根。
He looked around for landmarks and worked out which was the right one.
他四下看看，尋找可以幫助自己定位的東西，最後找到了那根杆子。
He climbed it. It wasn’t.
他爬上去。錯了。
