银河系漫游指南国语 经典科幻文学:《银河系漫游指南》第20章3

经典科幻文学:《银河系漫游指南》第20章3  

With little shudders of disgust they all followed Zaphod down the incline into the crater
trying very hard not to look at its unfortunate creator.
"Life
" said Marvin dolefully
"loathe it or ignore it
you can't like it."
The ground had caved in where the whale had hit it revealing a neork of galleries and passages
now largely obstructed by collapsed rubble and entrails. Zaphod had made a start clearing a way into one of them
but Marvin was able to do it rather faster. Dank air wafted out of its dark recesses
and as Zaphod shone a torch into it
little was visible in the dusty gloom.
"According to the legends
" he said
"the Magratheans lived most of their lives underground."
"Why's that?" said Arthur. "Did the surface bee too polluted or overpopulated?"
"No
I don't think so
" said Zaphod. "I think they just didn't like it very much."
"Are you sure you know what you're doing?" said Trillian peering nervously into the darkness. "We've been attacked once already you know."
"Look kid
I promise you the live population of this pla is nil plus the four of us
so e on
let's get on in there. Er
hey Earthman ..."
"Arthur
" said Arthur.
"Yeah could you just sort of keep this robot with you and guard this end of the passageway. OK?"
"Guard?" said Arthur. "What from? You just said there's no one here."
"Yeah
well
just for safety
OK?" said Zaphod.