一本科幻书 经典科幻文学:《银河系漫游指南》第3章 Part 6

经典科幻文学:《银河系漫游指南》第3章 Part 6  

Unprehending terror settled on the watching people of Earth. The terror moved slowly through the gathered crowds as if they were iron fillings on a sheet of board and a mag was moving beneath them. Panic sprouted again
desperate fleeing panic
but there was nowhere to flee to.
Observing this
the Vogons turned on their PA again. It said:"There's no point in acting all surprised about it. All the planning charts and demolition orders have been on display in your local planning department on Alpha Centauri for fifty of your Earth years
so you've had plenty of time to lodge any formal plaint and it's far too late to start making a fuss about it now."
The PA fell silent again and its echo drifted off across the land. The huge ships turned slowly in the sky with easy power. On the underside of each a hatchway opened
an empty black space.
By this time somebody somewhere must have manned a radio transmitter
located a wavelength and broadcasted a message back to the Vogon ships
to plead on behalf of the pla. Nobody ever heard what they said
they only heard the reply. The PA slammed back into life again. The voice was annoyed. It said:
"What do you mean you've never been to Alpha Centauri? For heaven's sake mankind
it's only four light years away you know. I'm sorry
but if you can't be bothered to take an interest in local affairs that's your own lookout.
"Energize the demolition beams."
Light poured out into the hatchways.
"I don't know
" said the voice on the PA
"apathetic bloody pla
I've no sympathy at all." It cut off.
There was a terrible ghastly silence.
There was a terrible ghastly noise.
There was a terrible ghastly silence.
The Vogon Constructor fleet coasted away into the inky starry void.
光束从舱门中倾泻下来。
“我真搞不懂，”广播系统里一个声音说，“这个冷漠而血腥的星球，我可一点儿也不同情他们。”说罢就切断了。
一片令人恐怖的寂静。
一片令人恐怖的嘈杂。
一片令人恐怖的寂静。
沃贡建筑施工舰队消失在繁星点缀的漆黑空间中。