經典科幻文學:《 基本上無害 Mostly Harmless》 第12章4

The armoured slug had hoisted the rocket launcher up on to its shoulder. The rocket was presumably designed to hit anything in its path that moved.

那條全副武裝的鼻涕蟲已經把導彈發射器扛上了肩。根據導彈的設計，它應該會打中自己遇上的任何一個移動的物體。

Ford tried not to sweat because he could feel his grip on the seams of his towel slipping.

福特努力不要冒汗，他能感到自己抓在毛巾接縫上的手正往下滑。

With the toe of his good foot he nudged and prised at the heel of the shoe on his hurting foot.

他動動沒受傷的那隻腳，用腳趾頭去扒傷腳的鞋跟。

‘Go up, damn you!’ Ford muttered hopelessly to Colin, who was cheerily straining away but unable to rise. Ford worked away at the heel of his shoe.

“往上走，見你的鬼！”福特無助地對科林嘟囔道。機器人正開開心心地拼命使勁，可就是升不起來。福特繼續對付自己的鞋跟。

He was trying to judge the timing, but there was no point. Just go for it. He only had one shot and that was it. He had now eased the back of his shoe down off his heel. His twisted ankle felt a little better. Well that was good, wasn’t it?

他試着判斷時機，但其實並沒有必要。只管幹吧。反正也只有一次機會。現在他已經把鞋子鬆了一半，扭傷的腳踝感覺好些了，這總算是件好事對嗎？

With his other foot he kicked at the heel of the shoe. It slipped off his foot and fell through the air. About half a second later a rocket erupted up from the muzzle of its launcher, encountered the shoe falling through its path, went straight for it, hit it, and exploded with a great sense of satisfaction and achievement.

他拿另一隻腳去踢鞋跟。它從他腳上滑了下去。大約半秒鐘之後，一枚導彈從炮口衝出來，遇到了落到自己前進路線上的鞋子，它直衝過去，帶着強勁的滿足和成就爆炸了。

This happened about fifteen feet from the ground.

這一切就發生在離地面大約十五尺的地方。

The main force of the explosion was directed downwards. Where, a second earlier, there had been a squad of InfiniDim Enterprises executives with a rocket launcher standing on an elegant terraced plaza paved with large slabs of lustrous stone cut from the ancient alabastrum quarries of Zentalquabula there was now, instead, a bit of a pit with nasty bits in it.

爆炸的主要衝力是向下去的。一秒鐘之前那裏還有一隊無限帥公司的主管，扛着火箭發射器站在雅緻的廣場上，腳下踩的是光潔的大塊石板，塊塊都是從誇布拉的雪花石採石場切下來的。可現在那兒只剩下一個坑，裏頭滿是噁心兮兮的零零碎碎。