經典科幻文學:《銀河系漫遊指南》第32章4

"There are two of them," said Trillian. "We're cornered." They squeezed themselves down in an angle between a large computer data bank and the wall.
They held their breath and waited.
Suddenly the air exploded with energy bolts as both the cops opened fire on them simultaneously.
"Hey, they're shooting at us," said Arthur, crouching in a tight ball, "I thought they said they didn't want to do that."
"Yeah, I thought they said that," agreed Ford.
Zaphod stuck a head up for a dangerous moment.
"Hey," he said, "I thought you said you didn't want to shoot us!" and ducked again.
They waited.
After a moment a voice replied, "It isn't easy being a cop!"
"What did he say?" whispered Ford in astonishment.
"He said it isn't easy being a cop."
"Well surely that's his problem isn't it?"
"I'd have thought so."

“他們有兩個人。”崔莉恩說，“我們被逼到角落裏了。”接着他們擠進一臺大型電腦和牆之間所形成的角落裏。
他們摒住呼吸等待着。
一道道能量閃光在空氣中閃爍，兩個警察同時向他們開火了。
“嘿，他們正在向我們射擊。”阿瑟緊緊蜷作一團，“我記得他們說過不想這麼做的。”
“是啊，我也記得他們這樣說過。”福特附和道。
贊福德伸出腦袋，冒着危險停了一會兒。
“嘿，”他喊道，“我記得你們說過不想朝我們開火的！”馬上又縮了回來。
他們等待着。
過了一會兒，一個聲音說：“當個警察可不容易！”

“他說什麼？”福特驚訝的耳語道。
“他說當個警察可不容易。”
“哦，這顯然是他的問題嘛，不是嗎？”
“我也是這麼想的。”