經典科幻文學:《銀河系漫遊指南》第6章 Part 8

"What was that noise?" hissed Ford.
"It was me shouting," shouted Arthur.
"No! Shut up!" said Ford. I think we're in trouble."
"You think we're in trouble!"
Outside the door were the sounds of marching feet.
"The Dentrassi?" whispered Arthur.
"No, those are steel tipped boots," said Ford.
There was a sharp ringing rap on the door.
"Then who is it?" said Arthur.
"Well," said Ford, "if we're lucky it's just the Vogons come to throw us in to space."
"And if we're unlucky?"
"If we're unlucky," said Ford grimly, "the captain might be serious in his threat that he's going to read us some of his poetry first ..."

“哪來的噪音？”福特噓了一聲。
“是我在叫。”阿瑟繼續叫道。
“不是！閉嘴！”福特說，“我想我們有麻煩了。”
“你想我們有麻煩了！”
門外傳來清晰的腳步聲。
“是丹特拉斯人嗎？”阿瑟小聲問。
“不是，是釘了鐵掌的靴子。”福特說。
門被猛敲了一下。
“是誰呢？”阿瑟問。
“噢，”福特說，“如果我們運氣好的話，這只是沃貢人來把我們抓了扔到太空裏去。”
“那要是運氣不好呢？”
“要是運氣不好，”福特冷酷地說，“艦長會兌現他的威脅，先讀幾句他的詩給我們聽……”