經典科幻文學:《銀河系漫遊指南》第6章 Part 1

"Great guys," said Ford. "They're the best cooks and the best drink mixers and they don't give a wet slap about anything else. And they'll always help hitch hikers aboard, partly because they like the company, but mostly because it annoys the Vogons. Which is exactly the sort of thing you need to know if you're an impoverished hitch hiker trying to see the marvels of the Universe for less than thirty Altairan Dollars a day. And that's my job. Fun, isn't it?"
Arthur looked lost.
"It's amazing," he said and frowned at one of the other mattresses.
"Unfortunately I got stuck on the Earth for rather longer than I intended," said Ford. "I came for a week and got stuck for fifteen years."
"Ford," insisted Arthur, "I don't know if this sounds like a silly question, but what am I doing here?"
"Well you know that," said Ford. "I rescued you from the Earth."
"And what's happened to the Earth?"

“是一些了不起的傢伙，”福特說，“他們是最好的廚師、最好的調酒師。還有，他們經常幫助星際漫遊者上飛船來搭便車，部分原因是他們喜歡這些傢伙，但最主要的還是因爲他們討厭沃貢人。如果你是一個窮光蛋漫遊者，希望花一天不到30牽牛星元的價錢參觀宇宙中的種種奇蹟，那麼這條信息是絕對需要知道的。而這正是我的情況。很有趣，不是嗎？”
阿瑟看上去若有所失。
“是的，很有趣。”他說，同時皺眉看着另一張牀墊。
“不走運的是，我陷在地球上太久了，遠遠超出了我的預計。”福特說，“我本來計劃待上一週，但實際上卻待了好15年。”
“福特，”阿瑟卻依舊不依不饒，“我不管這個問題聽上去是不是夠蠢，可是你能告訴我我在這個鬼地方幹什麼嗎？”
“好吧，你應該知道的，”福特說，“我把你從地球上救了出來。”
“地球發生了什麼？”