书虫三级下《劫机！》：第十三章
Chapter 13
第十三章
Helen Sandberg stood by the control room window, staring at the plane. 'Come on,' she said. 'Why is that door shut? Where are the passengers?'
海伦·桑德伯格站在机场控制室的窗边，目不转睛地看着飞机。“瞧，”她说，“为什么飞机的门又关上了？乘客们在哪儿？”
The hijackers won't set them free,' said Inspector Holm. 'I told you, Prime Minister, this is a serious mistake.'
“劫机犯不会释放他们的，”霍尔姆巡查官说，“我告诉过您，首相，这是一个严重的错误。”
Be quiet, man,' said Colonel Carter. 'I think we've got something on the radio.'
“安静，先生，”卡特上校说，“我觉得无线电里收到了什么声音。”
Beside him, a soldier was turning the controls of a small army radio. Suddenly, the voices of one of the hijackers and the prisoner came into the room.
在他旁边，一个士兵正在调一台小型军用无线电。突然，小收音机里传来了其中一个劫机者和那个囚犯说话的声音。
So how many soldiers are there in the airport building, my brother?'
“那么机场大楼里有多少士兵，兄弟？”
I didn't see any soldiers, only police.'
“我一个士兵也没看见，只有警察。”
That's strange! No soldiers at all?'
“奇怪了！一个士兵也没有？”
I did not see any, brother.'
“我一个也没有看见，兄弟。”
Very strange. But these are not military people. They do not have many soldiers. Perhaps the woman will do what she says, then.'
“莫名其妙。但这些人不是军人。他们也没有多少士兵。那么，也许这个女人真的说话算数。”
What's happening, Colonel?' Helen asked. 'Those are the hijackers' voices. How can we hear them?'
“怎么回事，上校？”海伦问，“这是劫机者们的声音，我们怎么能听得见呢？”
The Colonel laughed. 'Well, madam, you can see it's raining, can't you? We didn't want our poor prisoner to get wet, so we gave him a nice yellow raincoat, you see. But it was an expensive raincoat, because one of its buttons is a small radio transmitter. So now we can hear everything they say and we know where they are on the plane!'
上校放声大笑。“嗯，夫人，您瞧天在下雨，对吗？我们可不想把我们可怜的囚犯淋湿了，所以我们给他穿上了一件很不错的黄雨衣，您也看到了。不过那可是一件价值不菲的雨衣，因为它上面有一个扣子是一台小型无线电传送机。所以我们现在能听到他们所有的谈话内容，并知道他们在飞机上的位置！”
Helen smiled. 'Good idea, Colonel. I hope it helps.'
海伦笑了：“好主意，上校。我希望这能奏效。”
Prime Minister,' Michael interrupted. 'They're coming!'
“首相，”迈克尔插话说，“他们来了！”
Helen looked through the window. The door of the plane was open and people were coming down the steps one after another. Some of them started to run towards the airport building, and a few knelt down on the wet tarmac.
海伦往窗外看去。只见飞机的门敞开了，乘客们在一个接一个地走下飞机的舷梯。有一些乘客开始往机场大楼方向跑来，有几个跪倒在湿漉漉的飞机跑道上。
What are they doing?' Helen asked.
“他们在做什么？”海伦问。
Praying, perhaps?' said Michael. 'To thank God that they're alive?'
“也许是祈祷吧？”迈克尔说，“感谢上帝他们还活着？”
Police and doctors came out of the building to help the passengers. Helen stood and watched through the binoculars. She did not see Carl.
警察和医生走出机场大楼去帮助这些乘客。海伦站起来用双筒望远镜往外看。她没有看见卡尔。
Ninety-nine, a hundred. That's it, then,' said Colonel Carter. The plane door closed. 'Now we move on to the next step of our plan. Goodbye, Prime Minister.'
“99，100。那么，正好。”卡特上校说。飞机的门关上了。“现在，我们该实施下一步的计划了。再见，首相。”
Helen turned and saw that the Colonel was putting on white clothes on top of his army uniform. He put several grenades in the coat pocket, and a machine gun into a long pocket inside the coat. He smiled at her. 'I must help my men refuel the plane.'
海伦转过身，看见上校正在往他的军装外面套着白色的衣服。他往衣服的外口袋里装了几枚手榴弹，衣服里面的大口袋里则装了一杆机枪。他向她微笑着：“我必须帮我的伙计们给飞机加满油。”
May God go with you, Colonel,' she said.
“愿上帝保佑你，上校。”她说。
