有声名著《格列佛游记》49：第10章 勒皮他飞岛(4)
How are you，my friend?one man asked another.
你怎么样，我的朋友?一个人对另一个问好。
As well as can be expected， came the reply.
和预计的差不多。他回答。
And how is the sun，do you think?
太阳怎么样，你觉得?
I thought he looked rather feverish this morning.I'm afraidhe'll get too hot and destroy himself one day，if he goes on like this.
我觉得今天早上他看起来有点发烧。如果继续下去，我担心他有朝一日会太烫而毁了自己。
I know，it's very worrying.And what about the earth?It's only thirty years until the next fallingstar comes this way， and the earth was very nearly destroyed by the last one!
我知道，他确实令人担心，地球怎么样?只有30年下一个流星就会掉过来，而上次差点把地球都毁灭了!
That's right.We know that the next falling star is almost certain to get too close to the sun，andcatch fire!And when the earth passes through that fire，it'll be destroyed immediately!
对，我们知道下一个掉下来的星星几乎肯定会与太阳靠得太近而着火。地球从火中穿过就会立即被摧毁!
Only thirty years!That's not much to look forward to，is it?And the two men shook their headssadly. After several months on the island，I asked if I could visit the country underneath us.
只有30年!不用等多长时间，对吧?两个人忧伤地摇着头。在岛上几个月后，我问我是否可以去拜访我们下面的国土。
The King agreed，and ordered his officials to put me down on Balnibarbi，and show me roundthe capital，Lagado.
国王同意了，他命令他的官员把我放到下面的巴尔尼巴比，带我参观都城拉格多。
The most interesting place I saw there was the university，which was full of very clever men，withvery clever ideas.
我在那儿看到的最有意思的地方是大学，那里极为聪明的人才济济一堂，想法也是极为聪明。
They were all working hard to find better，faster，cheaper，easier ways of doing and makingthings.
他们都在努力工作以寻求更好、更快、更廉价、更简便的方法做事或制造东西。
They had ideas for building houses from the roof downwards，turning rocks into softmaterial，making rivers run uphill，and saving sunshine in bottles.
他们的主意有从屋顶向下建造房屋，把石头变成软物质、让河流上山坡、把阳光储蓄在瓶子里。
关于《格列佛游记》
格列佛回家不久，就随“冒险号”再次出海，不幸又遇上风暴，船被刮到布罗卜丁内格(大人国)。格列佛被一位高达20米的农民捉住。
