通译双语文库:劫机Chapter 8 第八章|Chapter 8

当有人用枪来得到他们想要的东西的时候，你该如何阻止他们呢?如果他们要什么，你就给什么，他们定会心花怒放——而且，更会得寸进尺，变本加厉。如果你不交出他们想要的东西，那么，就可能会惹恼他们——他们可能会杀了你。很难说到底该怎么办才好。
When people use guns to take what they want, how do you stop them? If you give them what they want, they will be happy—and they will use their guns again, and again. If you don't give them what they want, then they will be angry—and they will kill. It is not easy to decide what to do.
在这个故事中，面对这个两难境地的是首相，一位政府首脑。但首相也是和我们一样的普通人——有家庭，有孩子。
In this story, the person who has to decide is the Prime Minister, the head of the government. But the Prime Minister is also an ordinary person, just like the rest of us—a person with a family and children.
如果有人拿枪对着你的家人，你怎样才能让头脑保持清醒呢?你该怎么做呢?你采纳别人的建议，跟劫机者展开对话，搞清楚他们到底想要什么，你尽力让大家保持冷静，你慢慢地采取行动。但是，恐怖分子可不愿意等你，迟早你得决定到底该怎么办……
How can you think clearly, if someone is pointing a gun at your family? What do you do? You take advice, you talk to the hijackers, you find out what they want, you keep everybody calm, you try to move slowly. But terrorists don't like waiting, and sooner or later, you have to decide what to do...

	murderer ['mɜːdərə(r)]	n.杀人犯;凶手
	aisle [aɪl]	n.侧廊;(席位间的)通道
	Carl [kɑːl]	卡尔(男子名)
	hijacker ['haɪdʒækə(r)]	n.拦路抢劫者;劫持犯
	handcuff ['hændkʌf]	n.【常复数】手拷

Chapter 8 第八章|Chapter 8

那个姑娘回到机舱时，浑身颤栗。她双手发抖，而且哭了起来，她的枪口还在冒着烟。一个美国乘客站起来对她大吼。

When the girl came back into the cabin she was shaking. Her hands were shaking and she was crying and smoke was coming out of her gun. One of the passengers, an American, stood up and shouted at her.

“你是个杀人犯！”他喊道，“你是个肮脏的杀人……”

You’re a murderer!’ he shouted. ’You’re a dirty, murdering b...’

她转过身，对着他就是一枪。那名男子跌坐在座位上，子弹从座位上方飞过，穿过整个机舱之后，从飞机顶部穿了出去。十秒钟之后，姑娘停止了射击，开始喊叫。

She turned and pointed the gun at him and fired. The man sat down in his seat and the bullets went above the seats, all along the plane, and out through the roof. After ten seconds the girl stopped firing and shouted.

“统统闭上嘴！闭上嘴老老实实地坐着，否则我就把你们统统杀掉！全部杀掉！”但她又哭了起来。穿黑色衬衣的年轻男子用胳膊揽住了她。她靠在他身上，放声大哭，他在她耳边低声地说了些什么。

You shut up! You shut up and sit down or I’ll kill you all! All of you!’ But she was crying too, and the young man in the black shirt put his arm around her and held her. She leaned against him, crying, and he whispered something in her ear.

“我老了，”卡尔心想，“年轻的时候，我和哈拉尔德一样麻利。但现在不行了。”卡尔慢慢地坐回到自己的座位上，小胡子一直在盯着他。小胡子用脚踢了踢哈拉尔德。

I am getting old,’ Carl thought. ’When I was young, I could move as fast as Harald. But not now.’ Carl sat down in his seat, very slowly. The bearded man watched him all the time. He pushed Harald with his foot.

“搜搜他的身，”他对那个姑娘说，“然后把他铐到门上。下一个就是他。”

Search him,’ he said to the girl. ’Then handcuff him to the door. He will be the next one.’

那个姑娘把哈拉尔德拖到门口。她在哈拉尔德的口袋里找到了一副手铐，把他铐在了门上。接着，她又搜查了哈拉尔德的其他口袋。

The girl pulled Harald to the door. She found some handcuffs in his pocket and handcuffed him to the door. Then she searched his other pockets.