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Don: And he never did come out to look at that thing that flew overhead. He wasn't even interested. (He turns to the faces in the group.) Why? Why didn't he come out with the rest of us to look?
唐：他始終就沒出來看一眼從我們頭頂飛過的那個(gè)東西。他根本就不感興趣。（他轉(zhuǎn)過身朝向大家。）為什么？為什么他不和其他人一樣出來看看呢？
Charlie: He was always an oddball. Him and his whole family.
査理：他一直就很古怪。他全家都是這樣的。
Don: What do you say we ask him?
唐：我們問問他，怎么樣？
(The group suddenly starts toward the house.)
（人群突然向房子走去。）
Steve: Wait a minute... wait a minute! Let's not be a mob!
史蒂夫：等一下……等一下！不要沖動(dòng)！
(The people seem to pause for a moment. Then, much more quietly and slowly, they start to walk across the street. GOODMAN stands there alone, facing the people.)
（人們似乎停了片刻。然后，他們開始更加安靜、緩慢地穿過街道。古德曼一個(gè)人站在那兒，面對(duì)著大家。）
Goodman: I just don't understand it. I tried to start it, and it wouldn't start. You saw me.
古德曼：我也不明白。我想發(fā)動(dòng)汽車，但沒發(fā)動(dòng)起來。這你們都看見了。
(And now, just as suddenly as the engine started, it stopped. There’s a frightened murmuring of the people.)
（正在這時(shí)，就像突然啟動(dòng)時(shí)一樣，發(fā)動(dòng)機(jī)又突然停止了。人群中傳出驚恐的低語聲。）
Don: Maybe you can tell us. Nothing's working on this street. Nothing. No lights, no power, no radio. Nothing except one car—yours!
唐：或許你能告訴我們。這條街上所有的東西都陷入了癱瘓。所有的東西。沒有燈，沒有電， 收音機(jī)沒有信號(hào)。沒有東西可以工作，除了一輛車——你的車。
(The people picks this up, and their murmuring becomes a loud chant filling the air with demands for action.)
（人們重新議論起這個(gè)話題，他們的低語變成了高聲的呼叫，空氣中充滿了要求采取行動(dòng)的呼聲。）
Goodman: Wait a minute now. You keep your distance—all of you. So I've got a car that starts by itself—well, that's weird—I admit it. But does that make me a criminal or something? I don't know why the car works—it just does!
古德曼：等一下。你們離我遠(yuǎn)點(diǎn)兒——你們都離我遠(yuǎn)點(diǎn)兒。我的車能自己發(fā)動(dòng)——是的，很古怪——我承認(rèn)。但這難道就能證明我是一個(gè)罪犯什么的嗎？我不知道車為什么會(huì)發(fā)動(dòng)——它就是自己發(fā)動(dòng)起來的！
