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Crogan? Oh, he's our star apprentice. He just about built this machine, he did. He wouldn't miss the tests for all the money in the world.
克羅根？他是我們的明星學徒，他幾乎建造了這個機器，真的如此，他不會為了金錢而錯過測試。
Then he called out to one of the floor men: Go see if Crogan punched in this morning!
之后他向場地的一名工人叫嚷道，看看克羅根早上來上班了嗎！
The chief engineer controlled his impatience as best he could; the others waited in silence. A foreman is a foreman,
主工程師盡最大可能忍耐，其他人安靜地等待，工頭就是工頭，
particularly when he's standing on the scaffolding of a new machine that has not yet been accepted.
特別是當他站在尚未被接受的新機器的腳手架上。
The floor man came running back. His clock card is there, he shouted, but he didn't punch out last night.
場地工人開始向后跑，他叫嚷到，他的計時卡在這里，但他昨晚沒有打卡。
The foreman then summoned Tim's gang boss. When had he seen the boy last? Where?
工頭隨后召喚了蒂姆的上司，你最后一次見他是什么時候？在哪里？
Why, the kid was inside the machine when I left. I told him to put back the manhole cover when he came out!
為什么當我離開時，這個小孩依然在機器內，我告訴過他，他走后要把下水井蓋蓋上！
One of the workmen now came forward. Say, I put back that manhole cover myself about ten minutes after five o'clock.
其中一個工人走上前說，我大約在5點10分左右將蓋子蓋上的。
I thought somebody had forgotten it! The foreman turned to the group on the floor. His voice was sharp and firm. This test is off till afternoon, he said.
我想一定是有人忘了，工頭看著地面上的一群人，他的聲音尖利而有力，他說測試下午進行。
We have a rescue job on our hands right now! An hour later a white-faced boy lay on the shop floor on a blanket.
我們需要進行救援工作，一小時之后，一名臉色發白的男孩躺在了生產車間的毯子上。
The company doctor was applying smelling salts to his nose. Shock, said the physician.
公司醫生在他的鼻子里放了嗅鹽，醫生說顫抖。
He will come around all right. Get the stretcher. Tim stirred and mumbled. The foreman leaned over him to listen.
他蘇醒過來的，那擔架來，蒂姆激動地嘟囔著，工頭身子向前傾聆聽。
Wrench, murmured the boy. Don't start her; there's a wrench in her insides. Is this it, Tim? the boss asked, holding up a big wrench.
男孩嘟囔著，扳手，不要開啟機器，機器里有扳手，老板說是這個嗎？一邊說一邊舉著巨大的扳手。
The boy's eyes lighted for a minute, and then he again became unconscious. I found it under the Blower an hour ago.
男孩的眼睛亮了一分鐘，之后又變得無意識了，一小時前我在吹風機下面發現了。
It must have dropped down last night, explained the foreman. But the boy did not know that till later.
肯定是昨晚掉落的，工頭解釋道，但小男孩剛知道。
