寻找外星人/南湖三少(赵金基译）

程思良

寻找外星人/南湖三少
　　
　　探测飞船稳稳降落在一个不知名的星球表面。
　　科学家们正在展开一项新的探索活动。
　　过了许久，舱门打开了，身穿太空服，带着精密仪器的宇航员探出头来，顺着梯子缓缓爬出太空舱。
　　掘土，取样，查找水源，收集气体。宇航员忙碌起来。地球的荧光屏上，观众们隐约看到镜头的远处有一个不停弹跳的人形物体。
　　不一会儿， 仪器响起了回航的呼叫声，宇航员略带沮丧，跳回舱内。
　　卸掉头盔，他深深地吸了一口气，操起对讲机，将下面这句话传达给了在家中紧张等待的万千民众：初步断定，未发现生命迹象。
　　说完，他推起操纵杆。嗖！探测飞船喷出巨大动力，徐徐升空。
　　不知名的星球又重归寂静。
　　“嘿嘿！地球人真笨，又白走了一趟。”
　　“是啊。他们总以地球人的标准来寻找外星人，怎么可能有收获……”
　　黑暗深处，两块粗糙的陨石在悄悄闪烁。
　　
　　E.T.
　　
　　By Huang Chaopeng
　　
　　Smoothly a spaceship landed on an unknown planet.
　　Scientists were carrying on a new exploring scheme.
　　After a long while, the spaceship opened and appeared an astronaut, who was wearing space costumes and carrying precision instruments, first his head thrusting out, then the whole body crawling slowly down the ladder.
　　Digging the soil. Picking the samples. Seeking water sources. Collecting gases. So busy was the astronaut. Facing the screen, the audience back on earth noticed a dim figure bouncing successively some distance from the astronaut.
　　Shortly after, a call rang for him to get back; somewhat dejected, the astronaut jumped into the spaceship.
　　Taking off his helmet and breathing in a deep breath, he switched on the interphone and reported to billions of people who were waiting anxiously on earth, “Based on a preliminary detection, there is no evidence of life on this planet.”
　　Then he raised the operating lever. Whoosh! With a powerful push, the spaceship rose up slowly.
　　The unknown planet reverted to its silence.
　　“Hey! Stupid earthbeings! They are fussing again.”
　　“Sure they are. How can they manage to recognize extraterrestrials, with earthbeings’ eyes?”
　　Two crude aerolites were flickering quietly deep in the dark.

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