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Chapter 5 Waiting for fifteen thousand years
5 一万五千年的等待
'It's too bright in here，'I said．'I can't see．'
“这儿太亮了，”我说，“我看不见。”
The light suddenly wasn't so bright and I could see again．I was in a round room，which was empty except for a large square computer．
那盏灯马上暗了一些，我又看得见了。我站在一个圆圆的房间里，屋里除了一台四四方方的大电脑外什么也没有。
The computer didn't look like the modern computers we have．
这台电脑看上去和我们用的现代电脑不一样。
'You are't God！'I said．'You're just a computer！Just a strange old computer！'
“你不是上帝！”我说，“你不过是台电脑而已！一台怪模怪样的破电脑而已！”
A voice came from it．'Yes，this is computer．Who are you？'
里面传出一个声音：“对，我是电脑。你是谁？”
Oh，the computer still worked！I was surprised as it looked so very old．It didn't speak in a natural way as modern computers do．
噢，这电脑还能运转！我很惊奇，因为看上去它太破旧了。它说话的腔调不像现代电脑那么自然。
'I'm Hummingbird，'I answered．
“我是蜂鸟，”我回答。
'You are not a hummingbird．Hummingbirds fly in the forests here，in Star Zoo．You are human．You are not a child of Star Zoo．Computer is happy．'
“你不是蜂鸟。蜂鸟是在这森林里飞的，在星际动物园。你是人。你不是星际动物园的孩子。电脑很高兴。”
I listened but I didn't understand．'Hummingbird'was just my name—and the name of one of the animals in the Book of Remembering．
我听着，但无法理解。“蜂鸟”只是我的名字——《往事追忆》中一种动物的名字。
Why was this place called the Star Zoo？What was a 'zoo'？I had so many questions to ask！
这个地方为什么叫星际动物园？什么是“动物园”？我有好多问题要问！
'Computer，'I said，'where do you come from？I never heard of a spaceship as big as this！
“电脑，”我说，“你是哪儿来的？我从没听说过这么大的飞船！
You speak my language but it sounds different．Why do Hee-Haw and Hoo-Woo think you're God？'
你讲的是我的语言，可听起来不大一样。为什么'嘻嗬'和'呼呜'把你当上帝？”
