大学英语综合教程 第三册 4textA

[05:37.63]22 Cameron never blinked an eye.He said,"All right.This is the U.S.A.We all got equal rights regardless of race,
[05:50.41]color,or nationality.I'm at your service.What can I do for you?"
[05:57.54]23 "We would like to have you make immediate arrangements for the important men of your U.S.A.,as you call it,
[06:08.67]to be brought here for discussions leading to your people joining our great organization."
[06:18.41]24 Slowly,Cameron got red."Our people join your organization.We're already part of the U.N.and God knows what else.
[06:32.88]And I suppose I'm to get the President here,eh?Right now?In Twin Gulch?Send a hurry-up message?"
[06:41.53]He looked at me,as though he wanted to see a smile on my face,
[06:47.64]but I couldn't as much as fall down if someone had pushed the chair out from under me.
[06:54.41]25 The saucer man said,"Speed is desirable."
[07:01.09]26 "You want Congress,too?The Supreme Court?"
[07:06.21]27 "If they will help,sheriff."
[07:10.24]28 And Cameron really went to pieces.He banged his income tax form and yelled,"Well,you're not helping me,
[07:22.51]and I have no time for wise guys who come around,especially foreigners.
[07:28.99]If you don't get the hell out of here straight away,I'll lock you up for disturbing the peace and I'll never let you out."
[07:37.90]29 "You wish us to leave?"said the man from Venus.
[07:43.83]30 "Right now!Get the hell out of here and back to wherever you're from and don't ever come back.
[07:52.48]I don't want to see you and no one else around here does."
[07:57.78]31 The two men looked at each other.
[08:01.41]32 Then the one who had done all the talking said,"I cansee in your mind that you really wish,
[08:11.05]with great intensity,to be left alone.It is not our way to force ourselves or our organization on people
[08:23.20]who do not wish us or it.We will respect your privacy and leave.We will not return.
[08:33.65]We will put a warning around your world and none will enter."
[08:40.54]33 Cameron said,"Mister,I'm tired of this garbage,so I'll count to three--"
[08:50.57]34 They turned and left,and I just knew that everything they said was so.I was listening to them,
[09:01.23]you see,which Cameron wasn't,because he was busy thinking of his income tax,
[09:08.73]and it was as though I could hear their minds,know what I mean?
[09:13.90]I knew that there would be a kind of fence around earth,keeping others out.
[09:21.32]35 And when they left,I got my voice back--too late.I screamed,"Cameron,for God's sake,
[09:31.43]they're from space.Why'd you send them away?"
[09:37.07]36 "From space!"He stared at me.
[09:41.69]37 I yelled,"Look!"I don't know how I did it,he being twenty-five pounds heavier than I,
[09:50.60]but I heaved him to the window by his shirt collar.
[09:55.46]38 He was too surprised to resist and when he recovered his wits enough to make like he was going to knock me down,
[10:04.03]he caught sight of what was going on outside the window and the breath went out of him.
[10:12.00]39 They were getting into the flying saucer,those two men,and the saucer sat there,large,round,
[10:20.36]shiny and kind of powerful,you know.Then it took off.
[10:26.73]It went up easy as a feather and a red-orange glow showed up on one side
[10:34.02]and got brighter as the ship got smaller till it was a shooting star again,slowly fading out.
[10:43.06]40 And I said,"Sheriff,why'd you send them away?They had to see the President.Now they'll never come back."
[10:54.11]41 Cameron said,"I thought they were foreigners.They said they had to learn our language.And they talked funny."
[11:04.29]42 "Oh,fine.Foreigners."
[11:08.40]43 "They said they were foreigners and they looked Italian.I thought they were Italian."
[11:15.68]44 "How could they be Italian?They said they were from the planet Venus.I heard them.They said so."
[11:24.59]45 "The planet Venus."His eyes got real round.
[11:30.89]46 "They said it.They called it the watery place or something.You know Venus has a lot of water on it."
[11:39.98]47 But you see,it was just an error,a stupid error,the kind anyone could make.
[11:48.62]Only now Earth is never going to have another Venusian visit us.That dope,Cameron,and his income tax!
[12:00.38]48 Because he whispered,"Venus!When they talked about the watery place.I thought they meant Venice!"