经典科幻文学:《银河系漫游指南》第32章4

"There are two of them," said Trillian. "We're cornered." They squeezed themselves down in an angle between a large computer data bank and the wall.
They held their breath and waited.
Suddenly the air exploded with energy bolts as both the cops opened fire on them simultaneously.
"Hey, they're shooting at us," said Arthur, crouching in a tight ball, "I thought they said they didn't want to do that."
"Yeah, I thought they said that," agreed Ford.
Zaphod stuck a head up for a dangerous moment.
"Hey," he said, "I thought you said you didn't want to shoot us!" and ducked again.
They waited.
After a moment a voice replied, "It isn't easy being a cop!"
"What did he say?" whispered Ford in astonishment.
"He said it isn't easy being a cop."
"Well surely that's his problem isn't it?"
"I'd have thought so."

“他们有两个人。”崔莉恩说，“我们被逼到角落里了。”接着他们挤进一台大型电脑和墙之间所形成的角落里。
他们摒住呼吸等待着。
一道道能量闪光在空气中闪烁，两个警察同时向他们开火了。
“嘿，他们正在向我们射击。”阿瑟紧紧蜷作一团，“我记得他们说过不想这么做的。”
“是啊，我也记得他们这样说过。”福特附和道。
赞福德伸出脑袋，冒着危险停了一会儿。
“嘿，”他喊道，“我记得你们说过不想朝我们开火的！”马上又缩了回来。
他们等待着。
过了一会儿，一个声音说：“当个警察可不容易！”

“他说什么？”福特惊讶的耳语道。
“他说当个警察可不容易。”
“哦，这显然是他的问题嘛，不是吗？”
“我也是这么想的。”