The sun was shining brightly on the morning of the big day, but the ground was still white with snow and the air was very cold.
在那个重大日子的早晨，阳光明媚，但地上还是白雪皑皑，天气仍旧寒冷。
Right beside the gates, in a small group that was carefully shielded from the crowds by the police, stood the five famous children, together with the grown-ups who had come with them.
就在大门旁边，警察们小心地保护着一小群人，不让人群靠近他们。这一小群人中有那五个出了名的孩子，还有陪他们来的大人。
Outside the gates of Wonka’s factory, enormous crowds of people had gathered to watch the five lucky ticket holders going in. The excitement was tremendous. It was just before ten o’clock. The crowds were pushing and shouting, and policemen with arms linked were trying to hold them back from the gates.
旺卡工厂的大门外面已经聚集了大群大群的人，要看那五位幸运的奖券得主进厂。大家无比兴奋。这时快到十点了。人群推推搡搡，大喊大叫。警察带着武器，手拉手排成一行，设法阻止他们靠近工厂大门。
The tall bony figure of Grandpa Joe could be seen standing quietly among them, and beside him, holding tightly on to his hand, was little Charlie Bucket himself.
可以看到皮包骨头的高个子约瑟夫爷爷安静地站在他们当中，旁边是紧紧拉住他的手的小查理·巴克特。
All the children, except Charlie, had both their mothers and fathers with them, and it was a good thing that they had, otherwise the whole party might have got out of hand. They were so eager to get going that their parents were having to hold them back by force to prevent them from climbing over the gates. “Be patient!” cried the fathers. “Be still! It’s not time yet! It’s not ten o’clock!”
除了查理，所有孩子都由父母陪同，也幸亏他们的父母来，否则整个队伍准会闹得一塌糊涂。这些孩子那么急着要进工厂，他们的父母只好使劲地把他们拉回来，不让他们爬铁门。“耐心一点儿！”爸爸们喊道，“别动！时间还没有到呢！还没有到十点钟！”
“And you know what?” somebody else shouted back. “She’s still chewing that dreadful old piece of gum she’s had for three months! You look at her jaws! They’re still working on it!”
“你知道吗？”另一个人叫起来，“她还在嚼着那片已经嚼了三个月的可怕的旧口香糖呢！你瞧她的上下颌！它们还在把它嚼个没完！”
“He must be crazy! Look at all those toy pistols he’s got hanging all over him!”
“他一定疯了！瞧他全身挂满了玩具枪！”
Behind him, Charlie Bucket could hear the shouts of the people in the crowd as they pushed and fought to get a glimpse of the famous children.
查理·巴克特听到后面人群的叫声，他们又推又搡，要挤过来看看这些出了名的孩子。
“That’s Augustus Gloop!”
“就是奥古斯塔斯·格卢普呀！”
“The one I want to see is Veruca Salt!” shouted another voice in the crowd. “She’s the girl whose father bought up half a million chocolate bars and then made the workers in his peanut factory unwrap every one of them until they found a Golden Ticket! He gives her anything she wants! Absolutely anything! She only has to start screaming for it and she gets it!”
“我要看的是维鲁卡·索尔特！”人群中又有一个声音叫道，“就是那个女孩，她的爸爸买了五十万块巧克力糖，还叫他花生工厂的女工把每块糖的包糖纸剥下来，直到找到一张金奖券为止！她要什么爸爸就给她什么！千真万确的，要什么有什么！她只要开口——哭着要，一定能够得到！”
“So it is!”
“没错，是他！”
“There’s Violet Beauregarde!” he heard someone shouting. “That’s her all right! I can remember her face from the newspapers!”
“那是维奥莉特·博雷加德！”他听见有人叫道，“没错，是她！我记得她在报上的那张脸！”
“Who’s the big fat boy?”
“那个大胖男孩是谁？”
“Fantastic!”
“简直不可思议！”
“Who’s the kid with a picture of The Lone Ranger stencilled on his windcheater?”
“那个男孩是谁，防风上衣上印着独行侠照片的？”
“Enormous, isn’t he!”
“真是胖得不能再胖了，不是吗？”
“That’s Mike Teavee! He’s the television fiend!”
“那是迈克·蒂维！他是个电视迷！”
“That one! Over there on the left! The little girl in the silver mink coat!”
“就是那一个！在那儿左边的！那个穿银貂皮大衣的小女孩！”
And so it was!
“的确是他！”
“Which do you think is her?”
“你说哪一个是她？”
“There he is!” somebody shouted. “Thats him!”
“他就在那里！”有人大叫，“那就是他！”
The crowd became suddenly silent. The children stopped jumping about. All eyes were fixed upon the gates.
人群忽然静下来。孩子们不再跳来跳去。所有的眼睛都盯着铁门看。
Somewhere in the distance, a church clock began striking ten.
远处教堂的钟开始敲十点了。
“Goodness me! He must be freezing!”
“天哪！他一定要冻僵啦！”
“Don’t ask me. Maybe he can’t afford to buy one.”
“别问我，也许他买不起。”
“Shocking, I call it!”
“我说是骇人听闻！”
“Charlie Bucket? He must be that skinny little shrimp standing beside the old fellow who looks like a skeleton. Very close to us. Just there! See him?”
“查理·巴克特？一定是那个皮包骨头的小家伙，站在像一具骷髅似的老家伙身边，离我们很近的。就在那里！看见他了没有？”
Charlie, standing only a few paces away from the speaker, gave Grandpa Joe’s hand a squeeze, and the old man looked down at Charlie and smiled.
查理站在离这说话的人只有几步的地方，捏捏约瑟夫爷爷的手。爷爷低头看着查理，微笑着。
“Why hasn’t he got a coat on in this cold weather?”
“天气这么冷，他为什么连外衣也不穿呢？”
“Dreadful, isn’t it?”
“真可怕，不是吗？”
“Which one is Charlie Bucket?”
“哪一个是查理·巴克特？”
Very slowly, with a loud creaking of rusty hinges, the great iron gates of the factory began to swing open.
工厂的大门开始很慢很慢地打开，生锈的铰链发出很响的嘎吱嘎吱声。
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