“Yes,” Charlie said. “What are they for?”
“看见了，”查理说，“它们是做什么用的？”
“I can only see three,” he said. “Who’s missing?”
“我只看到三个，”查理说，“少了哪一个？”
“We must go down and take a look at our little friends before we do anything else,” said Mr Wonka. He pressed a different button, and the lift dropped lower, and soon it was hovering just above the entrance gates to the factory.
“在我们去做其他事之前，必须先下去看看那几个小朋友。”旺卡先生说。他按了另一个按钮，电梯降得低一点儿，很快就在工厂大门口上面盘旋着。
Looking down now, Charlie could see the children and their parents standing in a little group just inside the gates.
查理向下望去，看到那几个孩子和他们的父母就在大门里面，站在一起。
“I expect it’s Mike Teavee,” Mr Wonka said. “But he’ll be coming along soon. Do you see the trucks?” Mr Wonka pointed to a line of gigantic covered vans parked in a line near by.
“我想是迈克·蒂维，”旺卡先生说，“不过他马上就到。你看见那些货车了吗？”旺卡先生指着一排有篷的巨型货车，它们排成一行停在附近。
“Don’t you remember what it said on the Golden Tickets? Every child goes home with a lifetime’s supply of sweets. There’s one truckload for each of them, loaded to the brim. Ah-ha,” Mr Wonka went on, “there goes our friend Augustus Gloop! D’you see him? He’s getting into the first truck with his mother and father!”
“你不记得金奖券上的话了吗？每个孩子回家的时候将带回去够吃一辈子的糖果。一个孩子一货车，糖果装得满到边。啊哈…”旺卡先生继续说，“我们的朋友奥古斯塔斯·格卢普走过去了！看见他了没有？他和他的爸爸妈妈正在上第一辆货车！”
“You mean he’s really all right?” asked Charlie, astonished. “Even after going up that awful pipe?”
“你是说他真的没事了吗？”查理吃惊地问道，“甚至进了那根可怕的玻璃管以后还是好好的？”
“He’s changed!” said Grandpa Joe, peering down through the glass wall of the elevator. “He used to be fat! Now he’s thin as a straw!”
“不过他变了！”约瑟夫爷爷透过电梯的玻璃墙看下去，“他本来是胖乎乎的，现在瘦得像一根稻草！”
“He’s very much all right,” said Mr Wonka.
“他完全没事了。”旺卡先生说。
“But she’s purple in the face!” cried Grandpa Joe.
“不过她的脸是紫色的！”约瑟夫爷爷叫道。
“So she is,” said Mr Wonka. “Ah, well, there’s nothing we can do about that.”
“不错，”旺卡先生说，“唉，对于这件事，我们是无能为力了。”
“Of course he’s changed,” said Mr Wonka, laughing. “He got squeezed in the pipe. Don’t you remember? And look! There goes Miss Violet Beauregarde, the great gum-chewer! It seems as though they managed to de-juice her after all. I’m so glad. And how healthy she looks! Much better than before!”
“他当然变了，”旺卡先生哈哈笑着说，“他在管子里被挤瘦啦，你不记得了吗？再瞧瞧！那是维奥莉特·博雷加德小姐，就是那位嚼口香糖大王！看来他们终于榨掉了她的果汁。我太高兴了。她看上去多么健康啊！比原先好多了！”
“And here comes Mike Teavee!” said Grandpa Joe. “Good heavens! What have they done to him? He’s about ten feet tall and thin as a wire!”
“迈克·蒂维来了！”约瑟夫爷爷说，“我的天！他们把他怎么样啦？他有三米多高，瘦得却像一根铁丝！”
“Good gracious!” cried Charlie. “Look at poor Veruca Salt and Mr Salt and Mrs Salt! They’re simply covered with rubbish!”
“天哪！”查理叫道，“看看可怜的维鲁卡·索尔特、索尔特先生和索尔特太太吧，他们满身都是垃圾！”
“They’ve overstretched him on the gum-stretching machine,” said Mr Wonka. “How very careless.”
“他们在口香糖拉长机上把他拉过头了，”旺卡先生说，“多么不小心。”
“Nonsense,” said Mr Wonka, “he’s very lucky. Every basketball team in the country will be trying to get him. But now,” he added, “it is time we left these four silly children. I have something very important to talk to you about, my dear Charlie.” Mr Wonka pressed another button, and the lift swung upwards into the sky.
“胡说，”旺卡先生说，“他非常走运，全国每一个篮球队都会抢着要他。不过现在我们该离开这四个小傻瓜了。我有一件非常重要的事情要对你说，我亲爱的查理。”旺卡先生按了另一个按钮，电梯马上升上天空。
“But how dreadful for him!” cried Charlie.
“对他来说那是多么可怕啊！”查理叫道。
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