雙語讀電影 《機(jī)器人總動員》第09章 :“功理”號異常龐大，又高又寬。

As the probe ship roared through the murky brown sky, WALL · E could feel the force of Earth’s gravity on his body, pulling powerfully against the acceleration of the ship. He tightened his grip on the support rod as the ship burst through Earth’s atmosphere. The engines slowed down, and WALL · E, now weightless, took in the majestic splendor of all the stars sparkling in clear space.

The probe ship passed the moon, where WALL · E saw a billboard reading BNL OUTLET COMING SOON! It stood in the lunar dust, forgotten long ago.

WALL · E blinked hard and recharged his solar panels as the ship zipped past the sun. Traveling quickly into deep space, the ship approached Saturn. WALL · E reached out and ran his hand through the dust and ice particles that made up one of the planet’s outer rings. Mesmerized by the view, he saw a single light growing in the distance. He recognized it from the billboards he had seen on Earth. It was a gigantic luxury-class star liner. It was the Axiom!

The Axiom was enormous—wide and tall. At the lowest level, there was a garbage depot where the ship’s trash was compacted and tossed into space. Just above that stretched loading docks and service-robot corridors. The next three levels were where the passengers lived: the least expensive economy-class units in the middle of the ship; coach class on the level above, with its main concourse (which looked like a huge shopping mall); and the luxury housing units overlooking the lido deck, high above them all.

The Captain and his autopilot also had a view of the lido deck from the bridge at the top of the ship. The bridge’s control panels could activate practically anything on the Axiom—the Captain could broadcast announcements, adjust the fake sun that shone on the passengers (which gave them a sense of the time of day), and, of course, guide the star liner through space. One day, the Captain would look down on the lido deck and activate the holo-detector, a computer designed to confirm the presence of life on Earth. Then the great machine would rise from its platform and automatically take the ship back home.