雙語讀電影 《賽車總動員》第21章 :除了贏得比賽，還有更多值得追求的東西

Lightning was giving the race everything he had. He was tight on Chick’s tail, but Chick was doing everything in his power to block Lightning. There was the grind of scraping metal as the two cars rubbed together. “No, you don’t—” Chick snarled.

Just then, one of Lightning’s tires popped. “Doc, I’m flat,” he cried. “I’m flat!”

“Bring it in,” Doc commanded as the yellow flag dropped, signaling that there was debris on the track. That meant the race was temporarily suspended; the other cars had to slow down and follow the pace car while the mess was removed. “Don’t tear yourself up, kid.”

Doc knew that they had to get Lightning back onto the track before the pace car came around. Otherwise, Lightning would fall behind again. “Guido!” Doc shouted. “It’s time.”

“Hey, tiny,” one of Chick’s pitties teased, “you gonna clean his windshield?”

Chick’s pitties cracked up as Lightning pulled in. But Guido ignored them. This was his life dream— to give the ultimate pit stop. And he was ready.

In one fluid movement, Guido tossed the tires into the air and bolted them onto Lightning before they could hit the ground.

Guido looked at Chick’s stunned pit crew and blew on his torque gun. Then he offered the only English he knew. “Pit stop.”

“Guido, you did it!” Luigi cried as Lightning pulled back onto the track, moving into place behind the pace car.

“Did you see that, Bob?” Darrell cried from the announcers’ booth.

Bob gaped in awe. “That was the fastest pit stop I’ve ever seen!”

On the track, the green flag dropped, and the three cars surged forward, racing at a furious pace.

“This is it!” Bob announced with excitement. “We’re heading into the final lap and Lightning is right behind the leaders. What a comeback!”

“This is it, kiddo,” Doc said as Lightning closed in on Chick and The King. “You got four turns left. One at a time. Drive it in deep and hope it sticks.”

His eyes narrowed in determination, Lightning headed toward the first turn.

“Go!” Doc cried, and Lightning did.

He pushed everything he had into high gear. Seeing his rival make his move, Chick cut quickly to bash Lightning against a wall. But Lightning was too fast; Chick missed him.

But Chick didn’t slow down. Instead, he drove forward, ramming his front bumper into Lightning’s rear. Lightning spun wildly toward the infield.

But Lightning wasn’t about to give up. At the last moment, he cut right to go left, just the way Doc had taught him. With a smooth swerve, he shot back onto the track—in the lead!

“Lightning has taken the lead!” Darrell announced to the audience. “Lightning McQueen is going to win the Piston Cup!”

Chick and The King had fallen behind Lightning. But Chick wasn’t giving up, either. If he couldn’t win, he could at least come in second. “I’m not coming in behind you again, old man!” he cried as he rammed The King, causing The King to spin into the wall.

Crash!

The crowd gasped as The King stopped in the infield, battered, dented-, and unable to move.

Lightning was moving toward the finish line when he heard the boos. Confused, he looked at the giant television monitor and saw The King. He wasn’t moving. An image of Doc flashed into Lightning’s mind: Doc had looked the same way in the photo of the Fabulous Hudson Hornet’s famous crash.

Lightning screeched to a stop right before the finish line.

“Yeah!” Chick hollered as he shot past Lightning. “Woo-hoo! I won, baby! Yeah! Oh, yeah! Woo-hoo-hoo!”

“What’s he doing, Doc?” Flo whispered as she watched Lightning. He was inches from the finish line and still hadn’t moved.

Suddenly, Lightning put himself into reverse and headed back toward where The King had come to a stop.

“What are you doing, kid?” The King asked as Lightning approached. He was completely wiped out, but not completely broken; Lightning could see that.

“I think The King should finish his last race,” Lightning said humbly. And then, as gently as he could, Lightning began to push The King toward the finish line.

“You just gave up the Piston Cup,” The King pointed out, “you know that?”

“Ah, this grumpy old race car I know once told me something,” Lightning said as he helped The King to the end of the track. “It’s just an empty cup.” Doc smiled proudly as he listened on his radio.

Meanwhile, Chick was hooting in triumph, turning doughnuts in the infield. “Woo-hoo-hoo!” It took him a moment to realize that no one was cheering with him. In fact, no one was even watching him. “Hey, what?” He stopped in his tracks. “What’s going on?”

Lightning pushed The King across the finish line, and the crowd erupted in cheers! The stadium went crazy at the sight of one of the proudest moments in racing history.

“Way to go, buddy!” Mater hollered.

Fillmore teared up a little. “There’s a lot of love out there, you know, man?”

“Don’t embarrass me, Fillmore,” Sarge grunted.

The only one who wasn’t impressed was Chick. He raced onto the winner’s platform impatiently. “Come on, baby,” he said. “Bring it out, bring out the Piston Cup. Ka-chick-a! Ka-chick-a!”

But nobody came out to deliver the cup. Instead, someone tossed it onto the stage, where it clattered to the floor beside Chick. No one cheered.

“Now, that’s what I’m talking about right there, yeah!” Chick crowed. He looked around at the silent spectators. “Hey, how come the only one celebrating is me, huh? Where are the girls? Come on, where’s the fireworks? Bring on the confetti!”

A confetti cannon let out a shot and hit Chick’s bumper hard. “Owww! Hey, easy with the confetti. What’s going on? Come on, snap some cameras, let’s wrap this up. I gotta go sign my deal with Dinoco,” Chick said, starting to realize that no one cared.

The crowd started to boo.

“What’s wrong with everybody?” Chick demanded as a few of the cars started throwing garbage onto the stage. “Hey! Hey! This is the start of the Chick era!” Chick finally gave up, grabbed his Piston Cup, and scampered away.

But Lightning didn’t pay attention to any of that. He was too busy pushing The King toward the Dinoco tent. Then, as The King’s wife hurried over to give her husband a kiss, Lightning quietly headed to the Rust-eze tent. His whole pit crew had gathered there—along with the goofy brothers from Rust-eze, who had given Lightning his start in racing.

“You made us proud, kid,” one of the brothers said affectionately.

“Congrats on the loss, me bucko,” Mack said.

Doc smiled at the younger race car. “You got a lotta stuff, kid.”

“Thanks, Doc.”

“Hey, Lightning!” Tex Dinoco called from the front of the Dinoco tent. “How about comin’ over here and talking to me a minute?”

Lightning drove over to join him.

“Son, that was some real racin’ out there,” Tex said to Lightning. “How’d you like to become the new face of Dinoco?”

Lightning looked up at the fancy Dinoco tent area. The helicopter gave him a wink.

“But I didn’t win,” Lightning pointed out.

“Lightnin’,” Tex went on, “there’s a whole lot more to racin’ than just winnin’.”

Lightning was tempted. It was everything he had always dreamed of. Dinoco was a great company with a lot of money. And Tex seemed like a really great guy. Still … Lightning looked at the Rust-eze tent, where the two brothers were telling their usual lousy jokes He couldn’t help smiling.

“Thank you, Mr. Tex,” Lightning told the mogul, “but those Rust-eze guys over there gave me my big break. I think I’m gonna stick with them.”

“Well, I sure can respect that,” Tex said sincerely. “Still, you know, if there’s ever anything I can do for you, just let me know.”

“I sure appreciate that. Thank you.” Lightning thought for a moment. “Actually,” he said, “there is one thing.”

麥坤在賽道上拼盡全力。他緊跟在路霸身后，路霸則用盡各種手段圍堵麥坤。兩輛車碰撞在一起，發(fā)出尖銳的金屬摩擦聲?！安唬阈菹搿甭钒詰嵟嘏叵?。

正在這時(shí)，麥坤的一個(gè)輪胎爆了。他慌張地呼叫博士：“博士，我的輪胎爆了，我的輪胎爆了！”

黃旗落下，示意賽道上有散落的殘骸，藍(lán)天博士吩咐維修團(tuán)隊(duì)把其移出賽道。比賽將暫停一會兒。其他的車輛不得不放慢速度，跟在引導(dǎo)車后面等待殘骸被清走。“孩子，小心把自己摔得粉碎。”

藍(lán)天博士知道他們必須在引導(dǎo)車駛過來之前幫助麥坤重回賽道，否則，麥坤將再度落后。他朝著奇諾命令：“奇諾，是時(shí)候一展拳腳了！”

“嘿，小不點(diǎn)，”路霸的一名維修員嘲笑著說，“你是要給他清洗擋風(fēng)玻璃嗎？”

麥坤進(jìn)入檢修站后，路霸的維修員哈哈大笑起來。然而奇諾沒空去理會，終極檢修是他畢生的夢想。此刻，他已做好準(zhǔn)備。

奇諾的動作十分流暢。他將輪胎拋在空中，輪胎還沒落地就被他安裝好了。

路霸的維修隊(duì)傻眼了。奇諾看著他們，吹了吹自己的扭力扳手。接著，他獻(xiàn)上自己僅會的一句英語：“Pit stop”。

“奇諾，你做到了！”卡布激動地說。麥坤返回賽道，跟在引導(dǎo)車后面。

“你看到了嗎，鮑勃？”達(dá)倫在直播室驚訝地問。

鮑勃佩服得目瞪口呆?！斑@是我見過的速度最快的維 修員！”

賽道上，綠旗放了下來。三輛車健步如飛，朝前方奔涌而去。

“好樣的！”鮑勃興奮地說?！拔覀儸F(xiàn)在進(jìn)入最后一圈，麥坤緊跟在幾輛暫時(shí)領(lǐng)先的賽車后面。這場回歸太精彩了！”

麥坤距離路霸和車王越來越近。藍(lán)天博士對麥坤說：“小伙子，此時(shí)不追更待何時(shí)？你還剩四個(gè)轉(zhuǎn)彎。一個(gè)一個(gè)地來，拋開雜念，把冠軍拿下！”

麥坤下定決心，鎖緊眉頭。他朝第一個(gè)轉(zhuǎn)彎沖去。

“沖！”藍(lán)天博士發(fā)號施令，麥坤沖了上去。

他用盡全力，加大油門沖了出去。路霸看到對手已經(jīng)發(fā)起進(jìn)攻，他猛然變道試圖將麥坤擠到墻上。然而，麥坤的速度太快了，路霸未能得逞。

然而，路霸沒有放慢速度。相反，他加速前進(jìn)，用前保險(xiǎn)杠抵住麥坤的車尾。麥坤的車身大幅偏移，朝內(nèi)場滑去。

但是，麥坤沒有打算放棄。在最后關(guān)頭，麥坤按照藍(lán)天博士所教的，將方向盤向右打死，車身隨之左轉(zhuǎn)。一個(gè)漂亮的漂移，麥坤重回賽道并跑在最前面。

“麥坤跑在最前面！”達(dá)倫向觀眾們宣布，“活塞杯勢在必得！”

路霸和車王落在麥坤身后。但路霸也沒有放棄。即便不能贏第一，他也要努力贏第二。“老家伙，我這次不會讓你跑在我前面！”他咆哮著向車王撞去，車王在路霸的撞擊下翻滾著車身撞在墻上。

轟?。?

車王一直滑到內(nèi)場才停下來，賽場上的觀眾們目瞪口呆。他的車身已經(jīng)嚴(yán)重?fù)p壞和變形，車王動也不能動了。

麥坤朝終點(diǎn)線發(fā)起最后的沖刺，而此時(shí)，他的耳邊傳來車王撞毀的轟鳴聲。他遲疑了一下，通過賽場上的大屏幕，麥坤看見躺在內(nèi)場一動不動的車王。突然，藍(lán)天博士的形象出現(xiàn)在他的腦海：當(dāng)年著名撞毀事件照片中的博士看起來和車王一模一樣。

就在即將沖過終點(diǎn)線的時(shí)候，麥坤一個(gè)急剎車停了下來。

“哈哈！”路霸歡呼著從麥坤身邊飛馳而過?！巴叟?我贏了!哈哈！”

“博士，他在搞什么鬼？”芙蓉看著麥坤，小聲對博士說。雖然離終點(diǎn)線只有幾英尺的距離，麥坤卻站在原地不動。

突然，他調(diào)轉(zhuǎn)車身，朝停在內(nèi)場的車王走去。

看著麥坤朝自己走來，車王詫異地問：“孩子，你知道自己在做什么嗎？”麥坤明白，雖然車王的車身已經(jīng)散架，但并沒有完全損壞。

“我想，車王需要完成他的最后一場比賽?！丙溊ぶt卑地說。說完，麥坤輕輕地推著車王朝終點(diǎn)線走去。

“你放棄了活塞杯，你知道嗎？”車王說。

“呃，我認(rèn)識的一輛脾氣暴躁的賽車曾經(jīng)告訴我，活塞杯只是一個(gè)空杯子而已?！丙溊み呎f邊推著車王朝賽道終點(diǎn)走去。藍(lán)天博士通過無線廣播聽到麥坤的話后，驕傲地笑了。

與此同時(shí)，路霸正得意洋洋地響著喇叭，圍著內(nèi)場奔跑。“哈哈——哈哈哈！”過了一會兒，他才發(fā)現(xiàn)沒有一個(gè)人為他的勝利喝彩。事實(shí)上，連關(guān)注他的人也沒有。“喂，怎么回事？發(fā)生了什么？”他停下來大喊。

麥坤推著車王跨過終點(diǎn)線，賽場上爆發(fā)出雷鳴般的歡呼聲！這一賽車史上最驕傲的瞬間使整個(gè)賽車場都沸騰了。

“老兄，干得好！”板牙歡呼。

輝哥的眼睛濕潤了。“太有愛了，不是嗎？”

“輝哥，不要為難我?！笔抗匍L含糊其辭。

只有路霸一個(gè)人不為所動，他迫不及待地登上冠軍獎(jiǎng)臺?！皝戆桑瑢氊悅?，快拿出來，快把活塞杯拿出來！咔嚓！咔嚓！”

然而，沒有人出來為他頒獎(jiǎng)。相反，獎(jiǎng)杯只是被人扔在獎(jiǎng)臺上，任由其滾落到路霸的腳邊。沒有人歡呼。

“現(xiàn)在，大家可以聽我講幾句，哈哈！”路霸狂笑著說。他看了看身邊沉默的觀眾：“喂，為什么只有我一個(gè)人在慶祝，哼？美女們哪兒去了？煙花呢？把五彩紙屑都拿上來！”

一支彩紙炮狠狠地打在路霸的保險(xiǎn)杠上?！班蓿厝狳c(diǎn)嗎？到底怎么回事，快拍照?。∥覀兛旖Y(jié)束這里的活動，我還要去和岱諾可簽合同呢?！甭钒宰哉f自話，他發(fā)現(xiàn)沒有人關(guān)心他在講什么。

所有的人開始對路霸喝倒彩。

“大伙都怎么了？”路霸說，一些車迷開始往獎(jiǎng)臺上扔垃圾。“喂！喂喂！從今天起就是路霸的時(shí)代！”他終于放棄了，抓起活塞杯倉皇而逃。

然而，麥坤無暇顧及這些，他正忙著把車王推進(jìn)岱諾可帳篷里。就在這時(shí)，車王的妻子匆忙趕過來給了丈夫一個(gè)吻。麥坤悄悄地挪到旁邊的除銹靈的帳篷里。他的所有維修團(tuán)隊(duì)都聚集在這里，包括除銹靈的一對滑稽兄弟，他們在麥坤起步的時(shí)候給予過幫助。

“孩子，你讓我們感到驕傲?！逼渲幸粋€(gè)兄弟動情地說。

“朋友，為失去慶祝！”麥克說。

藍(lán)天博士微笑著看著這輛年輕的賽車：“孩子，你潛力無限。”

“藍(lán)天博士，謝謝您！”

“嗨，閃電！”老德在岱諾可帳篷前喊道，“可否過來跟我聊一會兒？”

麥坤駛到他身邊。

老德對麥坤說：“孩子，這才是真正的比賽。你愿意成為岱諾可新的代言人嗎？”

麥坤抬頭看著豪華的岱諾可帳篷，直升機(jī)也朝他眨了眨眼睛。

“可是，我并沒有贏。”麥坤解釋說。

“閃電，除了贏得比賽，還有更多值得追求的東西?！?

麥坤心動了，這些都是他這輩子夢寐以求的東西。岱諾可是家大公司，資金雄厚，老德看上去也像是一位很棒的伙伴。然而，麥坤看著除銹靈的帳篷，兩兄弟在那里講著那些老掉牙的爛笑話。麥坤不禁笑起來。

“謝謝您，老德先生?！丙溊@位顯赫的大老板——老德說，“但是那些除銹靈的伙伴曾帶給我巨大的機(jī)遇，我想我不應(yīng)該離開他們?！?

“好啦，我非常尊重你的選擇，”老德真誠地說，“不過，你要記住，如果有需要我?guī)兔Φ牡胤剑M管找我。”

“我真的很感謝您，謝謝！”麥坤想了一會兒接著說，“事實(shí)上，真有一件事情需要您幫忙。”