要坚持健身，才会更有元气。
Chapter 5 Men from Mars
There was no floating inside the Space Hotel. The gravity-making machine saw to that.
查理一家和旺卡先生成功登录太空旅馆，他们不用再飘来飘去了。因为有重力制造机。
see (to it) that确保,保证做到
The group stared in silence at all this luxury.
太空旅馆里的一切太豪华了。
Luxury is very great comfort, especially among beautiful and expensive surroundings. 奢侈; 奢华; 奢侈的享受[u]
luxury goods就是奢侈品
A faint humming noise came from somewhere below the floor, but that only made the silence more spooky.
旺卡先生说不要乱说话，不然会被地台捕捉到的。所以突然出现的一点声响一下子那么毛骨悚然。
informal A place that is spooky has a frightening atmosphere, and makes you feel that there are ghosts around. 阴森可怖的; 闹鬼似的
最近正好也在读坎特维尔的幽灵，就出现了这个词。
They had broken into the greatest machine ever built by man, the property of the United States Government, and if they were discovered and captured as they surely must be in the end, what would happen to them then? Jail for life? Yes, or something worse.
哈哈，他们还真有自知之明，这段话蛮有感觉的。
jail for life 终身监禁
Mr Wonka turned the paper over. On the other side it said: ...
把纸翻个面，在另一面写着
说消息，通知，告示用say 即可，有时候也会出现read，不必刻意用write
YOU ARE TRESPASSING ON AMERICAN PROPERTY! YOU ARE ORDERED TO IDENTIFY YOURSELVES IMMEDIATELY!
trespass: If someone trespasses, they go onto someone else's land without their permission. 擅自进入, 非法侵入 (他人土地)
‘SPEAK! SPEAK! SPEAK!’ Grandma Georgina shot under the sheet. Grandma Josephine stuck her fingers in her ears. Grandpa George buried his head in the pillow. Mr and Mrs Bucket, both petrified, were once again in each other’s arms.
这一段太生动了。
petrified就是石化的，此处可以理解为呆若木鸡。哈利波特第二本这个词是超高频词汇。
Mr Wonka stood very still, and although his face looked calm, you can be quite sure his clever inventive brain was spinning like a dynamo.
inventive adj.富有创造性的
dynamo: A dynamo is a device that uses the movement of a machine or vehicle to produce electricity. 发电机
IF YOU DO NOT REPLY WE SHALL BE FORCED TO REGARD YOU AS DANGEROUS ENEMIES.
be forced to 被迫，其实就是have to do
regard ... as ... 把...看做... （主动语态）
be regarded as 被看做 (被动语态),更常用一些。
Then, all at once, they saw the tiny twinkling wrinkles of a smile appear around the corners of his eyes. He sprang to life.
原来还可以译为眼角的笑纹，真简洁。
spring to life: to suddenly become very active or busy 突然活跃(忙碌)起来
Charlie’s eyes were riveted on Mr Wonka.
rivet:
If you are riveted by something, it fascinates you and holds your interest completely. 吸引; 迷住
上一章中好像也出现了这个词。
All eyes were riveted on the TV screen as the small glass object, with its booster-rockets firing, slid smoothly up behind the giant Space Hotel.所有人的眼睛都紧紧盯着电视
The next time Mr Wonka spoke, the words came out so fast and sharp and loud they were like bullets from a machine-gun. ‘ZOONK-ZOONK-ZOONK-ZOONK-ZOONK!’ he barked.
这一段纯粹是有声书读得太搞笑了。
the words came more slowly, but there was a touch of steel in every syllable:
syllable 音节
每个音节都硬邦邦的。
steel在查理和巧克力中出现过，说天空就像是阴沉的钢铁的颜色。
Standing by the window, he saw the huge flakes drifting slowly down out of an icy sky that was the colour of steel.(出自查理和巧克力)
But the President himself kept a cool head and a clear brain.
果然不同常人。
Summon the Chief Interpreter
召见总翻译官。
English simultaneous interpretation就是同声传译
‘Screaming scorpions!’ cried the President.
哈哈，这类表达最好玩了。旺卡先生对着地控的大喇叭乱七八糟胡诌一通，结果真把他们唬住了。以为是外星人入侵。
I see what you’re driving at!
If you ask someone what they are driving at, you ask that person what they really mean.
想说明。(取自剑桥词典)
If you blow these people up, Mars will declare war on us!
如果贸然行动，火星人会宣战的！
We’d be mashed like potatoes!’
上一本出现的土豆泥就是marshed potatoes
We’ve got to treat these fellows gently. We’ve got to be polite to them, butter them up, make them happy. The last thing we want is to be invaded by men from Mars!
对他们要客客气气，彬彬有礼，奉承他们。绝对不要发生入侵的事。
butter up可不是抹黄油
(Brit, informal)If someone butters you up, they try to please you because they want you to help or support them. 奉承; 巴结; 讨好
这一章就结束了。˙Ⱉ˙ฅ