經典科幻文學:《宇宙盡頭的餐館》第3章11

“Did you know,” interrupting the ghostly figure, fixing Zaphod with a stern look, “that Betelgeuse Five has developed a very slight eccentricy in its orbit?”
Zaphod didn’t and found the information hard to concentrate on what with all the noise and the imminence of death and so on.
“Er, no… look,” he said.
“Me spinning in my grave!” barked the ancestor. He slammed the cup down and pointed a quivering, stick-like see-through finger at Zaphod.
“Your fault!” he screeched.
“One minute thirty,” muttered Ford, his head in his hands.
“Yeah, look Great Granddad, can you actually help because…”
“Help?” exclaimed the old man as if he’d been asked for a stoat.
“Yeah, help, and like, now, because otherwise…”
“Help!” repeated the old man as if he’d been asked for a lightly grilled stoat in a bun with French fries. He stood amazed.

“你知道嗎，”鬼魂打斷了贊福德，用嚴厲的目光盯着他。“參宿四星系5號星在軌道上的運行情況稍稍有點反常？”
贊福德不知道，同時認爲這個消息很難和當前的噪音、逐漸臨近的死亡，以及其他種種情形聯繫起來。
“嗯，不……您瞧。”他說。
“把我晃盪得在我自己的墳墓裏轉圈！”這位祖先咆哮道。他砰地把杯子放下，伸出一根枯枝似的手指，顫巍巍地指向贊福德。
“這全是你的錯！”他尖叫着說。
“一分三十秒，”福特喃喃地說，頭無力地枕在手上。
“這，您瞧，曾祖父，真的，您能幫幫我們嗎，因爲……”
“幫幫？”老人的反應活像是被要求吃下一隻臭鼬。
“是啊，幫幫我們，或者類似的什麼，就現在！否則的話……”
“幫幫！”老人又重複了一遍，活像在一個狂歡宴會上被要求和着法式炸薯條吃下一隻烤得嫩嫩的臭鼬。他一臉震驚，呆在那裏。