【流浪地球】刹车时代（上） 中英文双语对照(7)

There were two major types of Erath Engines. The larger ones were dubbed “ Mountains”, while the smaller ones were called” Summits “. We ascended North China Mountain 794. Let me tell you, it took longer to scale a” Mountain “ than to ascend a“ Summit “. The top of a Summit could be reached via a giant elevator, while you could only go up a Mountain in a car, snaking you way up a coiled road. Our bus weaved into the endless procession of other vehicles, following the smooth steel road up the outer side of the Mountain. To our left, there was only a blank face of azure metal; to our right, a yawning abyss. The traffic mostly conistd of 50 – ton dump trucks, fully loaded with rocks from the Taihang Mountains. Our bus quickly ascended to 16,000 feet as the Earth below almost completely disappeared, obscured by the reflection of the Earth Engine’s greenish blue light. Ms.Xing then told us to put on our oxygen masks. As we approached the plasma plume, the light had heat increasd immensely, causing the visors we wore to gradually dim and the mini – compressors in our thermal suits to whir along with all their might. At 20,000 feet wee camee upon the material intake. Truckload after truckload of large rocks was dumped into the faint, red sparkling light of its giant maw. It devoured the rocks without sound. Fascinated I asked my teacher about it. “ How is the Earth Engine able to turn those rocks into fuel? ”