da.thehitchhikersguidetothegalaxy-第28部分
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the ultimate decision…making process is handled by a puter。 They couldn't be more wrong。
2 Ford Prefect's original name is only pronounceable in an obscure Betelgeusian dialect; now virtually extinct since the Great Collapsing Hrung Disaster of Gal。/Sid。/Year 03758 which wiped out all the old Praxibetel munities on Betelgeuse Seven。 Ford's father was the only man on the entire planet to survive the Great Collapsing Hrung disaster; by an extraordinary coincidence that he was never able satisfactorily to explain。 The whole episode is shrouded in deep mystery: in fact no one ever knew what a Hrung was nor why it had chosen to collapse on Betelgeuse Seven particularly。 Ford's father; magnanimously waving aside the clouds of suspicion that had inevitably settled around him; came to live on Betelgeuse Five where he both fathered and uncled Ford; in memory of his now dead race he christened him in the ancient Praxibetel tongue。
Because Ford never learned to say his original name; his father eventually died of shame; which is still a terminal disease in some parts of the Galaxy。 The other kids at school nicknamed him Ix; which in the language of Betelgeuse Five translates as 〃boy who is not able satisfactorily to explain what a Hrung is; nor why it should choose to collapse on Betelgeuse Seven〃。
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