商业托福阅读：星球大战第八章(10)
"Bring ’em on," Solo demanded, unreasonably enthused by their success so far."I prefer a straight fight to all this sneaking around." "Maybe you’re in a hurry to die," Luke snapped, "but I’m not. All this sneaking around has kept us alive." The Corellian gave Luke a sour eye but said nothing.
They watched as Kenobi operated an incredibly complex computer console with the ease and confidence of one long accustomed to handling intricate machinery. A screen lit up promptly with a map of sections of the battle station. The old man leaned forward, scrutinizing the display carefully.
Meanwhile, Threepio and Artoo had been going over an equally complicated control panel nearby. Artoo suddenly froze and began whistling wildly at something he had found. Solo and Luke, their momentary disagreement over tactics forgotten, rushed over to where the robots were standing. Chewbacca busied himself hanging the gentry officer up by his toes.
"Plug him in," Kenobi suggested, looking over from his place before the larger readout. "He should be able to draw information from the entire station network.
Let’s see if he can find out where the tractor beam power unit is located." "Why not just disconnect the beam from here, sir?" Luke wanted to know.
It was Solo who replied derisively, "What, and have them lock it right back on us before we can get a ship’s length outside the docking bay?" Luke looked crestfallen. "Oh. I hadn’t thought of that." "We have to break the tractor at its power source in order to execute a clean escape, Luke," old Ben chided gently as Artoo punched a claw arm into the open computer socket he had discovered. Immediately a galaxy of lights came to life on the panel in front of him and the room was filled with the hum of machinery working at high speed.
Several minutes passed while the little ’droid sucked up information like a metal sponge. Then the hum slowed and he turned to beep something back at them.
"He’s found it, sir!" Threepio announced excitedly.
"The tractor beam is coupled to the main reactors at seven locations. Most of the pertinent data is restricted, but he’ll try to pull the critical information through to the monitor." Kenobi turned his attention from the larger screen to a small readout near Artoo.
Data began to race across it too fast for Luke to see, but apparently Kenobi somehow made something of the schematic blur. "I don’t think there’s any way you boys can help with this," he told them. "I must go alone." "That suits me fine," said Solo readily. "I’ve already done more than I bargained for on this trip. But I think putting that tractor beam out of commission’s going to take more than your magic, old man." Luke wasn’t put off so easily. "I want to go with you." "Don’t be impatient, young Luke. This requires skills you haven’t yet mastered.
Stay and wait for my signal. They must be delivered to the rebel forces or many more worlds will meet the same fate as Alderaan. Trust in the force, Luke—and wait." With a last look at the flow of information on the monitor, Kenobi adjusted the lightsaber at his waist. Stepping to the door, he slid it aside, looked once left, once right, and, disappeared down a long, glowing hallway.
As soon as he was gone Chewbacca growled and Solo nodded agreement.
"You said it, Chewie!" He turned to Luke. "Where’d you dig up that old fossil?" "Ben Kenobi—General Kenobi—is a great man," Luke protested loftily.
"Great at getting us into trouble," Solo snorted. "’General,’ my afterburners! He’s not going to get us out of here." "You got any better ideas?" Luke shot back challengingly.
"Anything would be better than just waiting here for them to come and pick us up. If we—" A hysterical whistling and hooting came from the computer console. Luke hurried over to Artoo Detoo. The little ’droid was all but hopping about on stubby legs.
"What now?" Luke asked Threepio.
The taller robot looked puzzled himself. "I’m afraid I don’t understand either, sir. He says, ’I found her,’ and keeps repeating, ’She’s here, she’s here!’ " "Who? Who has he found?" Artoo turned a flat blinking face toward Luke and whistled frantically.
商业托福阅读：星球大战第八章(10)
"Princess Leia," the announced after listening carefully. "Senator Organa— they seem to be one and the same. I believe she may be the person in the message he was carrying." That three-dimensional portrait of indescribable beauty coalesced in Luke’s mind again. "The Princess? She’s here?" Attracted by the commotion, Solo wandered over. "Princess? What’s going on?" "Where? Where is she?" Luke demanded breathlessly, ignoring Solo completely.</p>
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