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U2 A Very Special Goose 一只奇特的鹅 A goose that could lay golden eggs drew scientists and armed guards in droves to the Texas farm and Project Goose was begun. How could the goose lay golden eggs? The scientists wanted to find the answer. 得克萨斯某农场一只能下金蛋的鹅引来了大批的科学家和全副武装的保安，由此开始了“鹅蛋工程”。鹅怎么会下金蛋呢？科学家们决心找到答案。I couldnt tell you my real name if I wanted to, and under the circumstances I dont want to.即使我想告诉你我的真实姓名，我也不能这么做，何况在这种情况下我也不想告诉你。Im not much of a writer myself, so Im having Isaac Asimov write this up for me. Ive picked him because hes a biochemist, so he understands what I tell him. Besides, he writes science fiction and that is very important. 我自己不大会写作，所以我请艾萨克?阿西莫夫替我整理这篇东西。我选中他是因为他是个生物化学家，他能明白我的意思。而且他还写科幻小说，这一点很重要。I wasnt the first person to have the honor of meeting The Goose. That honor belongs to a Texas cotton farmer named Ian Angus MacGregor (Im using fictitious names, of course), who owned it before it became Government property. 我并不是第一个有幸见到那只鹅的人。幸运者是得克萨斯的一位棉农，叫安格斯?麦格雷戈（当然我用的是化名），鹅原先是他的，后来成了政府的财产。By summer of 1957 hed sent a dozen letters to the Department of Agriculture requesting information on the hatching of goose eggs. The Department sent him all the information it could, but he kept wanting more. Im in the employ of the Department and I was attending a convention in San Antonio in July of 1957, so my boss asked me to stop off at MacGregors place and see what I could do. 到1957年夏天为止，他已经给农业部写了十几封信，索取有关孵化鹅蛋的资料。农业部把所能找到的资料全部都寄给了他，但他还是不停地索要。我在农业部工作，1957年7月我到圣安东尼奥开会，上司让我中途在麦格雷戈的农场停一下，看看我能帮点什么忙。So it was that on July 17, 1957, I met The Goose. I met MacGregor first. He was in his fifties, a tall man with a lined face full of suspicion. I went over all the information hed been requesting, then asked politely if I might see his geese. 于是，1957年7月17日我见到了那只鹅。我先见到了麦格雷戈。他五十多岁，高个子，满脸皱纹，见到我，满是狐疑之色。我翻看了他索取的所有资料，然后客气地提出要 看一看他的那些鹅。 He said, Its not geese, mister, its one goose.他说：“不是那些鹅，先生，是一只鹅。” I said, If its only one goose, whats your worry? Kill it and eat it.