雙語暢銷書《艾倫圖靈傳》第8章:水銀延時線(59)
Such failures he would easily laugh off.
This was not his only visit back to Buckinghamshire, for he spent a weekend, probably in December 1946, discussing D. Gabor's new theory of communication19 with Don Bayley.
這不是他唯一一次回到白金漢郡，他還花了一個週末（大概是在1946年12月），與唐·貝利討論D·蓋伯關於通信的新理論。This time he distinguished himself by fainting when he grazed himself shaving.
在這次會面中，圖靈刮鬍子不小心颳了個口子，於是就眩暈了。
He had told Don long before about this reaction to blood, but this was the first time Don had seen it happen.
之前他曾經告訴過唐·貝利，他對血有這種反應，但這是唐第一次親眼看到。There had also been an occasion in October 1945, when he, Don Bayley, Robin Gandy and 'Jumbo' Lee met up to go to a lecture on wartime radio work at the Institute of Electrical Engineers.
還有一次，大約是1945年11月，唐·貝利、羅賓·甘迪和"大個兒"李相約去參加一個電子工程師協會舉辦的戰時無線電講座，Afterwards they had gone to Bernard Walsh's oyster restaurant.
然後他們去牡蠣餐廳準備在那吃飯。Alan had cycled into London from Teddington and had parked his bicycle outside the Soho restaurant, from which it was duly stolen.
圖靈從特丁頓騎單車來到倫敦，然後把單車停在餐廳外面，結果當時就被偷了。For him to cycle the fifteen miles was not entirely characteristic, since he would quite happily take in such distances on foot.
對圖靈來說，騎單車15公里並非常事，因爲對於這樣的距離，他更願意選擇步行。On arrival at Teddington he had joined the local Walton Athletics Club, and had taken up running as a serious amateur.
他剛到特丁頓，就加入了當地的健身俱樂部，並且將跑步發展成了非常專業的業餘愛好。He was a long-distance runner, rather than a sprinter; it was his stamina that gave him the edge in races over three miles in length.
圖靈是個長跑健將，但不擅長短跑，他一口氣能跑3公里。During this period he would spend two or three hours every day on training, and would run for the club on Saturday afternoons.
在這段時間，他每天都會花兩到三個小時進行訓練，週六下午還會代表俱樂部參加比賽。
