纯正地道美语(外教讲解)218：犯罪现场

　　Detective MeGee: Alright,Officer  McGraw,Give it to me straight, what are we looking at here?
McGraw: Detective  MeGee! We’re glad to see you!  We could sure use your expertise¹ on this  one. It’s  a  break-in, but nothing seems to have been stolen.  We received a call from the Bear family at around ten thirty this morning.  They had gone out for a walk before breakfast and came  home  to  this  mess! Broken chairs and porridge all  over  the  place! Apparently², Momma Bear had made the porridge a little too hot, you see, and they were waiting for it to cool down.
Detective MeGee:Okay then, let’s start examining the evidence. . . Have the forensics team been in yet?
McGraw:Yes sir. They found some fingerprints³ on the bowls and are analyzing⁴ them back at the lab as we speak. Hopefully, they will be able to identify the burglar⁵ soon.
Detective MeGee: Hmmmm,Ah  ha! What’s this?   A strand⁶  of  golden hair. . .  this is a very important  piece  of  trace  evidence ，McGraw.  It tells me the suspect has long golden hair. . . very  few  men have long golden hair... our  criminal  could  be  a woman...
McGraw: A woman? Was she working alone? Did she have an accomplice⁷?
Detective MeGee: An accomplice? No, no .McGraw,  she   was   definitely  working  alone.   See here, there are footprints in the  porridge,  here  on  the floor... footprints, tells me that our suspect is small. . . could possibly be a child.
McGraw: A child? Surely not, sir. . .
Detective MeGee: We  must  follow  the  clues, McGraw! The  evidence doesn’t lie! Now, let’s reconstruct  the  crime. . . the suspect came in, sat in each chair breaking the smallest one into little pieces.  Next, the porridge.  she obviously tried to eat it and because it was so hot, she dropped it on the floor. . . .  this mess.interesting. These footprints seem to lead upstairs.  McGraw, did your officers clear the scene?
McGraw: Well, there was no one down here. . .  and maybe we forget to check upstairs.
Goldylocks:  Hey!  What’s  with  all  the noise? I’m trying to sleep up here!
Detective MeGee: There she is! Get her!
Give it to me straight 直截了当地，如实告诉。
forensics 犯罪调查中的科学检测
identify v.识别, 鉴定
strand n.(股，缕
suspect n.嫌疑犯
accomplice n. 帮凶
reconstruct v.重建
Detective MeGee: McGraw，请你直接说，我们在这儿寻找什么？
McGraw：MeGee侦探，很高兴看见你。我们一定能用到你的经验。这是入室偷窃，但是看起来没有东西被偷。尽早大概10点半左右我们收到来自Bear家的电话。他们在早饭前出去散步，回家就遇到这种混乱局面。破碎的椅子和粥弄得到处都是。首先，Bear妈妈做的粥有点太热了，他们正在等粥凉下来。
Detective MeGee: 好吧，我们来看下证据，检测组已经到了吗？
McGraw：是的，他们发现了腕上的一些指纹，我们手滑的时候他们正在实验室分析。他们很有希望鉴定出窃贼。
Detective MeGee: 这是什么？一缕金色的头发，这是很重要的追踪证据，它表明嫌疑犯有长的金色头发，很少有男人留着长的金色头发，罪犯可能是个女的。
McGraw：女的？她单独作案？她有帮凶吗？
Detective MeGee: 帮凶?没有，McGraw。她肯定是单独作案，看这儿，看粥上面的脚印，还有地板上的这出，脚印告诉我们嫌疑犯很小，很可能是个孩子。
McGraw：孩子？肯定不是。
Detective MeGee: 我们必须跟踪线索。
McGraw：证据不会说谎，我们来重新想下犯罪的经过，嫌疑犯走进来，坐在椅子上将最小的碗打碎了，形成了现在的婚礼局面。这些脚印看起来通道楼上。McGraw，你的部下清理过现场了？
Detective MeGee: 楼下没有人，也许我们忘记检查楼上了。
McGraw：嘿，怎么有这么多噪声？我正在楼上睡觉奥。
Detective MeGee: 她在哪儿，抓住她。
 

1 expertise   

n.专门知识(或技能等)，专长

参考例句：

• We were amazed at his expertise on the ski slopes.他斜坡滑雪的技能使我们赞叹不已。
• You really have the technical expertise in a new breakthrough.让你真正在专业技术上有一个全新的突破。

2 apparently   

adv.显然地；表面上，似乎

参考例句：

• An apparently blind alley leads suddenly into an open space.山穷水尽，豁然开朗。
• He was apparently much surprised at the news.他对那个消息显然感到十分惊异。

3 fingerprints   

n.指纹( fingerprint的名词复数 )v.指纹( fingerprint的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• Everyone's fingerprints are unique. 每个人的指纹都是独一无二的。
• They wore gloves so as not to leave any fingerprints behind (them). 他们戴着手套，以免留下指纹。 来自《简明英汉词典》

4 analyzing   

v.分析；分析( analyze的现在分词 )；分解；解释；对…进行心理分析n.分析

参考例句：

• Analyzing the date of some socialist countries presents even greater problem s. 分析某些社会主义国家的统计数据，暴露出的问题甚至更大。 来自辞典例句
• He undoubtedly was not far off the mark in analyzing its predictions. 当然，他对其预测所作的分析倒也八九不离十。 来自辞典例句

5 burglar   

n.窃贼，破门盗窃者

参考例句：

• The policeman took the burglar by surprise as he opened the window.当夜盗开窗时，警察冷不防地捉住了他。
• The man glanced the burglar climbing out of the window.那人瞥见小偷从窗户爬出来。

6 strand   

vt.使（船）搁浅，使（某人）困于（某地）

参考例句：

• She tucked a loose strand of hair behind her ears.她把一缕散发夹到了耳后。
• The climbers had been stranded by a storm.登山者被暴风雨困住了。

7 accomplice   

n.从犯，帮凶，同谋

参考例句：

• She was her husband's accomplice in murdering a rich old man.她是她丈夫谋杀一个老富翁的帮凶。
• He is suspected as an accomplice of the murder.他涉嫌为这次凶杀案的同谋。