《复仇》 第173期:情人

 Where have you been? 你去哪儿了

I've been writing some new material for the reading. 为读书会写些材料

Well, you were supposed to call me 你和阿曼达·克拉克谈过后

after you spoke¹ with Amanda Clarke. 至少该给我打个电话

What did you find out? 你有什么发现

That she's a very angry girl with a sharp memory. 她满心怨恨  事情都记得一清二楚

What exactly does she remember? 她到底记得什么

The truth about your relationship with her father. 你和她爸爸的真实关系

She wants to pull on that thread 她会坚持顺着这个思路查

till it unravels² everything, and if that were to happen... 直到查明真相  如果那样的话

I'll go down as one of the biggest frauds in literary history. 我会成为文学史上最大的骗子

There are far worse fates. 还有比这更惨的下场

I'm here to get your side of the story, Mrs. Grayson. 格雷森夫人  我是来了解你的说法的

Do you have a response to David Clarke's allegations 大卫·克拉克声称你们是情人

that you two were lovers? 对此你有什么想说的吗

Here's my response to you, Mr. Treadwell-- 特德韦尔先生  我想说的是

If you print a word of that garbage, 如果你敢写到有关那些废话的只言片语

I will sue you for slander³. 我会以诽谤罪起诉你

 

1 spoke   

n.（车轮的）辐条；轮辐；破坏某人的计划；阻挠某人的行动 v.讲，谈（speak的过去式）；说；演说；从某种观点来说

参考例句：

• They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
• The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。

2 unravels   

解开，拆散，散开( unravel的第三人称单数 )； 阐明； 澄清； 弄清楚

参考例句：

• Khrushchev's Cold War unravels the tangled contradictions in his leadership of the Communist Party. 赫鲁晓夫的冷战》这本书揭示出赫鲁晓夫作为共产党的领袖，面临着一些棘手的问题。

3 slander   

n./v.诽谤，污蔑

参考例句：

• The article is a slander on ordinary working people.那篇文章是对普通劳动大众的诋毁。
• He threatened to go public with the slander.他威胁要把丑闻宣扬出去。