单身贵族案 22雷斯垂德的困扰(5)

"Very good, Lestrade," said Holmes, laughing. "You really are very fine indeed. Let me see it."

"妙极了，雷斯垂德，"福尔摩斯说着笑了起来，"你真不简单，让我看一下。"

He took up the paper in a listless way,

他不在意地拿起那张纸条，

but his attention instantly became riveted¹, and he gave a little cry of satisfaction.

但他的注意力立刻又被吸引住，并且满意地叫了一声。

"This is indeed important," said he. "Ha! you find it so?"

"这的确非常重要，"他说。"哈哈，你也发现是这么一回事了？"

"Extremely so. I congratulate you warmly."

"极其重要。我热烈地祝贺你。"

Lestrade rose in his triumph and bent² his head to look.

雷斯垂德洋洋得意地站了起来，又低下头去看一眼。

"Why," he shrieked³, "you're looking at the wrong side!"

"这是怎么一回事？"他失声地叫了起来，"你看反了！"

"On the contrary, this is the right side."

"恰恰相反，这才是正面。"

"The right side? You're mad! Here is the note written in pencil over here."

"正面？你疯了！这儿才是用铅笔写的便条。"

"And over here is what appears to be the fragment of a hotel bill, which interests me deeply."

"哦，这儿，这儿看来是一张旅馆的帐单，这使我很感兴趣。"

"There's nothing in it. I looked at it before," said Lestrade.

"那上面没有什么，我也看过。"雷斯垂德说。

1 riveted   

铆接( rivet的过去式和过去分词 )； 把…固定住； 吸引； 引起某人的注意

参考例句：

• I was absolutely riveted by her story. 我完全被她的故事吸引住了。
• My attention was riveted by a slight movement in the bushes. 我的注意力被灌木丛中的轻微晃动吸引住了。

2 bent   

n.爱好，癖好；adj.弯的；决心的，一心的

参考例句：

• He was fully bent upon the project.他一心扑在这项计划上。
• We bent over backward to help them.我们尽了最大努力帮助他们。

3 shrieked   

v.尖叫( shriek的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• She shrieked in fright. 她吓得尖叫起来。
• Li Mei-t'ing gave a shout, and Lu Tzu-hsiao shrieked, "Tell what? 李梅亭大声叫，陆子潇尖声叫：“告诉什么？ 来自汉英文学 - 围城