《别对我撒谎》精讲04 又一起谋杀案

Dardis: Danielle Stark¹,17 years old, senior at strivers magnet school.

Danielle Stark 17岁，艺术高中三年级学生。

She went missing a week ago.

一周前失踪。

Her body was found a day later dumped in rock creek² park.

第二天发现被弃尸于石溪公园。

She died from a blow to the head.

头部受创致死。

Lightman: Well, you're not here because of the girl, right?

你不是为了她才来的，对吧？

Dardis:No, her mother is a federal Judge on the DC circuit court.

对，她母亲是特区巡回法院的法官。

Judge Stark's been shortlisted as a possible supreme³ court Nominee⁴

Stark 法官已被选为最高法庭法官候选人之一

But we're treating this case just like any other.

不过这个案子，我们不会搞特殊。

Ria: Well, is there any, uh, physical evidence?

有什么证据没？

Dardis: Unfortunately, it rained that night.

很不幸，那晚下雨了。

Best we can do is determine that the blow came from the front, no defensive⁵ wounds,

我们只能断定是前额受到攻击，没有自卫痕迹。

indicating Danielle likely knew her killer⁶.

表明Danielle 可能认识凶手。

The problem is with the mother.

问题在她妈那里

She says that she was alone in her chambers⁷, and no one can verify it.

她说她一个人呆在房间里，但无从查证。

Lightman: So you've got a suspect, right?

那就有个嫌疑犯了，对吗？

I mean, that's great, right, since you're treating this case just like any other.

我觉得这样不错，你不是要一视同仁嘛、

Dardis: As you can imagine，we have to proceed carefully before we start pointing fingers at a presidential appointee.

你也能想到，在我们把矛头指向这位法官侯选人之前，一定要小心行事。

But if she's lying, we need to know.

如果她撒谎，我们必须得知道。

Lightman: And if nothe's?

如果她没呢？

Dardis: Then we need to know who is.

那就要知道真正的凶手。

1 stark   

adj.荒凉的；严酷的；完全的；adv.完全地

参考例句：

• The young man is faced with a stark choice.这位年轻人面临严峻的抉择。
• He gave a stark denial to the rumor.他对谣言加以完全的否认。

2 creek   

n.小溪，小河，小湾

参考例句：

• He sprang through the creek.他跳过小河。
• People sunbathe in the nude on the rocks above the creek.人们在露出小溪的岩石上裸体晒日光浴。

3 supreme   

adj.极度的，最重要的；至高的，最高的

参考例句：

• It was the supreme moment in his life.那是他一生中最重要的时刻。
• He handed up the indictment to the supreme court.他把起诉书送交最高法院。

4 nominee   

n.被提名者；被任命者；被推荐者

参考例句：

• His nominee for vice president was elected only after a second ballot.他提名的副总统在两轮投票后才当选。
• Mr.Francisco is standing as the official nominee for the post of District Secretary.弗朗西斯科先生是行政书记职位的正式提名人。

5 defensive   

adj.防御的；防卫的；防守的

参考例句：

• Their questions about the money put her on the defensive.他们问到钱的问题，使她警觉起来。
• The Government hastily organized defensive measures against the raids.政府急忙布置了防卫措施抵御空袭。

6 killer   

n.杀人者，杀人犯，杀手，屠杀者

参考例句：

• Heart attacks have become Britain's No.1 killer disease.心脏病已成为英国的头号致命疾病。
• The bulk of the evidence points to him as her killer.大量证据证明是他杀死她的。

7 chambers   

n.房间( chamber的名词复数 )；（议会的）议院；卧室；会议厅

参考例句：

• The body will be removed into one of the cold storage chambers. 尸体将被移到一个冷冻间里。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Mr Chambers's readable book concentrates on the middle passage: the time Ransome spent in Russia. Chambers先生的这本值得一看的书重点在中间：Ransome在俄国的那几年。 来自互联网