《跟踪者》精讲 03

Authorities are searching for a suspect in the murder of a young woman Kate Edwards, who was burned alive in a fiery¹ explosion.

当局正在寻找谋杀凯特·爱德华兹的嫌疑人，她先前在一场大火引起的爆炸中被烧死。

Sources tell us the Threat Assessment² Unit of the L.A.Police Department has been called in to supervise the case, and no other details have been released regarding the on going investigation³.

据情报显示洛杉矶警署威胁评估部门已经介入调查，除此之外没有关于此案的其它细节被透露。

We're almost done.

我们快要取证完毕了。

She hasn't been here very long.

她住到这里没多久。

The place is barely lived in. Her mail goes to a mail center. She's been hiding from someone.

仅仅把这里当个睡觉的地方。信件都被寄往邮件中心。她在躲着什么人。

Because she was terrified.

因为她被吓到了。

How so?

你怎么知道？

In the bathroom, she has a clear shower curtain so no one can hide behind it, a platform bed close to the ground so no one can hide under it.

浴室里挂的是透明的浴帘，这样没人能藏在后面，靠近地面的封闭台式床架，这样没人能藏在下面。

She didn't feel safe, hadn't in a long time.

她感觉不安全已经有一段时间了。

Look at this room. For an interior designer, it's not feng shui at all.

看看这个房间。对于一个室内设计者来说一点儿都不讲究风水。

The bed should be on this wall facing the door, no, But it's over here because...She sleeps on the left side of the bed.

床本来应该摆在这边对着门不是吗，但是却被摆在了这里，因为她睡在床的左侧。

Note the cluttered⁴ side table on her side facing the door...To watch for a shadow, the foot steps of her stalker to appear under the door.

从对着门这边凌乱的床头柜可以看出，这样她可以观察到影子，可以从门下观察到跟踪者的脚。

She had trouble sleeping but refused to take sleeping pills.

她受失眠困扰却又拒绝吃安眠药。

There's a full prescription⁵ from a year ago inside the medicine cabinet. She was too afraid to sleep.

医药箱里全装满了医生去年给她开的安眠药物处方。她是太害怕而不敢入睡。

And her stalker?

跟踪者有什么特征呢？

It's a man. Let's face it.

男性，不得不承认。

The violence of burning someone alive has us men written all over it.

把人活活烧死的暴行很有男性作风。

He likes role-playing.

他喜欢角色扮演。

He wants his fantasy, so he breaks into her apartment while she's gone, sleeps in her bed, eats her food, watches her tv, lives in her world.

他沉迷在幻想中，所以他会在她不在家的时候闯进来睡在她的床上，吃她的食物，看她的电视，生活在她的世界里。

He would leave little clues so she would know he was here or...just to make her crazy.

他会留下微小的线索让她发现他来过这里，或者就是想让她崩溃。

What set him off? The predator⁶ you described suffers from eroto-fixation.

那是什么刺激他动手呢？你所描述的犯人有性欲痴迷。

He likes the journey. He doesn't want it to end. Why kill her?

他喜欢这个旅程，并不愿意结束它。为什么要杀了她呢？

I don't know yet, but I impressed you a little bit, didn't I?

我还不清楚，但你已经对我刮目相看了，对吗？

There's a neighbor...Troy Gunn. They were good friends.

她的邻居，特洛伊·耿。他们是好朋友。

1 fiery   

adj.燃烧着的，火红的；暴躁的；激烈的

参考例句：

• She has fiery red hair.她有一头火红的头发。
• His fiery speech agitated the crowd.他热情洋溢的讲话激动了群众。

2 assessment   

n.评价；评估；对财产的估价，被估定的金额

参考例句：

• This is a very perceptive assessment of the situation.这是一个对该情况的极富洞察力的评价。
• What is your assessment of the situation?你对时局的看法如何？

3 investigation   

n.调查，调查研究

参考例句：

• In an investigation,a new fact became known, which told against him.在调查中新发现了一件对他不利的事实。
• He drew the conclusion by building on his own investigation.他根据自己的调查研究作出结论。

4 cluttered   

v.杂物，零乱的东西零乱vt.( clutter的过去式和过去分词 )；乱糟糟地堆满，把…弄得很乱；（以…） 塞满…

参考例句：

• The room is cluttered up with all kinds of things. 零七八碎的东西放满了一屋子。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• The desk is cluttered with books and papers. 桌上乱糟糟地堆满了书报。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

5 prescription   

n.处方，开药；指示，规定

参考例句：

• The physician made a prescription against sea- sickness for him.医生给他开了个治晕船的药方。
• The drug is available on prescription only.这种药只能凭处方购买。

6 predator   

n.捕食其它动物的动物；捕食者

参考例句：

• The final part of this chapter was devoted to a brief summary of predator species.本章最后部分简要总结了食肉动物。
• Komodo dragon is the largest living lizard and a fearsome predator.科摩多龙是目前存在的最大蜥蜴，它是一种令人恐惧的捕食性动物。