福尔摩斯：基本演绎法 第一季第3集 Child Predator（9）

I want to talk to him.

我想跟他谈谈

I think I can get through to him.

我想我能让他弄清状况

Holmes, this is a delicate situation.

福尔摩斯，形势微妙啊

And I can, on occasion, be indelicate, I'm well aware,

我非常明白我有时候不太得体

but if you think I'd do anything

但是你认为我会做

to jeopardize¹ the life of that girl...

危及那女孩生命的事吗

Intentionally², of course not.

蓄意的，当然不会了

We're talking about a kid here--

我们在说一个孩子

a kid that's been traumatized, maybe even brainwashed.

一个受到精神伤害，甚至被洗脑的孩子

A kid who wouldn't even be here if it wasn't for me.

如果没有我，那孩子也不会在这里

What, oh, you think that gives you the right to question him?

你以为这就给了你审问他的权力吗

You're a consultant³, not a cop.

你只是个顾问，不是警察

And given the very real possibility

那个年轻人很有可能是

that the young man is accessory

几起恐怖罪行中的帮凶

to several horrific crimes, maybe "Not a cop"

或许没有警察身份的我

is exactly what he needs at the moment, hmm?

正是他目前需要的

Ten minutes-- that's all I ask.

十分钟，这就是我的全部请求

You've got five.

给你五分钟

Hello, Adam.

你好，亚当

My name is Sherlock.

我的名字是夏洛克

You can probably tell from my accent,

从我的口音或许能听出

I'm not a New York City police officer,

我不是纽约市的警察

nor am I a psychiatrist⁴,

我也不是精神病医师

which makes me the only person you're going to talk to today

这让我成为了今天唯一一位

who isn't going to lie to you.

不会对你撒谎的倾诉对象

The people who were here earlier--

之前在这里的那些人

Detective Bell and the others--

贝尔警探还有其他人

they told you that the man who took you seven years ago

他们告诉你七年之前拐走你的人

was a bad man, that he hurt you, abused you.

是个坏人，他伤害了你，虐待你

But they don't know the whole story, do they?

但他们不知道实际情况，对吗

He also took care of you,

他还照顾你

kept a roof over your head,

让你住在屋子里

taught you to drive.

教你开车

Loved you.

爱你

My father packed me off

我父亲在我八岁的时候

to boarding school when I was just eight years old.

就把我打发到了寄宿学校

I was a little bit of a know-it-all--

我以前是个小灵通

well, massive know-it-all, actually.

好吧，其实是个万事通

Turned a lot of the other boys

学校里很多男孩

at the school against me, hmm,

都与我为敌

especially one by the name of Anders Larson.

尤其是一个叫安德斯·拉森的男孩

Now, over the course of the next year,

在接下来的一年里

Anders took his anger out on me

安德斯用了各种残忍和可怕的手段

in, uh, myriad⁵ cruel and terrible ways--

在我身上发泄他的愤怒

nothing close to what you experienced, of course,

当然这跟你所经历的比起来不算什么

but it seemed worth mentioning.

不过值得一提的是

You see... the more Anders hurt me...

安德斯越伤害我

...the more I felt gratitude⁶

我就越感激

that he was actually paying attention to me.

因为实际上他重视我

That in, in tormenting⁷ me, he was attempting

通过折磨我，他在试图

to correct what I knew to be wrong with myself.

改正我所知道的自身的错误

One day,

一天

after a particularly brutal⁸ lesson...

一次特别野蛮的教训之后

...it left me in a very bad way,

我伤痕累累

a teacher asked me who was responsible.

一位老师问我这是谁干的

I said I'd fallen down the stairs.

我说我从楼梯上摔下来了

Funny, the things that we do

为我们关心的人

for the people that we care about.

干出的事，真可笑

Uh, did he do that to you--

那是他干的吗

the person that you care about?

那个你关心的人

No.

不是

1 jeopardize   

vt.危及，损害

参考例句：

• Overworking can jeopardize your health.工作过量可能会危及你的健康。
• If you are rude to the boss it may jeopardize your chances of success.如果你对上司无礼，那就可能断送你成功的机会。

2 intentionally   

ad.故意地，有意地

参考例句：

• I didn't say it intentionally. 我是无心说的。
• The local authority ruled that he had made himself intentionally homeless and was therefore not entitled to be rehoused. 当地政府裁定他是有意居无定所，因此没有资格再获得提供住房。

3 consultant   

n.顾问；会诊医师，专科医生

参考例句：

• He is a consultant on law affairs to the mayor.他是市长的一个法律顾问。
• Originally,Gar had agreed to come up as a consultant.原来，加尔只答应来充当我们的顾问。

4 psychiatrist   

n.精神病专家；精神病医师

参考例句：

• He went to a psychiatrist about his compulsive gambling.他去看精神科医生治疗不能自拔的赌瘾。
• The psychiatrist corrected him gently.精神病医师彬彬有礼地纠正他。

5 myriad   

adj.无数的；n.无数，极大数量

参考例句：

• They offered no solution for all our myriad problems.对于我们数不清的问题他们束手无策。
• I had three weeks to make a myriad of arrangements.我花了三个星期做大量准备工作。

6 gratitude   

adj.感激，感谢

参考例句：

• I have expressed the depth of my gratitude to him.我向他表示了深切的谢意。
• She could not help her tears of gratitude rolling down her face.她感激的泪珠禁不住沿着面颊流了下来。

7 tormenting   

使痛苦的，使苦恼的

参考例句：

• He took too much pleasure in tormenting an ugly monster called Caliban. 他喜欢一味捉弄一个名叫凯列班的丑妖怪。
• The children were scolded for tormenting animals. 孩子们因折磨动物而受到责骂。

8 brutal   

adj.残忍的，野蛮的，不讲理的

参考例句：

• She has to face the brutal reality.她不得不去面对冷酷的现实。
• They're brutal people behind their civilised veneer.他们表面上温文有礼，骨子里却是野蛮残忍。