《神探夏洛克》精讲 300魅力四射的罪犯

Your place? His place.

在你家见面？他家。

Address? Nothing happened.

地址？没有更进一步。

It was just... very romantic.

就是……浪漫约会。

Four women in four nights. He must have something special.

四个晚上约会四个女人。他可真有一手。

He was very charming. He listened.

他很有魅力。善于倾听。

He was sweet. He had a lovely... You OK?

温柔体贴。他有迷人的……你还好吗？

You've let your food go cold. Mrs Hudson will play hell.

你早餐放凉了，赫德森太太会气疯的。

Not now, John. Sorry about that.

我没空，约翰。抱歉。

He had a lovely manner.

他有迷人的风度。

Different names, different addresses.

不同名字，不同地址。

Describe him. Short blonde hair. Dark hair. Long. Ginger¹. I like gingers². Couldn't tell.

说说他本人。短金发。深色长发。红发，我喜欢红发。说不好。

He had a mask on.

他戴着面具。

He's stealing the identity of corpses³, getting their names from the obituary⁴ columns. All single men.

他盗用死人的身份，从讣闻版面找名字。全是单身汉。

He's using the dead man's flat under the assumption it will be empty for a while.

用死者的公寓，可想而知，那里最近没人。

Free love nest. I feel sick. It's gruesome. That's awful. Clever... Bastard⁵!

免费爱巢。这也太恶心了。让人毛骨悚然。太可怕了。聪明……狗娘养的!

Hello, Tessa. Meanwhile, back to business. No-one wants to use a dead man's home.

你好，特莎。现在说正事。没人喜欢住死者的公寓。

At least not until it's been cleared.

至少在彻底清理前不行。

So, he disguises himself.

因此，他在乔装改扮。

Steals the man's home, steals his identity. But only for one night.

盗用别人的住所，身份。只住一晚。

Then he's gone. He's not a ghost, John. He's a Mayfly.

随即离开。他不是鬼魂，是蜉蝣。

He lives for a day.

朝生暮死。

So, what was it he was looking for?

所以，他是为何而来？

1 ginger   

n.姜，精力，淡赤黄色；adj.淡赤黄色的；vt.使活泼，使有生气

参考例句：

• There is no ginger in the young man.这个年轻人没有精神。
• Ginger shall be hot in the mouth.生姜吃到嘴里总是辣的。

2 gingers   

n.姜，生姜( ginger的名词复数 )；姜黄色

参考例句：

• Condiments: Salt, gourmet powder, rice wine, corianders, scallions, gingers and sesame oil. 调料：盐、味精、料酒、香菜、葱、姜、香油。 来自互联网

3 corpses   

n.死尸，尸体( corpse的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The living soldiers put corpses together and burned them. 活着的战士把尸体放在一起烧了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Overhead, grayish-white clouds covered the sky, piling up heavily like decaying corpses. 天上罩满了灰白的薄云，同腐烂的尸体似的沉沉的盖在那里。 来自汉英文学 - 中国现代小说

4 obituary   

n.讣告，死亡公告；adj.死亡的

参考例句：

• The obituary records the whole life of the deceased.讣文记述了这位死者的生平。
• Five days after the letter came,he found Andersen s obituary in the morning paper.收到那封信五天后，他在早报上发现了安德森的讣告。

5 bastard   

n.坏蛋，混蛋；私生子

参考例句：

• He was never concerned about being born a bastard.他从不介意自己是私生子。
• There was supposed to be no way to get at the bastard.据说没有办法买通那个混蛋。