《新福尔摩斯》精讲 19

Sir William's office - the bank's former chairman.

那是威廉爵士的办公室 他曾是银行总裁

The room's been left here like a sort of memorial.

那间办公室一直原封未动 算是种纪念吧

Someone broke in late last night.

昨晚这里遭人非法闯入

What did they steal?

丢什么了

Nothing.

没有

Just left a little message.

只留下一条讯息

60 seconds apart.

60秒的空档

So, someone came up here in the middle of the night,

有人半夜潜入房间

splashed¹ paint around and left within a minute.

利用不到1分钟的时间画了两笔就跑了

How many ways into that office?

有几条路通到这间办公室

Well, that's where this gets really interesting.

这个说来就有意思了

Every door that opens in this bank, it gets locked right here.

银行内所有的出入口都从这里关闭

Every walk-in cupboard, every toilet.

另外还有所有的大型橱柜和洗手间

That door didn't open last night?

昨天哪里没关吗

There's a hole in our security.

保安系统应该有漏洞

Find it and we'll pay you,

你来找 我们付报酬

five figures.

5位数

This is an advance.

这是定金

Tell me how he got in.

找出此人是如何潜入的

There's a bigger one on its way.

剩余款稍后奉上

I don't need an incentive², Sebastian.

塞巴斯蒂安 你不必以此来激励我

He's, er..he's kidding you, obviously.

他开玩笑呢 明摆着

Shall I look after that for him?

我能替他保管吗

Thanks. 

1 splashed   

v.使（液体）溅起( splash的过去式和过去分词 )；（指液体）溅落

参考例句：

• Water splashed onto the floor. 水哗的一声泼洒在地板上。
• The cowboy splashed his way across the shallow stream with his cow. 牧童牵着牛淌过浅溪。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 incentive   

n.刺激；动力；鼓励；诱因；动机

参考例句：

• Money is still a major incentive in most occupations.在许多职业中，钱仍是主要的鼓励因素。
• He hasn't much incentive to work hard.他没有努力工作的动机。