《新福尔摩斯》精讲 35

Always in pairs, John, look.

全是成对的 约翰 你看

Numbers...

数字

come with partners.

成对出现

God, I need to sleep.

天啊 我要睡觉

Why did he paint it so near the tracks?

为何要涂在离铁轨这么近的地方

No idea.

不知道

Thousands of people pass by there every day.

每天会有上千人从那儿经过

Just 20 minutes...

就睡20分钟也好

Of course.

当然了

Of course, he wants information. He's trying to communicate

一点没错 他要传达信息

with his people in the underworld.

他要和地下同党取得联系

Whatever was stolen, he wants it back.

不论被偷走了什么 他都想要回来

It's somewhere here, in a code.

信息就在这里 被写成了密码

We can't crack this without Soo Lin Yao.

只有姚素琳能解开密码

Oh, good.

好极了

Two men who travelled back from China were murdered.

两个刚从中国回来的人被谋杀了

And their killer¹ left them messages in Hang Zhou numerals.

而杀手用苏州码子留下了讯息

Soo Lin Yao is in danger.

姚素琳有危险

That cipher², it was just the same pattern as the others.

那组密码和被杀害的人那儿留下的一样

He means to kill her as well.

凶手也想要杀了她

Look, I've tried everywhere

听着 我都问遍了

friends, colleagues. I don't know where she's gone.

她的朋友和同事 就是不知道她去了哪儿

I mean, she could be a thousand miles away.

我是说 她可能已经远远地离开这儿了

What are you looking at?

你在看什么

Tell me more about those teapots.

和我说说那些茶壶The pots were her obsession³. They need urgent work.

她痴迷于那些茶壶 它们需要及时护理

If they dry out, then the clay canstartto crumble⁴.

若是干燥 黏土就会龟裂

Apparently⁵, you have to just keep making tea in them.

所以 你必须时刻用它们来沏茶

Yesterday, only one of those pots was shining.

昨天 只有一只壶是亮的

Now, there are two.

而今天却有两只

1 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。

2 cipher   

n.零；无影响力的人；密码

参考例句：

• All important plans were sent to the police in cipher.所有重要计划均以密码送往警方。
• He's a mere cipher in the company.他在公司里是个无足轻重的小人物。

3 obsession   

n.困扰，无法摆脱的思想(或情感)

参考例句：

• I was suffering from obsession that my career would be ended.那时的我陷入了我的事业有可能就此终止的困扰当中。
• She would try to forget her obsession with Christopher.她会努力忘记对克里斯托弗的迷恋。

4 crumble   

vi.碎裂，崩溃；vt.弄碎，摧毁

参考例句：

• Opposition more or less crumbled away.反对势力差不多都瓦解了。
• Even if the seas go dry and rocks crumble,my will will remain firm.纵然海枯石烂，意志永不动摇。

5 apparently   

adv.显然地；表面上，似乎

参考例句：

• An apparently blind alley leads suddenly into an open space.山穷水尽，豁然开朗。
• He was apparently much surprised at the news.他对那个消息显然感到十分惊异。