《新福尔摩斯》精讲 39

Check for the dates...

仔细看这些日期

Here, John, "arrived from China four days ago".

约翰 看 这个四天前刚从中国送达

Anonymous¹.

匿名来源

The vendor² doesn't give his name.

卖主不提供姓名

Two undiscovered treasures from the East.

两件从未露面的东方珍宝

One in Lukis' suitcase,

一件藏在路基斯的手提箱里

and one in Van Coon's.

另外一件在范孔的箱子里

Antiquities³... sold at auction⁴.

拍卖成交的古董

Look, here's another one.

这还有一件

Arrived from China a month ago,

一个月前从中国运抵

Chinese ceramic⁵ statue sold for 400,000 pounds.

中国陶瓷雕像 成交价40万英镑

Look, a month before that, Chinese painting, 500,000 pounds.

再一个月之前 中国画 50万英镑成交

All of them from an anonymous source.

全部都是匿名来源

They're stealing them back in China

黑莲会先把文物从中国盗出

and one by one feeding them into Britain.

再一一偷运进英国

Every single auction

每次拍卖会的时间

coincides with Lukis or Van Coon travelling to China.

都和路基斯或范孔的中国之行相吻合

So what if one of them got greedy when they were in China?

要是他们其中一人在中国起了贪念

What if one of them stole something?

要是其中一人把古董私藏腰包

That's why Zhi Zhu's come.

估计这就是蜘蛛要来的原因

Sorry, are we collecting for charity, Sherlock?

打扰下 夏洛克 我们在组织慈善募捐吗

What?

怎么

A young man's outside with crates⁶ of books.

外面有个小伙子搬来几大箱子的书

So the numbers are references.

数字就是线索

To books.

指向书的内容

To specific pages and specific words on those pages.

指向特定页上的某个特定单词

Right, so... 15 and 1, that means?

好吧 那15和1是什么意思

Turn to page 15 and it's the first word you read.

第15页的第一个单词

OK, so what's the message?

那想传达什么信息呢

Depends on the book.

这就取决于是哪本书了

That's the cunning of the book code.

书码的狡猾之处就在于此

It has to be one that they both own.

必须是他俩共有的一本书

OK, fine. This shouldn't take too long, should it?

好吧 反正也花不了多久

1 anonymous   

adj.无名的；匿名的；无特色的

参考例句：

• Sending anonymous letters is a cowardly act.寄匿名信是懦夫的行为。
• The author wishes to remain anonymous.作者希望姓名不公开。

2 vendor   

n.卖主；小贩

参考例句：

• She looked at the vendor who cheated her the other day with distaste.她厌恶地望着那个前几天曾经欺骗过她的小贩。
• He must inform the vendor immediately.他必须立即通知卖方。

3 antiquities   

n.古老( antiquity的名词复数 )；古迹；古人们；古代的风俗习惯

参考例句：

• There is rest and healing in the contemplation of antiquities. 欣赏古物有休息和疗养之功。 来自辞典例句
• Bertha developed a fine enthusiasm for the antiquities of London. 伯沙对伦敦的古迹产生了很大的热情。 来自辞典例句

4 auction   

n.拍卖；拍卖会；vt.拍卖

参考例句：

• They've put the contents of their house up for auction.他们把房子里的东西全都拿去拍卖了。
• They bought a new minibus with the proceeds from the auction.他们用拍卖得来的钱买了一辆新面包车。

5 ceramic   

n.制陶业，陶器，陶瓷工艺

参考例句：

• The order for ceramic tiles has been booked in.瓷砖的订单已登记下来了。
• Some ceramic works of art are shown in this exhibition.这次展览会上展出了一些陶瓷艺术品。

6 crates   

n. 板条箱, 篓子, 旧汽车 vt. 装进纸条箱

参考例句：

• We were using crates as seats. 我们用大木箱作为座位。
• Thousands of crates compacted in a warehouse. 数以千计的板条箱堆放在仓库里。