《新福尔摩斯》精讲 64

She lives in Cornwall.Two men broke in wearing masks,forced her to drive to the car park,

她住在康沃尔 两个蒙面歹徒闯进她家 胁迫她把车开到停车场

and decked¹ her out in enough explosives² to take down a house.

在她身上装了足以炸平一栋房子的炸药

Told her to phone you.Check the read-out from this pager.

并让她给你打电话 读出寻呼机上的内容

If she deviated³ by one word, the sniper would set her off.

只要她说错一个字 狙击手就会解决她

Or if you hadn't solved the case.

你要是没破案她就会被炸死

Oh... Elegant⁴!

真赞

Elegant?What was the point? Why would anyone do this?

赞 怎么会有人干这种事 意义何在

Oh... I can't be the only person in the world that gets bored.

世界上无聊的人可不止我一个

You have one new message.

您有一条新短信

Four pips.

四下

First test passed, it would seem.Here's the second.

第一个考验通过了 看来这是第二个

It's abandoned⁵, wouldn't you say?

这车是被遗弃的吧 你觉得呢

I'll see if it's been reported.

我去查查有没有报失记录

Freak, it's for you.

怪胎 找你的

Hello.It's OK that you've gone to the police.

你好 你去找了警察也没关系

Who is this?Is this you again?

你是谁 又是你吗

But don't rely⁶ on them.Clever you.Guessing about Carl Powers.

但可别指望他们 你很聪明 猜到了卡尔·鲍尔斯

I never liked him.Carl laughed at me,so I stopped him laughing.

我一直讨厌他 他总是嘲笑我 所以我让他没法再笑了

You've stolen another voice, I presume⁷.

看来你又挟持了一个人质

This is about you and me.

这是我俩之间的事

Who are you? What's that noise?

你是谁 什么声音

It's the sounds of life, Sherlock.But don't worry. I can soon fix that.

是生命之音 夏洛克 不过别担心 我很快就能解决

You solved my last puzzle in nine hours.This time you have eight.

上一个谜题 你用了九个小时解开 这次给你八个小时

Great!We've found it.

很好 有线索了

1 decked   

adj.装了甲板的；装饰的；铺面的；分层的

参考例句：

• A lot of supporters were decked out in the team's colours. 很多支持者穿着和这个队的队服颜色一样的衣服。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The streets are decked with a sea of red flags. 街道上是红旗的海洋。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 explosives   

n.爆炸物，炸药( explosive的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• They caved in the roof of the underground passage with powerful explosives. 他们用强大的炸药把地下通道的顶部炸塌陷了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The slightest spark can set off the explosives stored here. 一点点火星就能够使储存这里的火药爆炸。 来自《用法词典》

3 deviated   

v.偏离，越轨( deviate的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• On this occasion the plane deviated from its usual flight path. 这一次那架飞机偏离了正常的航线。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• His statements sometimes deviated from the truth. 他的陈述有时偏离事实。 来自《简明英汉词典》

4 elegant   

adj.优美的，文雅的，简练的，简结的

参考例句：

• She was an elegant and accomplished woman.她是位优雅的才女。
• She has a life of elegant ease.她过着风雅悠闲的生活。

5 abandoned   

adj.被抛弃的，废置的

参考例句：

• The baby had been abandoned by its mother. 这个婴儿被母亲遗弃了。
• The child was found abandoned but unharmed. 该弃儿被人们发现时安然无恙。

6 rely   

vi.依赖，依靠；信赖，信任

参考例句：

• I rely upon you to finish the work on time.我相信你会准时完成这项工作的。
• You should rely on your own efforts.你应该靠自己的努力。

7 presume   

vt.姑且认定，假定，推测，认为是理所当然；vi.假设，越权行事

参考例句：

• We mustn't presume too much upon the reliability of such sources.我们不应过分指望这类消息来源的可靠性。
• You had better presume no such thing.你最好不要这样设想。