《新福尔摩斯》精讲 88

John Watson.Are you set up for Wi-Fi?You realise this is a tiny bit humiliating?

这里能无线上网吗 你也知道这有点丢人吧

It's OK, I'm fine.Now...show me to the stream.

还好 无所谓 现在让我看看河边

I didn't really mean for you.

我不是说丢你的人

Look, this is a six.There's no point in my leaving the flat for anything less than a seven, we agreed.

听着 这才第六起 第七起之前我离开公寓去勘察毫无意义 我们已经达成共识了

Now go back,show me the grass.

现在往后退 让我看草地

When did we agree that?

我们什么时候达成的共识

We agreed it yesterday. Stop!Closer.

昨天 停 近点

I wasn't even at home yesterday. I was in Dublin.

我昨天根本不在家 我去了都柏林

It's hardly my fault you weren't listening.Shut up!

你没听见是你的问题 闭嘴

Do you just carry on talking when I'm away?

我不在家你还一个人叨叨

I don't know, how often are you away?Now...show me the car that backfired.

谁知道你什么时候不在家 现在让我看看排气管回火那车

It's there.That's the one that made the noise, yes?

在那边 就是这辆车发出巨响的吧

Yeah.If you're thinking gunshot...There wasn't one. He wasn't shot,he was killed by a single blow to the back from a blunt¹ instrument, which then magically disappeared, along with the killer².

对 如果你在考虑枪击 没有枪击 他没有中弹 致命伤是背后一处钝器重击 但凶器和凶手一起神秘消失了

It's got to be an eight, at least.

我看这次至少得有八起案子

You've got two more minutes,they want to know more about the driver.

你还有两分钟 他们想知道更多司机的信息

Oh, forget him, he's an idiot³.

不用管他 他是个白痴

Why else would he think himself a suspect?

他怎么会认为自己是疑犯

I think he's a suspect.

是我认为他有嫌疑

Pass me over.All right,but there's a mute⁴ button, and I will use it.

把电脑递过去 好吧 要是有静音按钮 我巴不得马上按掉

Up a bit! I'm not talking from down here!

举高点 我才不要在下面说话

OK. Just take it, take it.

好吧 你举着 举着吧

Having successfully committed a crime without a single witness...why would he call the police and consult a detective?

成功谋杀且没有证人 他何必又叫警察又找侦探

Fair play?

想跟你公平竞赛

He's trying to be clever.It's overconfidence.

他在耍小聪明 他是过于自负了

Did you see him? Morbidly⁵ obese,the undisguised halitosis of a single man living on his own.

你见过他吗 过度肥胖 口臭熏天证明是单身汉

The right sleeve of an internet porn addict,the breathing pattern of an untreated heart condition.

右袖子证明他沉迷于色情网站 呼吸模式证明他是未治疗的心脏病患者

Low self-esteem, tiny IQ and a limited life expectancy,and you think he's a criminal mastermind?!Don't worry, this is just stupid.

自尊低 智商低 命不长久 你居然认为他能策划罪案 别担心 这推论傻疯了

1 blunt   

adj.（刀子）钝的，不锋利的，迟钝的，直率的

参考例句：

• The axe is too blunt to cut down the tree.斧头太钝，砍不倒树。
• She is rather blunt in speech.她说话很直率。

2 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。

3 idiot   

n.白痴，傻子，笨蛋

参考例句：

• Only an idiot would make such a thoughtless remark.只有草包才会说出这样没有头脑的话来。
• You are behaving like a perfect idiot.你表现得像个十足的白痴。

4 mute   

n.哑子，默音字母，弱音器；adj.哑的，无声的，沉默的；vt.减音，减弱；vi.（鸟）排泄

参考例句：

• He is mute on the subject of social system.他对社会制度的问题保持沉默。
• Her daughter was mute after a serious illness.她的女儿在一场重病之后失去了说话能力。

5 morbidly   

adv.病态地

参考例句：

• As a result, the mice became morbidly obese and diabetic. 结果，老鼠呈现为病态肥胖和糖尿病。 来自互联网
• He was morbidly fascinated by dead bodies. 他对尸体着魔到近乎病态的程度。 来自互联网