《新福尔摩斯》精讲 140

I'm so sorry, Dad.

对不起,爸爸,

No, Henry, no, no! - Get back!

不,亨利,别这样,-别过来,

Get away from me! - Easy, Henry, easy. Just relax.

离我远点,-别紧张,亨利,放松,

I know what I am, I know what I tried to do.

我知道我是谁,我知道我要做什么,

Just put the gun down, it's OK.

把枪放下,没事了,

No, no! I know what I am!

不,我知道我是谁,

Yes, I'm sure you do, Henry.

是的,你当然知道,亨利,

It's all been explained to you, hasn't it?

这一切都能解释得通了吧,

Explained very carefully. - What?

非常清楚了, - 什么,

Someone needed to keep you quiet,

有人要让你闭嘴,

needed to keep you as a child,

让你走不出童年的阴影,

to reassert the dream you both clung¹ on to,

让你再次被当年的噩梦折磨,

because you had started to remember.

因为你开始想起来了,

Remember now, Henry, you've got to remember

快想起来,亨利,你必须想起来,

what happened here when you were a little boy.

你小时候这里究竟发生了什么,

I thought it had got my dad.

我觉得它抓住了我爸爸,

The hound². I thought... Jesus!

那条猎犬,我以为...天啊,

I don't... I don't know any more! I don't!

我不...我什么都不知道了,不知道,

No, Henry! Henry, for God's sake³!

不,亨利,求你了,

Henry, remember. "Liberty⁴ In." Two words.

亨利,再想想,"自由","在",这两个词,

Two words a frightened little boy saw here 20 years ago.

20年前一个吓坏了的孩子看到的两个词,

You'd started to piece things together.

这样你就能想明白一切,

Remember what happened here that night.

想起那天晚上发生了什么事,

It wasn't an animal, was it, Henry?

其实不是动物吧,亨利,

Not a monster⁵.A man.

不是个怪物,而是个人,

1 Clung   

v.附着于( cling的过去式和过去分词 )；抓紧或抱住；坚持；依恋，依附于

参考例句：

• The Prime Minister clung to his job like a limpet, despite calls for him to resign. 首相不顾有人要求他辞职，死赖在他的职位上不下台。
• She clung to the hope that her son was not dead. 她抱定儿子并没有死的希望不放。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 hound   

n.猎狗，卑鄙的人；vt.用猎狗追，追逐

参考例句：

• The hound found the trail of the rabbit.猎狗发现了兔子的踪迹。
• The police have promised to hound down those responsible for the explosion.警方已保证要追查此次爆炸事件有责任的人员。

3 sake   

n.缘故，理由

参考例句：

• He loves poetry for beauty's sake.他因为爱美而喜欢诗歌。
• We can't risk big things for the sake of small ones.我们不能因小失大。

4 liberty   

n.自由，自由权；冒昧行为

参考例句：

• He stood for the cause of liberty and justice.他为自由和正义的事业而奋斗。
• You are at liberty to do as you please.你可以随意行事。

5 monster   

n.怪物；极残酷的人；巨人(兽等)；adj.巨大的

参考例句：

• The whale is a monster!这头鲸鱼是个怪物！
• The monster hears a noise.那个妖怪听见了噪音。