【小龟乐游记】奇异人生（40）

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Max: Chloe... you're back.

Chloe: Whoa! Down, Max! You get one kiss and now you're all over me...

Max: I'm just... I'm just--I'm so glad you're here!

Chloe: You sound _(1)_, but thanks for the morning grope¹. Since we were up all night playing "CSI: Arcadia Bay," I was still spaced out here, trying to put all this info together. Max, did you forget we've gone over this? I hope you weren't messing around with time while I was sleeping...

Max: Not anymore. I'm just spaced out, too.

 

Max: So close, yet so far away... We have to do three main things.

Chloe: Right... uh, what things?

Max: One, decipher Frank²'s logbook. Two, get Nathan's phone to find out where he's been during the Vortex Club parties with Kate and Rachel. And see whatever hidden shit he's got in his messages.

Chloe: Three, beat step-douche down until he tells us about Frank, Nathan, and the "Dark Room." Too bad I don't have a gun anymore...

Max: Yes, that's the solution. We'll have to do this ___(2)___.

Chloe: Dude, at least let me kick his ass³, then rewind-- Fine, whatevs, it's your power.

Max: Which I can't waste on shit like that. Or Blackwell would be in big trouble.

Chloe: You didn't even let me take that money to pay Frank off.

Max: And I'm glad. We have to be better than that.

Chloe: I know. You should get busy in the garage to see what dirt you can dig up. I'm going to cyberstalk some names and see where that leads... or to who. And be careful of step-crack. He's not going to be a happy camper after you reamed him yesterday, and Mom is giving him the boot...

Max: I'm on it, partner.

 

Max: Yo, Chloe, are you ready yet? I have to get back to my dorm!

Chloe: Are we happy?

Max: Very happy. I hit the __(3)__ jackpot. Kate, Nathan... and Rachel. Plus some location coordinates⁴. David is, like, a one-man surveillance army. Now let's get the hell⁵ out of here, before we get busted⁶. But I absolutely have to go see Kate in the hospital right now. I want to find out how she's doing.

1 grope   

vi.暗中摸，摸索，探索，搜寻；vt.摸索

参考例句：

• I grope for the light switch in the dark room.我在黑洞洞的屋里摸索着寻找电灯开关。
• We have to grope for ways to do thing.我们只能边摸索边干。

2 frank   

adj.坦白的，直率的，真诚的

参考例句：

• A frank discussion can help to clear the air.坦率的谈论有助于消除隔阂。
• She is frank and outgoing.她很爽朗。

3 ass   

n.驴；傻瓜，蠢笨的人

参考例句：

• He is not an ass as they make him.他不象大家猜想的那样笨。
• An ass endures his burden but not more than his burden.驴能负重但不能超过它能力所负担的。

4 coordinates   

n.相配之衣物；坐标( coordinate的名词复数 )；（颜色协调的）配套服装；[复数]女套服；同等重要的人（或物）v.使协调，使调和( coordinate的第三人称单数 )；协调；协同；成为同等

参考例句：

• The town coordinates on this map are 695037. 该镇在这幅地图上的坐标是695037。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, headed by the Emergency Relief Coordinator, coordinates all UN emergency relief. 联合国人道主义事务协调厅在紧急救济协调员领导下，负责协调联合国的所有紧急救济工作。 来自《简明英汉词典》

5 hell   

n.地狱，阴间；用以咒骂或表示愤怒，不满

参考例句：

• It's a hell of a hike from Sydney to Perth.从悉尼到珀斯的徒步旅行简直苦死了。
• The boss really gave me hell today.老板今天着实数落了我一通。

6 busted   

adj. 破产了的，失败了的，被降级的，被逮捕的，被抓到的 动词bust的过去式和过去分词

参考例句：

• You are so busted! 你被当场逮住了！
• It was money troubles that busted up their marriage. 是金钱纠纷使他们的婚姻破裂了。