《查莉成长日记》精讲 13

PJ, you've got to stop watching these mysteries.

PJ 你不能再看那些悬疑推理电影了

Not until i figure out how to catch Mrs Dabney.

在没找到抓住Dabney太太的方法之前我是不会罢休的

These old movies are gonna help me do that.

这些老电影会教我怎么破案的

That's like saying cartoons will teach you how to run through walls.

这就好比说动画片能教你穿墙术

Learned¹ that the hard way.

我吃过苦头知道那行不通

Mom! Can you get that?!

妈妈 你能去开门吗

Sure, I'll get the door. I am a lot closer to it.

没问题 我来开了 我比你离门近多了

Hello, Mrs. dabney.

你好 Dabney夫人

Hello. Come on in.

你好 请进吧

Heads up! killer² in the house.

小心 杀人犯来家里了

What have they done this time?

他们这次又闯什么祸了

For once, nothing-that I know of.

就这一次 据我所知 还没闯祸

It's nice to see you too.

我也很高兴见到你

I'd like to speak with your husband, please.

我想和你丈夫说点事 谢谢

I'll let him know you're here.

我这就告诉他你来找他了

I'm a texter now.

我现在开始用短信了

I'm texting.

我正给他发短信呢

Really speeds things up.

真是事半功倍啊

Somebody lose a ball today?

今天谁丢球了吗

Possibly. Did you lose anything today, Mrs Dabney?

也许吧 你今天失去什么了吗 Dabney夫人

Honey, what does this mean "somebody's at the doof."

亲爱的 这什么意思 "有人在doof"

OMG!

我的老天

I meant "door"!

我是想说在门口的

TTYL.(Talk to you later)

等会再和你说

What can I do for you, Mrs Dabney?

有什么事吗 Dabney夫人

You're an exterminator³, right? pest control specialist.

你是专门杀虫的是吗 我是害虫防治专家

Maybe you can help me with a problem I'm having.

也许你可以帮我解决这个问题

How do I get the smell of death out of my house?

我该怎么除去家里那股死尸的味道

Will you turn that TV down?

你能把电视声音关小点吗

So you think something died in your house?

那么你觉得你家里有什么东西死了吗

Oh, I know something is dead

哦 我知道有东西死了

Well, first thing you're gonna have to do

好吧 你首先要做的就是

is locate and dispose⁴ of the carcass.

找到尸体然后丢掉

I suppose you could get Mr Dabney to do that.

我想这事你可以让Dabney先生去做

Oh, Mr Dabney won't be doing anything around the house for a while--

哦 Dabney先生得有段时间不能做家务了

A long while. he's... gone.

得有很长一段时间 他 走了

You know what, would you just turn it off?

知道吗 你们不如把电视关掉算了

What's wrong with your boys today?

你的儿子们今天中什么邪了

I just got here.

我才刚看到他们

Um, all right, old trick of the trade

呃 好吧 教你个干我们这行的老办法

Get yourself some maple⁵ syrup⁶, put it on the stove,

你找些枫树糖浆 放在灶上

Let it simmer-that should get rid of the smell.

慢慢炖 这样就能除掉那个味道

Thank you. That's very useful information.

谢了 你的建议对我帮助不小

Bye, boys.

再见了 孩子们

"ITBOOTP"

"ITBOOTP"

What does that stand for?

这又是什么意思

In the bathroom out of toilet paper!

卫生间没有手纸了

TMI!(Too Much Information)

不用说这么具体

I can't believe it, but you were right!

真是不敢相信 你真的说对了

Mrs Dabney did it.

Dabney夫人真的杀人了

Wow! this is what it feels like to be right, huh?

哇 说对事的感觉原来是这样的啊

I like it!

我喜欢这感觉

Too bad somebody had to die, but--

真可惜有人死了 不过

What are we gonna do now? I have to tell mom and dad!

你现在打算怎么办 我必须得告诉爸爸妈妈

They're never gonna believe you.

他们不会相信你的

I didn't believe you and I'm 10.

我才十岁我都不肯信你

Well, then we need proof⁷.

那我们要找证据了

And I have to warn you, Gabe, until we get that proof,

而且我必须要警告你 Gabe 在我们找到证据之前

Our lives may be in danger.

我们生命只怕还处于危险之中

I thought we turned that off.

我以为我们已经把电视关了呢

1 learned   

adj.有学问的，博学的；learn的过去式和过去分词

参考例句：

• He went into a rage when he learned about it.他听到这事后勃然大怒。
• In this little village,he passed for a learned man.在这个小村子里，他被视为有学问的人。

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 exterminator   

n.扑灭的人，害虫驱除剂

参考例句：

• You're an exterminator charged with examining a house for bugs. 您装满了杀虫剂准备清除屋里的臭虫。 来自互联网
• Finally, the sparrow was shot by an exterminator with an air rifle. 最后，这只闯祸的麻雀被人用气枪击毙。 来自互联网

4 dispose   

v.配置，布置；使有倾向；使愿意；清除

参考例句：

• He doesn't know how to dispose of his spare time.他不知如何打发空余时间。
• They dispose of the city's waste in the sea.他们把城市的废物倒入大海处理掉。

5 maple   

n.槭树，枫树，槭木

参考例句：

• Maple sugar is made from the sap of maple trees.枫糖是由枫树的树液制成的。
• The maple leaves are tinge with autumn red.枫叶染上了秋天的红色。

6 syrup   

n.糖浆，糖水

参考例句：

• I skimmed the foam from the boiling syrup.我撇去了煮沸糖浆上的泡沫。
• Tinned fruit usually has a lot of syrup with it.罐头水果通常都有许多糖浆。

7 proof   

adj.防...的，耐...的，能防护；n.校样，证据，证明；vt.检验，给...做防护措施

参考例句：

• He is living proof of the wonders of modern medicine.他是当代医学奇迹的活证明。
• The proof was fished up from some old papers.校样在旧文件中被找到了。