《复仇》第15集 第4期:低级罪犯

 This is an unusual choice of venue¹. 这个集合地点真少见

It doesn't offer much security. 安全系数不高

For you or for me? 对你们还是对我

The last meeting you called with one of our operatives, 上次你们约见了手下一个间谍

she vanished without a trace. 她便消失得无影无踪

We told you that we didn't have anything to do with it. 我们告诉过你  这和我们无关

Yes. 是啊

According to you, she fell prey² to one angry little girl 你们说  她被一个愤怒的小姑娘干掉了

who, as serendipity³ would have it, has now disappeared herself. 而这小姑娘自己也神奇地消失了

I'm sure you know by now 现在你一定知道

that what happened on that boat was no accident. 那条船上发生的事不是意外

A low-level criminal named Nate Ryan 一个叫奈特·瑞安的低级罪犯

had a vendetta⁴ against the groom⁵, 和新郎有血海深仇

and apparently⁶ sought to terrorize 想在这对新人度蜜月时

the both of them on their honeymoon⁷. 恐吓他们

How do you know all this? 你是怎么知道的

Because he called me from the boat. 他在船上打电话给我

Tricked me into confirming the existence of the computer. 引诱我证实了电脑的存在

To what end? 为了什么

Financial reward. 金钱上的回报

In a plea for their lives, 为了保命

Ms. Clarke offered all the evidence against us as ransom⁸. 克拉克小姐用对我们不利的证据作为交换

So we should expect the computer to be raised with the wreckage⁹? 那么电脑会和船只残骸一同打捞上来吗

Unfortunately, we're not experts in marine¹⁰ salvage¹¹, Mr. Trask. 可惜我们不了解船只打捞  查斯克先生

I'm sure the tides have a mind of their own. 潮水一定有自己的想法

All your problems wrapped up with a pretty bow. 所有问题完美契合

 

1 venue   

n.犯罪地点，审判地，管辖地，发生地点，集合地点

参考例句：

• The hall provided a venue for weddings and other functions.大厅给婚礼和其他社会活动提供了场所。
• The chosen venue caused great controversy among the people.人们就审判地点的问题产生了极大的争议。

2 prey   

n.被掠食者，牺牲者，掠食；v.捕食，掠夺，折磨

参考例句：

• Stronger animals prey on weaker ones.弱肉强食。
• The lion was hunting for its prey.狮子在寻找猎物。

3 serendipity   

n.偶然发现物品之才能；意外新发现

参考例句：

• "It was serendipity all the way,"he says.用他的话说是“一直都很走运”。
• Some of the best effects in my garden have been the result of serendipity.我园子里最珍贵的几件物品是机缘巧合之下意外所得。

4 vendetta   

n.世仇，宿怨

参考例句：

• For years he pursued a vendetta against the Morris family.多年来他一直在寻求向莫里斯家族报世仇。
• She conducted a personal vendetta against me.她对我有宿仇。

5 groom   

vt.给（马、狗等）梳毛，照料，使...整洁

参考例句：

• His father was a groom.他父亲曾是个马夫。
• George was already being groomed for the top job.为承担这份高级工作，乔治已在接受专门的培训。

6 apparently   

adv.显然地；表面上，似乎

参考例句：

• An apparently blind alley leads suddenly into an open space.山穷水尽，豁然开朗。
• He was apparently much surprised at the news.他对那个消息显然感到十分惊异。

7 honeymoon   

n.蜜月（假期）；vi.度蜜月

参考例句：

• While on honeymoon in Bali,she learned to scuba dive.她在巴厘岛度蜜月时学会了带水肺潜水。
• The happy pair are leaving for their honeymoon.这幸福的一对就要去度蜜月了。

8 ransom   

n.赎金，赎身；v.赎回，解救

参考例句：

• We'd better arrange the ransom right away.我们最好马上把索取赎金的事安排好。
• The kidnappers exacted a ransom of 10000 from the family.绑架者向这家人家勒索10000英镑的赎金。

9 wreckage   

n.（失事飞机等的）残骸，破坏，毁坏

参考例句：

• They hauled him clear of the wreckage.他们把他从形骸中拖出来。
• New states were born out of the wreckage of old colonial empires.新生国家从老殖民帝国的废墟中诞生。

10 marine   

adj.海的；海生的；航海的；海事的；n.水兵

参考例句：

• Marine creatures are those which live in the sea. 海洋生物是生存在海里的生物。
• When the war broke out,he volunteered for the Marine Corps.战争爆发时，他自愿参加了海军陆战队。

11 salvage   

v.救助，营救，援救；n.救助，营救

参考例句：

• All attempts to salvage the wrecked ship failed.抢救失事船只的一切努力都失败了。
• The salvage was piled upon the pier.抢救出的财产被堆放在码头上。