斑点带子案 33现场调查(6)

Holmes walked slowly round and examined each and all of them with the keenest interest.

福尔摩斯在房间里慢慢地绕了一圈，全神贯注地，逐一地将它们都检查了一遍。

"What's in here?" he asked, tapping the safe.

他敲敲保险柜问道：“这里面是什么？"

"My stepfather's business papers."

"我继父业务上的文件。"

"Oh! you have seen inside, then?"

"噢，那么你看见过里面的了？"

"Only once, some years ago. I remember that it was full of papers."

"仅仅一次，那是几年以前。我记得里面装满了文件。"

"There isn't a cat in it, for example?"

"比方说，里边不会有一只猫吗？"

"No. What a strange idea!"

"不会，多么奇怪的想法！"

"Well, look at this!" He took up a small saucer of milk which stood on the top of it.

"哦，看看这个！"他从保险柜上边拿起一个盛奶的浅碟。

"No; we don't keep a cat. But there is a cheetah¹ and a baboon²."

"不，我们没养猫。但是有一只印度猎豹和一只狒狒。"

"Ah, yes, of course! Well, a cheetah is just a big cat,

"啊，是的，当然！嗯，一只印度猎豹也差不多就是一只大猫，

and yet a saucer of milk does not go very far in satisfying its wants, I daresay.

可是，我敢说要满足它的需要，一碟奶怕不怎么够吧。

There is one point which I should wish to determine."

还有一个特点，我必须确定一下。"

He squatted³ down in front of the wooden chair and examined the seat of it with the greatest attention.

他蹲在木椅前，聚精会神地检查了椅子面。

1 cheetah   

n.(动物)猎豹

参考例句：

• The cheetah is generally credited as the world's fastest animal.猎豹被公认是世界上跑得最快的动物。
• The distribution of the cheetah ranges from Africa to Central Asia.印度豹的足迹遍及从非洲到中亚的广大地区。

2 baboon   

n.狒狒

参考例句：

• A baboon is a large monkey that lives in Africa.狒狒是一种生活在非洲的大猴子。
• As long as the baboon holds on to what it wants,it's trapped.只要狒狒紧抓住想要的东西不放手，它就会被牢牢困住。

3 squatted   

v.像动物一样蹲下( squat的过去式和过去分词 )；非法擅自占用（土地或房屋）；为获得其所有权；而占用某片公共用地。

参考例句：

• He squatted down beside the footprints and examined them closely. 他蹲在脚印旁仔细地观察。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• He squatted in the grass discussing with someone. 他蹲在草地上与一个人谈话。 来自《简明英汉词典》