《跟踪者》精讲 138

We found the note that you left for Dr. Lewis.

我们发现了你给路易斯医生留下的字条

Telling him that it was his fault, he drove you to it.

说这一切都是他的错，是他逼你自杀

It's not true! I never wrote that.

不是的，我从来没有写过这字条

So you never left him gifts, followed him to phoenix¹? You're not in love with him?

你没有送过他礼物，没跟踪过他去凤凰城吗？你没有爱上他吗

I-I did those things, but he told me to stop, and I did. I was being good.

我都做过，但是他让我不要这样，我就住手了。我表现很好

Not last night. You went to his office.

昨晚可不怎么样，你去了他办公室

That wasn't me. Then who was it?

我没有。那是谁

The same person who wrote that phony suicide² note.

就是伪造自杀字条的人

I was home. You can ask my neighbors. I got into a nasty³ argument with them.

我昨晚在家，你可以问我的邻居。我跟他们大吵了一架

They don't properly bag their garbage. It creates this cat problem.

他们垃圾总是不好好装袋。这样会引来很多野猫

Don't talk to me now. She doesn't understand.

别跟我说话。她不明白

I never wrote that note. I write everything by hand.

那字条不是我写的。我一向都是手写

You have to feel the words. You can't do that with a computer.

手写才能感受到文字的魅力。电脑传达不了这样的情感

What's the last thing that you remember?

你记得的最后一件事是什么

I was talking to Jesus when someone came up behind me in my kitchen and grabbed⁴ me.

我在跟耶稣说话，有人来到厨房从身后抓了我

Everything went black, and I woke up here.

等我醒来之后，就到了这里

I thought it was Billy or Tina, but it wasn't. You know, they say it was a stranger.

我以为是比利或蒂娜，却发现不是。他们说是陌生人

Do people attack you all the time?

人们经常攻击你吗

Usually just with words. This is the first time they've ever left bruises⁵.

一般是语言攻击。这是他们第一次在我身上留下伤痕

1 phoenix   

n.凤凰，长生(不死)鸟；引申为重生

参考例句：

• The airline rose like a phoenix from the ashes.这家航空公司又起死回生了。
• The phoenix worship of China is fetish worship not totem adoration.中国凤崇拜是灵物崇拜而非图腾崇拜。

2 suicide   

n.自杀，自毁，自杀性行为

参考例句：

• The number of suicide has increased.自杀案件的数量增加了。
• The death was adjudged a suicide by sleeping pills.该死亡事件被判定为服用安眠药自杀。

3 nasty   

adj.令人讨厌的，困难的，恶劣的，下流的

参考例句：

• She got a nasty knock on the head when she fell.她跌倒时头部受到严重碰撞。
• When this material burns，it flings off a nasty smell.这种物质燃烧时发出一股难闻的气味。

4 grabbed   

v.抢先，抢占( grab的过去式和过去分词 )；（尤指匆忙地）取；攫取；（尤指自私、贪婪地）捞取

参考例句：

• He was grabbed by two men and frogmarched out of the hall. 他被两个男人紧抓双臂押出大厅。
• She grabbed the child's hand and ran. 她抓住孩子的手就跑。

5 bruises   

n.瘀伤，伤痕，擦伤( bruise的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• He was covered with bruises after falling off his bicycle. 他从自行车上摔了下来，摔得浑身伤痕。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The pear had bruises of dark spots. 这个梨子有碰伤的黑斑。 来自《简明英汉词典》