《神探夏洛克》精讲 59我们在中国认识

Fancy a biscuit with that?

想来块饼干吗？

Centuries old.

几个世纪的古董，

Don't break that.

摔了可不好呐。

Hello.

你好。

You saw the cipher¹.

你看到密码了吧。

Then you know he is coming for me.

那你肯定知道他要来找我。

You've been clever to avoid him so far.

你能避他这么久，可谓相当聪明。

I had to finish.

我必须要做完。

To finish this work.

做完这项工作。

It's only a matter of time.

其实这只是时间问题。

I know he will find me.

他迟早会找到我。

Who is he? Have you met him before?

他是谁？你以前见过他吗？

When I was a girl, we met in China.

我小时候，我们在中国认识。

I recognised his...signature.

我认出了他的...签名。

The cipher?

密码吗？

Only he would do this. Zhi Zhu.

只有他会这么做，蜘蛛。

Zhi Zhu? The spider.

Zhi Zhu？就是蜘蛛。

You know this mark?

认识这个记号吗？

Yes. It's the mark of a Tong.

是的，是个堂口的记号。

Huh? Ancient crime syndicate, based in China.

啥？古老的犯罪团体，起源于中国。

Every foot soldier bears the mark.

每个小弟身上都会有标记。

Everyone who hauls² for them.

每个为他们运送赃物的人都有。

Hauls? You mean you were a smuggler³?

赃物？这么说你是个走私贩？

I was 15. My parents were dead.

当时我才15岁。父母双亡。

I had no livelihood⁴.

无法养活自己。

No way of surviving, day-to-day, except to work for the bosses.

无法生存，只有日复一日替上面的人干活。

Who are they?

他们是什么人？

They are called the Black Lotus.

人们称他们为黑莲会。

By the time I was 16, I was taking thousands of pounds worth of drugs across the border into Hong Kong.

我16岁那年就携带价值数千磅的毒品跨过边境送到香港。

I managed to leave that life behind me.

我努力想要摆脱那种生活。

I came to England.

所以我来到英国。

They gave me a job, here.

得到了这份博物馆的工作。

Everything was good. New life.

一切都如此顺利，新生活很美好。

And he came looking for you.

但他却找到了你。

Yes. I hoped, after five years...maybe they would have forgotten me.

是的。我本来希望过去了五年他们也许会遗忘我。

But they never really let you leave.

但他们从不会放过你。

A small community like ours..... they are never very far away.

干我们这行的从来就躲不掉。

1 cipher   

n.零；无影响力的人；密码

参考例句：

• All important plans were sent to the police in cipher.所有重要计划均以密码送往警方。
• He's a mere cipher in the company.他在公司里是个无足轻重的小人物。

2 hauls   

拖，拉( haul的第三人称单数 )； 运送； 传讯； 强迫（某人）去某处

参考例句：

• He hauls loads throughout South Africa, Swaziland, Lesotho and Zimbabwe. 他穿行于南非、斯威士兰、莱索托和津巴布韦等地托运货物。
• He hauls loads outside the throughout South Africa, Swaziland, Lesotho and Zimbabwe. 他运送货物的脚步踏遍了南非、斯威士兰、莱索托和津巴布韦。

3 smuggler   

n.走私者

参考例句：

• The smuggler is in prison tonight, awaiting extradition to Britain. 这名走私犯今晚在监狱，等待引渡到英国。
• The smuggler was finally obliged to inform against his boss. 那个走私犯最后不得不告发他的首领。

4 livelihood   

n.生计，谋生之道

参考例句：

• Appropriate arrangements will be made for their work and livelihood.他们的工作和生活会得到妥善安排。
• My father gained a bare livelihood of family by his own hands.父亲靠自己的双手勉强维持家计。