《神探夏洛克》精讲 161动物基因实验

Oh, please, can we not do this, this time?

拜托 别再来这套了好不好?

Do what?

哪套?

You being all mysterious with your...cheekbones, and turning your coat collar up so you look cool.

你那副高深莫测的……颧骨 还把大衣领子竖起来扮酷

I don't do that.

我才没有

Yeah, you do.

我说有就有

So, the email from Kirsty. The missing luminous¹ rabbit.

所以 科斯蒂的邮件 失踪的发光兔子

Kirsty Stapleton, whose mother specialises in genetic³ manipulation.

科斯蒂·斯台普吞 母亲是基因工程专家

She made her daughter's rabbit glow in the dark?

是她让女儿的兔子变成夜光的?

Probably a fluorescent⁴ gene². Removed and spliced⁵ into the specimen⁶. Simple enough, these days.

大概是荧光基因 移植到样本身上 如今操作起来很简单了

So?

所以呢?

So we know that Dr Stapleton performs secret genetic experiments on animals.

由此可知 斯台普吞博士在用动物做秘密基因实验

The question is, has she been working on something deadlier than a rabbit?

问题是 她有没有用过比兔子更致命的生物?

To be fair, that is quite a wide field.

老实说 这范围也太大了

Hi.

嗨

Hi.

嗨

Come in, come in.

请进 请进

This is, er...

这可真……

Are you, um, rich?

你很...有钱吗?

Yeah.

是啊

Right.

1 luminous   

adj.发光的，发亮的；光明的；明白易懂的；有启发的

参考例句：

• There are luminous knobs on all the doors in my house.我家所有门上都安有夜光把手。
• Most clocks and watches in this shop are in luminous paint.这家商店出售的大多数钟表都涂了发光漆。

2 gene   

n.遗传因子，基因

参考例句：

• A single gene may have many effects.单一基因可能具有很多种效应。
• The targeting of gene therapy has been paid close attention.其中基因治疗的靶向性是值得密切关注的问题之一。

3 genetic   

adj.遗传的，遗传学的

参考例句：

• It's very difficult to treat genetic diseases.遗传性疾病治疗起来很困难。
• Each daughter cell can receive a full complement of the genetic information.每个子细胞可以收到遗传信息的一个完全补偿物。

4 fluorescent   

adj.荧光的，发出荧光的

参考例句：

• They observed the deflections of the particles by allowing them to fall on a fluorescent screen.他们让粒子落在荧光屏上以观察他们的偏移。
• This fluorescent lighting certainly gives the food a peculiar color.这萤光灯当然增添了食物特别的色彩。

5 spliced   

adj.（针织品）加固的n.叠接v.绞接( splice的过去式和过去分词 )；捻接（两段绳子）；胶接；粘接（胶片、磁带等）

参考例句：

• He spliced the two lengths of film together. 他把两段胶卷粘接起来。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Have you heard?John's just got spliced. 听说了吗？约翰刚结了婚。 来自辞典例句

6 specimen   

n.样本，标本

参考例句：

• You'll need tweezers to hold up the specimen.你要用镊子来夹这标本。
• This specimen is richly variegated in colour.这件标本上有很多颜色。