《神探夏洛克》精讲 277绞杀狂

"Mary, lots of love..."

玛丽，全心祝福你……

Yeah? "Poppet. Oodles of love and heaps of good wishes from Cam."

嗯？乖孩子，祝万事如意，无忧无虑，卡姆敬上。

"Wish your family could have seen this."

你家人能看到这天就好了。

"Special day..." "Very special day..."

特殊的日子，大喜之日。

"Love..." "Love..." "Love..." "Love..." "Love..." Bit of a theme, you get the general gist¹. People are basically fond.

爱你，爱你，爱你，爱你，爱你。大同小异，了解就好，大家都献了爱心。

John Watson. My friend, John Watson. John...

约翰·华生。我的朋友，约翰·华生。约翰……

When John first broached² the subject of being best man, I was confused.

约翰刚提出请我做伴郎时，我很困惑。

Sherlock? What was that noise downstairs? Oh, it was Mrs Hudson laughing.

夏洛克？楼下什么怪声？哦，赫德森太太在笑。

Hmm, it sounded like she was torturing an owl³.

听着像她在虐待猫头鹰。

Yeah, well, it was laughter.

真是笑声。

Could have been both.

可能都有。

Busy? Oh, just occupying myself. Sometimes it's so hard not smoking.

忙吗？就找点事情做，戒烟真难。

Mind if I interrupt?

我打断一下行吗？

Be my guest.

请便。

Tea? So, er, the big question. Mm-hmm?

喝茶吗？嗯，重要问题。嗯？

The best man. The best man?

伴郎(又意"最好的人")。最好的人？

What do you think? Billy Kincaid.

你觉得呢？比利·金凯德。

Sorry, what? Billy Kincaid, the Camden Garrotter, best man I ever knew. Vast contributions to charity, neverdisclosed.

谁？比利·金凯德，坎登绞杀狂，我所知最好的人。匿名为慈善事业做出极大贡献。

Personally managed to save three hospitals from closure and ran the best and safest children's homes in north England.

凭个人之力挽救三间医院，经营英格兰北部最好，最安全的儿童福利院

Yes, every now and again there'd be some garrotings, but stacking up the lives saved against the garrotings,on balance I'd say he...For my wedding.

偶尔会绞杀些人，但他救的比杀的人多多了，权衡起来算是……我的婚礼。

1 gist   

n.要旨；梗概

参考例句：

• Can you give me the gist of this report?你能告诉我这个报告的要点吗？
• He is quick in grasping the gist of a book.他敏于了解书的要点。

2 broached   

v.谈起( broach的过去式和过去分词 )；打开并开始用；用凿子扩大（或修光）；（在桶上）钻孔取液体

参考例句：

• She broached the subject of a picnic to her mother. 她向母亲提起野餐的问题。 来自辞典例句
• He broached the subject to the stranger. 他对陌生人提起那话题。 来自辞典例句

3 owl   

n.猫头鹰，枭

参考例句：

• Her new glasses make her look like an owl.她的新眼镜让她看上去像只猫头鹰。
• I'm a night owl and seldom go to bed until after midnight.我睡得很晚，经常半夜后才睡觉。