《神探夏洛克》精讲 468怎样抓到连环杀手

怎样抓到连环杀手呢

How do you catch a serial¹ killer²?

和抓别的杀人犯一样

Same way you catch any other killer.

不  大多杀人犯杀的都是认识的人

No. Most killers³ kill someone they know.

你要在一个小社交圈里找杀人犯

You're looking for a murderer in a tiny social grouping.

史密斯先生  我觉得

Um, Mr Smith, I'm just wondering,

这个话题好像不太合适孩子们

maybe this isn't a suitable subject for the children.

考尼什护士  你在这里工作多久了

Nurse Cornish, how long have you been with us now?

七年了

Seven years.

七年了

Seven years.

好

Ok.

连环杀手的被害人是随机选出来的

Serial killers choose their victims at random⁴.

这肯定让抓到凶手更难了吧

Surely that must make it more difficult.

有些连环杀手爱宣扬

Some of them advertise.

真的吗

Do they really?

连环杀人是种力量  自负的炫耀

Serial killing⁵ is an expression of power, ego⁶,

是毁灭生命的签名

a signature in human destruction.

最终  为了满足感

Ultimately, for full satisfaction,

它得暴露在众目睽睽之下

it requires plain sight.

并且  连环杀手特点突出

Additionally, serial killers are easily profiled.

通常被社会排斥  受教育程度低

They tend to be social outcasts, educationally subnormal.

不不不

No, no, no, no, no, no.

你说的是你已经知道的那些

You're just talking about the ones you know.

你抓住的那些

The ones you've caught.

但是  傻瓜  你抓住的都是那些笨的

But hello, dummy⁷, you only catch the dumb ones.

想象一下  如果女王

Now, imagine if the Queen

想要杀人

wanted to kill some people,

会怎么样

what would happen then?

那么有权  那么有钱

All that power, all that money,

还有个政府  上蹿下跳的侍从们

sweet little government, dancing attendants.

整个国家把她养得暖和肥硕

A whole country just to keep her warm and fat.

1 serial   

n.连本影片，连本电视节目；adj.连续的

参考例句：

• A new serial is starting on television tonight.今晚电视开播一部新的电视连续剧。
• Can you account for the serial failures in our experiment?你能解释我们实验屡屡失败的原因吗？

2 killer   

n.杀人者，杀人犯，杀手，屠杀者

参考例句：

• Heart attacks have become Britain's No.1 killer disease.心脏病已成为英国的头号致命疾病。
• The bulk of the evidence points to him as her killer.大量证据证明是他杀死她的。

3 killers   

凶手( killer的名词复数 )； 消灭…者； 致命物； 极难的事

参考例句：

• He remained steadfast in his determination to bring the killers to justice. 他要将杀人凶手绳之以法的决心一直没有动摇。
• They were professional killers who did in John. 杀死约翰的这些人是职业杀手。

4 random   

adj.随机的；任意的；n.偶然的(或随便的)行动

参考例句：

• The list is arranged in a random order.名单排列不分先后。
• On random inspection the meat was found to be bad.经抽查，发现肉变质了。

5 killing   

n.巨额利润；突然赚大钱，发大财

参考例句：

• Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
• Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。

6 ego   

n.自我，自己，自尊

参考例句：

• He is absolute ego in all thing.在所有的事情上他都绝对自我。
• She has been on an ego trip since she sang on television.她上电视台唱过歌之后就一直自吹自擂。

7 dummy   

n.假的东西；(哄婴儿的)橡皮奶头

参考例句：

• The police suspect that the device is not a real bomb but a dummy.警方怀疑那个装置不是真炸弹，只是一个假货。
• The boys played soldier with dummy swords made of wood.男孩们用木头做的假木剑玩打仗游戏。