《新福尔摩斯》精讲 29

What kind of a boss was he, Amanda? Appreciative¹?

艾曼达 他是个什么样的老板 关心下属吗

Um, no. That's not a word I'd use.

不 我觉得不是

The only things Eddie appreciated had a big price tag².

爱德只关心那些昂贵的东西

Like that hand cream. He bought that for you, didn't he?

比如这护手霜 是他给你买的吧

Look at this one.

看这张

Got a taxi from him on the day he died,￡50.

他被害当天的打的发票 18.5镑

That would get him to the office.

那是他打车来办公室吧

Not rush hour. Check the time. Mid-morning. 18 would get him

非高峰期 看下时间 上午10点左右

as far as...

18镑够他打车到

The West End. I remember him saying.

西区 我记得他说过

Underground, printed at one in Piccadilly.

地铁票 下午一点从皮卡迪利进站

So he got a Tube back to the office.

那他是搭地铁回的办公室

Why would he get a taxi into town, and then the Tube back?

他为什么先打的出去 又搭地铁回来呢

Because he was delivering something heavy.

因为他携带了重物

You wouldn't lug³ a package up the escalator.

沉重的包裹很难拖上自动扶梯

Delivering?!

重物

To somewhere near Piccadilly Station.

到皮卡迪利站附近

Dropped the package, delivered it, and then...

卸下包裹 移交 然后

Stopped on his way. He got peckish.

停下了脚步 他饿了

So you bought your lunch from here en route to the station

于是你在去地铁站的路上买了午餐

but where were you headed from?

但是你究竟从哪儿来

Where did the taxi drop you?

出租车把你送到了哪里

Oof! Right.

对了

Eddie Van Coon brought a package here the day he died.

爱·范孔被害当天带着一个包裹来到这里

Whatever was hidden inside that case...

不管箱子里藏了什么

I've managed to piece together a picture

我已经拼出了一张图

using scraps⁴ of information - credit⁵ card bills, receipts⁶.

通过信用卡账单 收据等票据提供的信息

He flew back from China, then he came here.

他从中国返回后 来到了这里

Sherlock.

夏洛克

Somewhere in this street, somewhere near. I don't know where, but...

就在这条街上 就在附近 我不知道具体位置

That shop, over there.

应该是那家店铺

How could you tell?

你怎么知道

Lukis' diary. He was here too.

路基斯在日记里提过 他也曾来此

He wrote down the address.

他记下了地址

 

1 appreciative   

adj.有鉴赏力的，有眼力的；感激的

参考例句：

• She was deeply appreciative of your help.她对你的帮助深表感激。
• We are very appreciative of their support in this respect.我们十分感谢他们在这方面的支持。

2 tag   

n.标签，附属物，名称，谚语；vt.附以签条，尾随，添饰，指责，连接；vi.紧随，尾随

参考例句：

• Please tag your baggage.请在你的行李上贴上标签了。
• The clerk attached a price tag to each article.店员给每一件商品系上标价签。

3 lug   

n.柄，突出部，螺帽；(英）耳朵；（俚）笨蛋；vt.拖，拉，用力拖动

参考例句：

• Nobody wants to lug around huge suitcases full of clothes.谁都不想拖着个装满衣服的大箱子到处走。
• Do I have to lug those suitcases all the way to the station?难道非要我把那些手提箱一直拉到车站去吗？

4 scraps   

油渣

参考例句：

• Don't litter up the floor with scraps of paper. 不要在地板上乱扔纸屑。
• A patchwork quilt is a good way of using up scraps of material. 做杂拼花布棉被是利用零碎布料的好办法。

5 credit   

n.信用，荣誉，贷款，学分；v.归功于，赞颂，信任

参考例句：

• I credit him with a certain amount of sense.我认为他有一定的见识。
• He got the credit,and we did the dirty work.他得荣誉，我们做不讨好的工作。

6 receipts   

（企业、银行等）收到的款，进款； 收到( receipt的名词复数 )； 收入； 收据； 收条

参考例句：

• Cash income is calculated by subtracting total trading income from total receipts. 现金收入是从总收入中减去总贸易收入来计算的。
• The receipts have increased since last year. 自去年起收入已增加。