《新福尔摩斯》精讲 115

Only about a month ago. Up at the Hollow.

就在一个月前 在山谷里

It was foggy, mind, couldn't make much out.

当时有雾 看不太清

I see. No witnesses, I suppose.

明白了 没目击者是吧

No, but...

对 但是...

Never are.

根本没猎犬

No, wait. There.

等等 看那

Is that it? It's not exactly proof, is it? Sorry, John, I win.

就这样 这叫什么证据 抱歉 约翰 我赢了

Wait, wait, that's not all.

等等 不仅如此

People don't like going up there, you know. To the Hollow.

人们不喜欢去那里 恶魔谷

Gives them a bad sort of feeling.

让他们感觉很不好

Is it haunted¹? Is that supposed to convince me?

是闹鬼了么 这样就想说服我啊

Nah, don't be stupid! Nothing like that.

别傻了 才不是那样

But I reckon² there is something out there. Something from Baskerville, escaped.

我估计那确实有什么东西 从巴斯克维尔逃出来的东西

A clone? A super-dog? Maybe.

克隆生物 超级狗 也许

God knows what they've been spraying on us all these years, or putting in the water.

谁知道这些年他们排放的气体是啥或者水里放了啥

I wouldn't trust them as far as I could spit.

我死活都不会信他们

Is that the best you've got?

最多就这样么

I had a mate once who worked for the MOD.

我有个曾在国防部工作的朋友

One weekend we were meant to go fishing, but he never showed up. Well, not till late.

某个周末我们约好去钓鱼 他没出现 很晚才过来

When he did, he was white as a sheet. I can see him now.

他来的时候脸色惨白 我到现在都记忆犹新

I've seen things today, Fletcher, He said, and I never want to see again. Terrible things.

我今天看见些东西 弗莱彻 他说 我再也不想见第二次 可怕的东西

He'd been sent to some secret army place. Porton Down, maybe. Maybe Baskerville, or somewhere else.

他被派去过某个秘密军事基地 可能是波顿镇 也许是巴斯克维尔 或者其他地方

In the labs there, the really secret labs, he said he'd seen terrible things.

在那边的秘密实验室里他说他见过可怕的东西

Rats as big as dogs, he said. And dogs, dogs the size of horses.

说老鼠和狗一样大 狗呢 和马一样大

1 haunted   

adj.闹鬼的；受到折磨的；令人烦恼的v.“haunt”的过去式和过去分词

参考例句：

• There was a haunted look in his eyes. 他眼中透露出忧虑的神色。
• The country is haunted by the spectre of civil war. 内战仿佛一触即发，举国上下一片恐慌。

2 reckon   

vt.计算，估计，认为；vi.计（算），判断，依靠

参考例句：

• Don't reckon upon your relatives to help you out of trouble.不要指望你的亲戚会帮助你摆脱困境。
• I reckon that he is rather too old to marry again.我认为他的年龄太大，不太适于再婚。