《新福尔摩斯》精讲 161

OK, you look over there. Look everywhere. OK, spread out, please,spread out.

你们去那边看，不要有疏漏。请大家散开！散开！

This was alight moments ago. They’re still here.

刚刚熄灭的，他们还在这儿！

Sweet wrappers? What’s he been feeding you,Hansel and Gretel?

糖纸？他给你们吃了什么？汉泽尔与格莱特

Mercury. - What？

水银！ - 什么？

The papers, they’re painted with mercury, lethal¹.

糖纸，上边涂了水银，是有毒的。

The more they ate, it was killing² them.

他们吃得越多，就会要了他们的命。

But it’s not enough to kill them on its own.

但是单个不足以致命，

Taken in large enough quantities, eventually it would kill them. He didn’t need to be there for the execution.

如果摄入足够多的量，最终会导致他们死亡。他不需要亲自来行刑。

Murder by remote control, he could be 1,000 miles away.

遥控杀人，他可以待在千里之外。

The hungrier they got, the more they ate,the faster they died. Neat.

他们越饿，吃得越多，就死得越快。漂亮！

Sherlock!

控制一下！

Over here!

在这边！

I’ve got him, don’t worry.

我会照顾她，别担心。

1 lethal   

adj.致死的；毁灭性的

参考例句：

• A hammer can be a lethal weapon.铁锤可以是致命的武器。
• She took a lethal amount of poison and died.她服了致命剂量的毒药死了。

2 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。