《新福尔摩斯》精讲 238

I don't... a lot.I mean, I don't date all that much.

我没有,我是说 我约会得不多

And he seemed nice, you know?We seemed to automatically¹ connect.

他人好像不错 你知道吗?我们自然而然的走到一起

We had one night,dinner, such interesting conversation.It was lovely.

一天晚上 我们一起吃晚餐 愉快地聊天 很美好

To be honest,I'd love to have gone further,but I thought, no, this is special,

坦白讲 我想要进一步发展 但我想 不 这次很特别

let's take it slowly.Exchanged numbers,he said he'd get in touch and then...

让我们慢慢来 相互留了电话 他说会联系我 可之后...

Maybe he wasn't quite as keen² as I was,but I just thought at least he'd call to say that we were finished.

可能他的感觉没有我的强烈 但我想 至少他会打电话说我们结束了

I went round there,to his flat, no trace³ of him.

我去了那里 去了他的公寓 没有他的踪影

Mr Holmes, I honestly think I had dinner with a ghost.

福尔摩斯先生 我真的认为 我是和鬼魂吃的晚餐

Mr Holmes?With a ghost, Mr Holmes!

福尔摩斯先生? 鬼魂 福尔摩斯先生!

Boring, boring, boring. No...fascinating.

无聊 无聊 无聊 不... 有趣

John. John! Wake up.I apologise about my... You know... Him.Rude. Rude!

约翰 约翰! 醒醒 抱歉 我... 你知道的... 他 无礼 无礼!

I checked with the landlord⁴ and the man who lived there died.Heart attack.

我向房东打听过了 住在那里的那个人死了 心脏病

And there we are having dinner one week on.And I found this thing online,

在那一周后我们共度晚餐 我在网上找到了这个

a sort of chatroom thing,for girls who think they're dating men from the spirit world.

类似于聊天室 那些觉得自己跟灵界的男人约会女孩聚到一块

Don't worry, I'll find him in ten minutes.What's your dog's name?

别担心 我只要十分钟就能找到他 你的狗叫什么名字?

Yeah, I'm there if you want it... - John, wake up.

有我在 那如果你想... - 约翰 醒醒-

Went to... - Yeah.

准备... - 对

The game is... something. - On?

游戏... 那个 - 开始?

Yeah, that, that. - OK.

对的 是 是 - 好

1 automatically   

adv.不加思索地，无意识地，自动地

参考例句：

• The machine cycles automatically.这台机器自动循环运转。
• She had automatically labelled the boys as troublemakers.她不假思索地认定这些男孩子是捣蛋鬼。

2 keen   

adj.热心的；敏锐的；激烈的；锋利的

参考例句：

• There is keen competition between the two motorcar firms.两家汽车公司之间存在着激烈的竞争。
• The children are mad keen to go to the zoo.孩子们非常想去动物园。

3 trace   

n.痕迹，踪迹，微量；vt.追踪，找出根源，描绘；vi.追踪

参考例句：

• There isn't a trace of a smile on her face.她脸上没有一丝笑容。
• We have lost all trace of him.我们找不到他的踪迹。

4 landlord   

n.地主，房东，(旅店)店主

参考例句：

• He is the landlord of this pub.他是这家酒店的店主。
• He used to be a long - term labourer for a landlord.他早先给地主扛过长活。