《新福尔摩斯》精讲 258

Er, Magnussen?

麦格纳森

What time is it? - About eight.

几点了. - 八点左右

I'll be meeting him in three hours. I need a bath.

我三小时后要见他,我得泡个澡

It's for a case, you say? - Yep.

你说是为了破案,-是的

What sort of case? - Too big and dangerous for any sane¹ individual to get involved in.

什麽样的案子? - 极其复杂而危险的案子,理智的人最好不要插手

You trying to put me off? - God, no.Trying to recruit² you.

你是想要阻止我吗? - 当然不是.我是要叫你加入

And stay out of my bedroom.

别进我卧室.

Oh, John, hi. How are you?

你好,约翰,最近怎麽样

Janine? - Sorry, not dressed.Has everybody gone? I heard shouting.

珍妮, - 抱歉,我衣衫不整的.人都走了吗,我听到有人大吼来著

Yes, they're gone.

对,都走了

God, look at the time. I'll be late.It sounded like an argument. Was it Mike? - Mike?

天哪,都几点了,我要迟到了.有争吵的声音,是麦克吗? - 麦克

Mike, yeah. His brother, Mike. They're always fighting.

麦克,是的,他哥哥,麦克,他们老吵架

Mycroft.

麦考夫

Do people actually call him that? - Yeah.

大家真这麽叫他吗? - 是啊

Oh, could you be a love and put some coffee on? - Sure, right, yeah.

能劳烦你煮点咖啡吗? - 当然,没问题

Thanks. Oh, how is Mary? How's married life?

谢谢,对了,玛丽怎麽样,婚后生活如何

She's fine. We're both fine. Yeah.

她很好,我们都很好,是的

Oh, it's over there now. Where's Sherl? - Sherl...

就在那裡,夏尔呢? - 夏尔...

Er, he's just having a bath. I'm sure he'll be out in a minute.

他在洗澡,肯定一会就出来!

Oh, like he ever is! - Yeah.

他肯定要洗好久啊! - 是啊!

Morning. Room for a little one?

早啊,不介意多个人吧

Morning.

早

So, it's just a guess, but you've probably got some questions?

只是个猜想,你应该有问题想问吧

Yeah, one or two. Pretty much. - Naturally.

是啊,差不多有一两个吧. - 当然了.

You have a girlfriend? - Yes, I have.

你有女朋友了. - 是啊,我有了.

Now, Magnussen. Magnussen is like a shark.It's the only way I can describe him.

麦格纳森,麦格纳森是条鲨鱼.我只能这麽说了

Have you ever been to the shark tank at the London Aquarium³, John?Stood up close to the glass?

你去过伦敦水族馆的鲨鱼区吗,约翰.靠著玻璃看

Those floating, flat faces, those dead eyes.

那些漂浮著的扁平的脸,那对死鱼眼.

That's what he is.I've dealt with murderers⁴, psychopaths,terrorists, serial⁵ killers⁶.

那就是他.我对付过杀人凶手,精神病.恐怖分子,连环杀手

None of them can turn my stomach like Charles Augustus Magnussen.

没谁像查尔斯·奥古斯塔斯·麦格纳森那样让我反感

Yes, you have?

那麽,你有了?

Sorry, what? - You have a girlfriend?

什麽? - 你有女朋友了

What? Yes, yes, I'm going out with Janine.I thought that was fairly obvious. - Yes. Well, yes.

什麽,是的,我在和珍妮交往.我觉得这很明显了, - 是的.

You... You... You are in a relationship? - Yes, I am.

你...你现在在恋爱. - 是的

You and Janine? - Hmm. Yes, me and Janine.

你和珍妮, - 是的,我和珍妮.

Care to elaborate⁷?

能说具体点吗

Well, we're in a good place. It's, um...very affirming⁸. - You got that from a book.

我们发展得很顺利,关系很...很确定, - 你从书上看来的吧.

Everyone got that from a book.

谁不是从书上看来的

OK, you two bad boys. Behave yourselves.You, Sherl, you're going to have to tell me where you were last night.

好了,两个淘气鬼,乖乖的.夏尔,你得和我说说你昨晚去哪了

Working. - Working? Of course.I'm the only one who really knows what you're like, remember?

工作, - 工作?当然了.只有我知道你是什麽样的,记得吗

Well, don't you go letting on.

你可别说漏嘴了.

I might just, actually.I haven't told Mary about this.I kind of wanted to surprise her.

这可说不准哦.我还没告诉玛丽.想给她点惊喜

Yeah, I think you probably will.

她一定会感到惊喜的

But we should have you two over for dinner, really soon.

我们该请你们来吃饭,尽快吧!

Yeah. - My place though, not the scuzz-dump.

是啊. - 不过是在我家,不是这个垃圾堆.

Great, yeah.Dinner. Yeah.

好极了.吃饭,好啊

I'd better dash. It was brilliant to see you. - You too.

我得闪了,见到你真好,-一样

Have a lovely day. Call me later.

一天愉快,给我打电话

I might do. I might call you.Unless I meet someone prettier.

有可能,我可能会给你打.除非我找到比你更帅的

Solve me a crime, Sherlock Holmes.

破个案子给我看看,夏洛克·福尔摩斯

1 sane   

adj.心智健全的，神志清醒的，明智的，稳健的

参考例句：

• He was sane at the time of the murder.在凶杀案发生时他的神志是清醒的。
• He is a very sane person.他是一个很有头脑的人。

2 recruit   

n.招聘，新兵，新成员；v.恢复，补充，招募

参考例句：

• The country's first act would be to recruit for the navy.国家的第一个行动是为海军征募新兵。
• This is a nationwide campaign to recruit women into trade unions.这是一次吸收妇女参加工会的全国性运动。

3 aquarium   

n.水族馆，养鱼池，玻璃缸

参考例句：

• The first time I saw seals was in an aquarium.我第一次看见海豹是在水族馆里。
• I'm going to the aquarium with my parents this Sunday.这个星期天，我要和父母一起到水族馆去。

4 murderers   

n.谋杀犯，凶手( murderer的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The murderers lurked behind the trees. 谋杀者埋伏在树后。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Hollywood films misrepresented us as drunks, maniacs and murderers. 好莱坞电影把我们歪曲成酒鬼、疯子和杀人凶手。 来自辞典例句

5 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？

6 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。

7 elaborate   

adj.详尽的；复杂的；vi./vt.详述；详细制订

参考例句：

• You understand the situation;I needn't elaborate any further.你对情况是了解的，我不必再进一步详谈了。
• He made an elaborate hairstyle.他做了一个复杂的发型。

8 affirming   

断言，证实( affirm的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• And what is more life-affirming than sex? 而又有什么能比性更让人确信生命呢？
• Affirming alarm-printing automatically. Sequence keep compliance with alarm collection screen. 确认报警打印自动发生，排列顺序与报警汇总画面一致。