【小龟乐游记】奇异人生（27）

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Chloe: If I can get this bastard¹ open she can't cheat with her rewind... This is bullshit! Fuck you, door!

Max: Welcome to my domain².

Chloe: You are magic. I have no clue how the hell you got in there, but you did it, sista.

Max: The company I keep. Now let's find what we want and beat it. My powers only go so far.

Chloe: Man, I can see why the Principal locks this room up. Fancy faux art crap. He must want everybody to know he has money. But no taste. How can you trust somebody who has a fucking __(1)__ in his office? I'm glad I was expelled...

Max: Yes, if only the Principal had a Monet or Picasso you'd still be at Blackwell. 

Chloe: Eat me. I'm going to pilfer⁴ the papers on this ugly ass³ desk. Okay, sure, it's ugly but damn is it a cozy⁵ chair! This is your chance to truly get all deductive 'n' shit, Sherlock. Find us some clues about Rachel... or Kate... or Nathan... Anybody!

Max: I'm on the case.

Chloe: Max, you better come check out these files... Nathan accuses Rachel of bringing drugs on campus? And my step-troll went along because he thinks Rachel was a bad influence on me. Assholes.

Max: If David is ___(2)___ Nathan Prescott... That's a bad sign.

Chloe: "Nathan Prescott the Third." Oooh, he's so money. And you know the Prescotts dropped major bank to bury Nathan's real file... Look, it reads like a rap sheet--bad grades, teacher complaints, secret probation⁶... But I was expelled?

Max: The Prescotts always get their money's worth... Check out that note. Open it.

Chloe: That's just some crazy drawing...

Max: It's not a drawing... look, "Rachel in the dark room... Rachel in the dark room..." Over and over. That's it.

Chloe: That's... fucked up. What does this even mean? Nathan is truly psychotic. I know he has something to do with Rachel missing...

Max: Whoa, listen to this, "David M. always asks what's going on in my head... Davd M. always helps my follow those he follows..." Pretty cryptic⁷.

Chloe: No, it sounds like they've formed some sort of weird⁸ team--"The Super He-Bros."

Max: Jesus, David was stalking Kate, hassling me, and now we know he was all over Rachel too...

Chloe: Oh, we are so going into his garage files... Plus I'm getting a little paranoid in here. We got our info, let's bail⁹. But maybe we shouldn't leave without a gift...

Max: No, you are not taking the cozy chair.

Chloe: Max, do your powers include mind-reading? Or did you just rewind because I tried to steal the chair? Shit, I'm confused.

Max: It's the powers of best friendship. I know how you roll... We should definitely get out of here. We pressed our luck enough.

Chloe: Hullo, what have we here? Holy shit, jackpot! Cha-ching!

Max: Wowser, that's a lot for the "_(3)_."

Chloe: Dude, there's five thousand dollars there. I could pay Frank back tonight... This will chill him out after our knife showdown yesterday... Are you going to make a big issue out of this? Or just rewind and take the greenbacks for yourself? I hope you do that instead of lecturing me

1 bastard   

n.坏蛋，混蛋；私生子

参考例句：

• He was never concerned about being born a bastard.他从不介意自己是私生子。
• There was supposed to be no way to get at the bastard.据说没有办法买通那个混蛋。

2 domain   

n.(活动等)领域，范围；领地，势力范围

参考例句：

• This information should be in the public domain.这一消息应该为公众所知。
• This question comes into the domain of philosophy.这一问题属于哲学范畴。

3 ass   

n.驴；傻瓜，蠢笨的人

参考例句：

• He is not an ass as they make him.他不象大家猜想的那样笨。
• An ass endures his burden but not more than his burden.驴能负重但不能超过它能力所负担的。

4 pilfer   

v.盗，偷，窃

参考例句：

• Staff were pilfering behind the bar.店员在柜台后有些小偷小摸的行为。
• When food stores close,they go to work,pilfering food for resale on the black market.食品店关门后，他们就行动起来，偷食品拿到黑市上出售。

5 cozy   

adj.亲如手足的，密切的，暖和舒服的

参考例句：

• I like blankets because they are cozy.我喜欢毛毯，因为他们是舒适的。
• We spent a cozy evening chatting by the fire.我们在炉火旁聊天度过了一个舒适的晚上。

6 probation   

n.缓刑(期)，(以观后效的)察看；试用(期)

参考例句：

• The judge did not jail the young man,but put him on probation for a year.法官没有把那个年轻人关进监狱，而且将他缓刑察看一年。
• His salary was raised by 800 yuan after his probation.试用期满以后，他的工资增加了800元。

7 cryptic   

adj.秘密的，神秘的，含义模糊的

参考例句：

• She made a cryptic comment about how the film mirrored her life.她隐晦地表示说这部电影是她人生的写照。
• The new insurance policy is written without cryptic or mysterious terms.新的保险单在编写时没有隐秘条款或秘密条款。

8 weird   

adj.古怪的，离奇的；怪诞的，神秘而可怕的

参考例句：

• From his weird behaviour,he seems a bit of an oddity.从他不寻常的行为看来，他好像有点怪。
• His weird clothes really gas me.他的怪衣裳简直笑死人。

9 bail   

v.舀（水），保释；n.保证金，保释，保释人

参考例句：

• One of the prisoner's friends offered to bail him out.犯人的一个朋友答应保释他出来。
• She has been granted conditional bail.她被准予有条件保释。