《神探夏洛克》精讲 263夏洛克的假死计划

Don't move!

别动

All right.

好

Keep your eyes fixed¹ on me.

眼睛盯着我

Please, will you do this for me?

求你了 能帮我做这件事吗?

It was vital that John stayed just where I'd put him and that way his view was blocked by the ambulance station.

最重要的是 让约翰站在我要的位置 他的视线才能被救护站挡住

Sherlock!

夏洛克

I needed to hit the air-bag, which I did.

我需要掉到充气垫上 我成功了

Speed was paramount².

速度是关键

The air-bag needed to be got out of the way just as John cleared the station.

空气垫要撤走 在约翰赶到之前

But we needed him to see a body.

可必须让他看到尸体

That's where Molly came in.

这就是茉莉的作用

Like figures on a weather clock, we went one way, John went the other.

就像表盘上的指针 我们转过去 约翰转过来

Then, our well-timed cyclist...put John briefly³ out of action, giving me time to switch places with the corpse⁴ on the pavement.

骑单车的人 掐好时间 暂时拦住约翰 为我和尸体换位赢得时间

The rest was just window dressing⁵.

接下来 装点下门面

And one final touch, a squash ball under the armpit.

最后一招 腋下的壁球

Apply enough pressure and it momentarily cuts off the pulse.

用适当的压力暂停脉搏

1 fixed   

adj.固定的，不变的，准备好的；(计算机)固定的

参考例句：

• Have you two fixed on a date for the wedding yet?你们俩选定婚期了吗？
• Once the aim is fixed,we should not change it arbitrarily.目标一旦确定，我们就不应该随意改变。

2 paramount   

a.最重要的，最高权力的

参考例句：

• My paramount object is to save the Union and destroy slavery.我的最高目标是拯救美国，摧毁奴隶制度。
• Nitrogen is of paramount importance to life on earth.氮对地球上的生命至关重要。

3 briefly   

adv.简单地，简短地

参考例句：

• I want to touch briefly on another aspect of the problem.我想简单地谈一下这个问题的另一方面。
• He was kidnapped and briefly detained by a terrorist group.他被一个恐怖组织绑架并短暂拘禁。

4 corpse   

n.尸体，死尸

参考例句：

• What she saw was just an unfeeling corpse.她见到的只是一具全无感觉的尸体。
• The corpse was preserved from decay by embalming.尸体用香料涂抹以防腐烂。

5 dressing   

n.(食物)调料；包扎伤口的用品，敷料

参考例句：

• Don't spend such a lot of time in dressing yourself.别花那么多时间来打扮自己。
• The children enjoy dressing up in mother's old clothes.孩子们喜欢穿上妈妈旧时的衣服玩。