《新福尔摩斯》精讲 11

Is this what you did?

这就是你的做法吗

To all of them?

用这个对付他们

You gave them a choice?

让他们自己选择

You've got to admit,

你也得承认

as serial¹ killers² go, I'm verging³ on nice.

作为一个连环杀手 我还算厚道了

Anyway, time's up.

不管怎样 时间到了

Choose.

选吧

And then?

然后呢

And then, together, we take our medicine.

然后我们一起吃下去

Let's play.

开始吧

Play what?

开始什么

It's a 50/50 chance.

这不过是五成的胜算

You're not playing the numbers, you're playing me.

你并不是和胜算斗 而是和我斗

Did I just give you the good pill or the bad pill?

我给你的那个到底有没有毒

Is it a bluff⁴?

猜猜我是在请君入瓮

Or a double-bluff?

欲擒故纵

Or a triple bluff?

还是在故弄玄虚

It's still chance.

只是运气而已

Five people in a row, it's not chance.

运气能连续放倒5人吗 绝不是运气

It's luck.

走运罢了

It's genius.

是天赋

I know how people think.

我知道人们会怎么想

I know how people think I think.

也知道你们如何猜测我的想法

I can see it all, like a map in my head.

我脑子里就像有张地图 看得一清二楚

Everyone's so stupid.

每个人都如此愚蠢

Even you.

你也不例外

1 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？

2 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。

3 verging   

接近，逼近（verge的现在分词形式）

参考例句：

• He vowed understanding, verging on sympathy, for our approach. 他宣称对我们提出的做法很理解，而且近乎同情。
• He's verging on 80 now and needs constant attention. 他已近80岁，需要侍候左右。

4 bluff   

v.虚张声势，用假象骗人；n.虚张声势，欺骗

参考例句：

• His threats are merely bluff.他的威胁仅仅是虚张声势。
• John is a deep card.No one can bluff him easily.约翰是个机灵鬼。谁也不容易欺骗他。