《新福尔摩斯》精讲 109

Do you know Dartmoor, Mr Holmes? No.

你知道达特摩尔吗 福尔摩斯先生 不

It's an amazing place, it's like nowhere else, it's sort of bleak², but beautiful.

那是个神奇的地方 与众不同 虽然荒凉 却很美

Not interested. Moving on.

没兴趣 继续说

We used to go for walks, after my mum died, my dad and me.

妈妈过世后 我和爸爸常出去散步

Every evening, we'd go out onto the moor¹.

每天晚上 我们都会去那片荒原

Yes, good. Skipping to the night that your dad was violently killed, where did that happen?

很好 直接跳到你父亲被杀那晚 事发地在哪

There's a place, it's a sort of local landmark³, called Dewer's Hollow.

那里有个地方 可以说是个地标 叫恶魔谷

That's an ancient name for the devil.

那是魔鬼的古称

So? Did you see the devil that night?

然后呢 那晚你们看见魔鬼了吗

Yes. It was huge. Coal-black fur with red eyes.

看见了 它体型巨大 红色眼睛 煤黑皮毛

It got him. Tore at him, tore him apart.

它抓住了他 撕扯他 把他撕成了碎片

I can't remember anything else.

其它的我记不起来了

They found me the next morning, just wandering on the moor.

第二天早上被找到时 我就在荒原上游荡

My dad's body was never found.

我父亲的尸体至今没有找到

Red eyes, coal-black fur, enormous...

红色眼睛 煤黑皮毛 体型巨大

A dog? Wolf?

狗 还是狼

Or a genetic⁴ experiment.

也许是基因实验产品

1 moor   

n.荒野，沼泽；vt.(使)停泊；vi.停泊

参考例句：

• I decided to moor near some tourist boats.我决定在一些观光船附近停泊。
• There were hundreds of the old huts on the moor.沼地上有成百上千的古老的石屋。

2 bleak   

adj.(天气)阴冷的；凄凉的；暗淡的

参考例句：

• They showed me into a bleak waiting room.他们引我来到一间阴冷的会客室。
• The company's prospects look pretty bleak.这家公司的前景异常暗淡。

3 landmark   

n.陆标，划时代的事，地界标

参考例句：

• The Russian Revolution represents a landmark in world history.俄国革命是世界历史上的一个里程碑。
• The tower was once a landmark for ships.这座塔曾是船只的陆标。

4 genetic   

adj.遗传的，遗传学的

参考例句：

• It's very difficult to treat genetic diseases.遗传性疾病治疗起来很困难。
• Each daughter cell can receive a full complement of the genetic information.每个子细胞可以收到遗传信息的一个完全补偿物。