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Charles isn't imaginary.
查尔斯并不是虚构的
He and John have been best friends since Princeton.
他们自普林斯顿起 就是最好的朋友
Have you ever met Charles? Has he ever come to dinner?
你见过查尔斯吗? 他曾到你们家吃过饭吗?
He's always in town for so little time, lecturing.
每次他来演讲 都很匆忙
Was he at your wedding?
他有参加你的婚礼吗?
He had to teach.
他得教书呀
Have you ever seen a picture of him,
你看过他的照片吗?
talked to him on the telephone? -This is ridiculous.
和他在电话上聊过吗? -这太荒谬了
I phoned Princeton.
我曾和普林斯顿大学联络过
According to their housing records,
根据宿舍记录
John lived alone.
他是一个人住
Now, which is more likely... that your husband,
让我们再仔细想想看 你先生...
a mathematician with no military training,
是一个数学家 没有一点军事训练
is a government spy fleeing the Russians...
居然变成政府对抗苏俄的间谍
You're making him sound crazy.
你说得他好像疯了一样
Or, that he has lost his grip on reality?
或许是他对现实失去了掌控
Now the only way I can help him
唯一能帮他的
is to show him the difference
是让他分辨出真假
between what's real
知道什么是真实
and what is in his mind. Come on.
什么是虚幻 来吧
What's he been working on?
他都在做些什么?
His work is classified.
那是机密
He mentioned a supervisor
他曾提到
by the name of William Parcher.
他的长官名叫威廉·帕彻
Maybe Mr. Parcher can clarify things for us.
也许帕彻先生能替他澄清
But I can't get to him without clearances.
但是没有许可我不能找他

重点解释

妙语佳句:

According to their housing records, John lived alone.根据宿舍记录他是一个人住。

according to:按照, 根据

He ranged the books according to size.

他照大小顺序排列这些书。

He ordered his life according to strict rules.

他把生活安排得十分刻板。

You're making him sound crazy.你说得他好像疯了一样。

make sb crazy:让某人抓狂

Sultry weather and sweltering carriage made me crazy.

闷热的天气，闷热的车厢，简直让我抓狂。

What's he been working on?他都在做些什么?

work on:忙于

He can be left to work on his own.

工作可交给他一个人去做。

The mechanic was at work on your bicycle then.

当时修理工在修理你的自行车。

考考你:

或许是他对现实失去了掌控？

也许帕彻先生能替他澄清。

上期答案:

I'm being held against my will.

As such, his illness may have gone untreated far longer than is typical.