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I hoped, after five years...
我本来希望 过去了五年
maybe they would have forgotten me.
他们也许会遗忘我
But they never really let you leave.
但他们从不会放过你
A small community like ours...
干我们这行的
they are never very far away.
从来就躲不掉
He came to my flat.
他来到我的公寓
He asked me to help him to track down something that was stolen.
要我帮忙追踪一件被偷物品
And you've no idea what it was?
你不知道是什么吗
I refused to help.
我不肯帮他
So, you knew him well when you were living back in China?
你在中国时 和他很熟吗
Oh, yes.
对
He's my brother.
他是我哥哥
Two orphans.
两个孤儿
We had no choice.
我们别无选择
We could work for the Black Lotus,
我们只有为黑莲会卖命
or starve on the streets, like beggars.
不然就会流落街头 乞讨挨饿
My brother has become their puppet.
我哥哥已经成了他们的傀儡
In the power of the one they call Shan.
权力最大的那个人姓单
The Black Lotus general.
是黑莲会的帮主
I turned my brother away.
我拒绝了我哥哥
He said I had betrayed him.
他说我背叛了他
Next day, I came to work
第二天 我来这上班
and the cipher was waiting.
之后便发现了密码
重点讲解
一.hope：v.希望, 期望, 盼望 n.希望
【词义辨析】
desire, wish, hope, expect, want, long
这些动词都有“希望”之意。
desire语气较正式庄重，着重渴望的力量与热切，常含有强烈的意图和目的。
wish语气较弱，多指难于实现或不可能实现的愿望。
hope指对愿望实现有一定信心的希望。
expect通常指有很大程度的把握，但仍含有预料之意，或预计某事或某行动的发生。
want一般指所想要的东西是切望得到的东西，能弥补实际需要。
long语气强，指极殷切地盼望着，这种盼望侧重于很难或不可能得到的东西。有时也指一般愿望，但含一定感情色彩。
【例句用法】
I hope to announce the winner shortly.
我希望马上宣布胜利者的名字。
I hope you're ready.
我希望你已经准备好了。
The doctors held out no hope of recovery.
医生们对痊愈不抱希望。
I called in the hope of finding her at home.
我希望她能在家才给她打的电话。
Do you have any hope that he'll come?
你想他会来吗？
二.wait：v.等, 等待 n.等待, 等候
【词义辨析】
wait, await
这两个动词均含“等，等待”之意。
wait普通用词，侧重静候于某处，直到等候或期待的人或事物的到来，通常用作不及物动词，与for连用。
await正式用词，及物动词，通常指不断等待，多含耐心意味。
【例句用法】
I waited in all day but they didn't arrive.
我在家等了一天，他们却没来。
He kept us waiting for ages while he packed his luggage.
他收拾行李，让我们等了好半天。
How long have you been waiting?
你已经等候多久了？
I don't like this long wait.
我不喜欢这种长时间的等待。