BBC迷你剧《新福尔摩斯》精讲第51期:不工作的大脑会生锈的
日期:2012-06-25 11:34

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I see you've written up the taxi driver case.
你把血腥的哥那起案子写进了博客
Er...yes.
是呐
A Study In Pink.
粉色研究
Nice.
真想得出来
Well, you know. Pink lady, pink case,
是嘛 粉衣女郎 粉色箱子
pink phone. There was a lot of pink. Did you like it?
粉色手机 从头到尾都是粉色 你喜欢吗
Um...no. Why not? I thought you'd be flattered.
不 为什么 我可是一个劲地夸你
Flattered?! "Sherlock sees
夸我 夏洛克能在瞬间
through everything and everyone in seconds.
看穿万事万物
What's incredible, though, is how spectacularly ignorant he is
但令人难以置信的是 他对某些领域
About some things.
表现出的极端无知
Hang on a minute, I didn't mean that...
等下 我不是那意思...
Oh, you meant "Spectacularly ignorant" In a nice way
那你的"极端无知"也是在夸我咯
Look, it doesn't matter to me
听着 我不关心
who's Prime Minister or...
首相是谁
Yeah, I know.
好吧
who's sleeping with who...
或是谁和谁有一腿
Whether the earth goes round the sun.
或是地球绕着太阳转
Not that again! It's not important!
又来了 这无关紧要
Not impor...?!

It's primary school stuff. How can you not know that?
连小学生都知道 你怎么会不知道
Well, if I ever did, I've deleted it.
就算我以前知道 那也早被我删除了
Deleted it?
删除是啥意思
Listen. This is my hard drive, and it only makes sense
听着 我的大脑就像一个硬盘
to put things in there that are useful. Really useful.
只会存放有用的东西 真正有用的东西
Ordinary people fill their heads with all kinds of rubbish.
普通人一般都是满脑子垃圾
That makes it hard to get at the stuff that matters. Do you see?
关键时刻大脑就不起作用了 明白吗
But it's the solar system!
但这是太阳系啊
Oh, hell! What does that matter?!
见鬼 这到底有什么关系啊
So we go round the sun. If we went round the moon,
地球是绕着太阳转 就算是绕着月亮转
or round and round the garden like a teddy bear,
甚至是绕着公园转啊转 像只泰迪熊似的
it wouldn't make any difference!
也和我们没有半毛钱关系
All that matters to me is the work! Without that, my brain rots!
我只在乎工作 不然大脑就要生锈了
Put that in your blog!
都写进你的博客去吧
Or, better still, stop inflicting your opinions on the world!
要是你不添油加醋就更好了
重点讲解
一.case:n.例子, 情况, 案例, (辩论或诉讼)论据, 箱 v.装箱, 踩点, 仔细检查
【语法用法】
in case of指“假如……发生,以防……”。
Take an umbrella with you in case of rain.
带把伞吧,以防下雨。
in the case of指“关于……”,偶尔与in case of同义。
In the case of his father, we must make an exception.
关于他的父亲,我需要做个例外。
in the case of,in ...case和in many cases等表达方式都要避免使用过多,有时还可省略。
In the case of Russian grammar, it has six cases.
可以直接说Russian grammar has six cases,省略in the case of。
in case后加that从句指“假如……”或“希望”,从句中不用将来时态。
In case he comes, let me know.
You had better be ready in case they arrive before you expect them.
in case可独立使用,表示“万一”。
They may not arrive before you expect them, but you had better be ready in case.
他们可能不会在你预期的时间前到,但为避免万一,你最好做好准备。
【错句举例与错句分析】
错句: In case of physicial change, no new substance is formed.
订正: In the case of physicial change, no new substance is formed.
翻译: 至于物理变化,没有产生新物质。
分析: in case of“以防……”,而in the case of指“至于”。
【例句用法】
In case of fire, ring the alarm bell.
如遇失火,请按警铃。
In your case, we are prepared to be lenient.
根据你的情况,我们拟予从宽处理
The goods have been cased up for transport.
货物已装箱待运。
We ordered 3 cases of soda for the party.
我们为晚会定购了三箱苏打水。
She thought she was hurt but it wasn't the case.
她认为她受伤了,但事实上并非如此。
二.still:adj.静止的, 不动的,静寂的 adv.更,仍然, 静止地 v.使...平静下来 n.蒸馏器,寂静,定格照
【词义辨析】
1.but, however, still, yet, nevertheless, while, whereas
这些连词或副词均含“但是,可是,然而,而”之意。
but口语常用词,语气较强,泛指与前述情况相反。
however表转折关系,语气稍弱于but,连接性也弱一些,因而常作插入语。
still语气强,多用于肯定句或疑问句。指尽管作出让步,采取措施或表示反对,但情况仍然如故,无所改变。
yet常用于否定句,语气比still稍强。指不管作出多大努力或让步,仍达不到预期的结果。
nevertheless指尽管作出完全让步,也不会发生任何影响。
while表对比,一般可与whereas换用,但程度弱一些。
whereas表对比,一般可与while互换。
2.quiet, calm, silent, still, noiseless, peaceful, serene
这些形容词均含“平静的,无声无息”之意。
quiet普通用词,指没有喧闹、活动或骚乱的寂静状态。
calm普通用词,既可指天气、海洋等的平静状态,又可指人的镇定沉着、不慌乱,不受外界影响和情绪支配。
silent普通用词,指缄默不语或无声无息。
still指平静而又安定的状态。
noiseless指无任何噪音或不出声,无声无息。
peaceful普通用词,指一种不受外物扰乱和刺激的内在宁静或和平状态。
serene(诗)纯静,清朗。
3.still, yet
这两个副词均含有“仍,还”之意。
still指过去已经开始的动作,说话时仍在继续,可用于肯定、否定或疑问句中。
yet通常用于疑问句和否定句中,指预料要发生的事,但尚未发生。
【例句用法】
Although she felt ill, she still went to work.
她虽然觉得身体不舒服,但仍然去上班了。
The fish is still alive.
这条鱼仍活着。
The room was still at the end of the speech.
演讲结束的时候,房间里寂静无声。
The food stilled the baby's cries.
食物使婴儿停止了哭泣。

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重点单词
  • transportn. 运输、运输工具;(常用复数)强烈的情绪(狂喜或狂怒
  • peacefuladj. 安宁的,和平的
  • ignorantadj. 不知道的,无知的,愚昧的
  • sereneadj. 安详的,宁静的,平静的
  • primeadj. 最初的,首要的,最好的,典型的 n. 青春,壮
  • substancen. 物质,实质,内容,重要性,财产
  • rubbishn. 垃圾,废物,废话 v. 贬损
  • primaryadj. 主要的,初期的,根本的,初等教育的 n. 最主
  • neverthelessadv. 仍然,不过 conj. 然而,不过
  • incredibleadj. 难以置信的,惊人的