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John.
约翰
I saw it on the telly. Are you OK?
我在电视上看到新闻 你没事吧
Me? What? Oh, yeah, fine.
我吗 没事啦
Gas leak, apparently.
很显然是煤气泄漏
I can't. Can't?
不行 怎么不行
Stuff I've got on is just too big. I can'tsparethe time.
手头这案子太棘手 抽不开身
Never mind your usual trivia. This is of national importance.
别管你的小案子了 这可是国家要案
How's the diet?
减肥得怎么样了
Fine. Perhaps you can get through to him, John?
不用你操心 约翰 你来劝劝吧 他或许听你的
What? I'm afraid my brother
啥 恐怕我弟弟
can be very intransigent.
就是不肯让步
If you're so keen, why don't you investigate it?
要是你这么急切 何不自己去查
No, no, no, no, no. I can't possibly be away
不不不 我可不能
from the office for any length of time.
离开办公室一步
Not with the Korean elections so...
而且现在还是韩国大选...
Well, you don't need to know about that, do you?
反正你也不感兴趣吧
Besides, a case like this, it requires...legwork.
更何况 像这种案子 得外出跑腿
How's Sarah, John? How was the Lilo?
莎拉还好吗 约翰 气垫怎么样
Sofa, Sherlock. It was the sofa.
沙发 夏洛克 他睡得沙发
Oh, yes, of course.
可不是嘛
How...? Oh, never mind.
你们怎么 好吧算了
Sherlock's business seems
自从你俩在一起以来
to be booming since you and he became...pals.
似乎夏洛克的工作...就蒸蒸日上了呀
What's he like to live with?
和他同居有啥感觉
Hellish, Iimagine.
我猜是生不如死吧
I'm never bored.
从不无聊就是了
Good. That's good, isn't it?
不错 真不错 是吧
重点讲解
一.spare：adj.备用的, 多余的, 闲置的 v.抽出, 饶恕, 赦免, 节约 n.备用品, 剩余
【语法用法】
spare表示相同意思时，常有不同表达方式。
Can you spare me a few yuan?
Could you spare a few yuan to me?
第一句的使用比较普遍。
spare在一个句子中可表示不同那意思。
He said he could spare me only ten minutes.
他说他只能够抽出十分钟给我。
他说他抽出给我的只有十分钟”。
【例句用法】
I can't spare him today we need everybody here.
我今天需要他－－我们需要人人都到齐。
I can't spare you for that job; you must finish this one first.
我不能放你去做那件事; 你必须先把这件做完。
The hotel staff spared no pains to ensure that our stay was as enjoyable as possible.
旅馆工作人员对我们照顾得无微不至，尽量让我们住得舒适，
What do you like doing in your spare time?
你在闲暇时喜欢做什么？
Can you spare me five minutes?
你能抽出五分钟和我谈谈吗？
二.imagine：vt.想像, 设想, 料想, 猜想, 认为 vi.想像
【词义辨析】
think, conceive, imagine, fancy, realize
这些动词均可表示“在思想中形成一个看法或观念”之意。
think最普通用词，指想或思索，也指由反复思考而作出判断或得出结论等。
conceive指在头脑中组织好自己的思想，在心中形成一个系统的思想或一个见解。
imagine比conceive更强调形象思维，指在头脑中形成一个清晰明确的意象。
fancy与imagine略不同，往往指的是不切实际的，属于梦幻般的想象。
realize指领悟，通过生动的构思或想象从而抓住事物的本质。
【例句用法】
I can't imagine that anyone cares what I do.
我想不出谁会关心我的所作所为。
You can imagine how surprised I was.
你可以想象我是多么惊讶。
He imagines that people don't like him, but they do.
他以为人们不喜欢他，但他们是喜欢他的。
I imagined she was quite surprised when she heard the truth.
我想她听说真相后一定很惊讶。