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How did you choose which ones?
你怎么选择受害人
Anyone who didn't know where they were going,
所有迷失方向的人
cause they were drunk or lost or new in town.
或是醉了或是初来乍到的人
Anyone I could walk through the wrong door.
碰上谁就是谁
You risked your life five times just to kill strangers?
你不惜冒险5次 只为了杀陌生人
You're dying, aren't you?
你快死了吧
So are you.
你也是
You don't have long, though. Am I right?
你是时日不多了吧
Aneurysm, right in here.
动脉瘤 就在这儿
Any breath could be my last.
我是活了今天没明天的人
Your only hope, Mr Holmes, bet on the aneurysm.
你现在只能指望动脉瘤一下子杀死我
I'm not a betting man.
我可不相信运气
Do you think I'm bitter?
你觉得我可悲吗
Well, you have justmurderedfive people.
你刚杀了5个人
I've outlived five people.
我可比那5人活得久
That's the most fun you can have with an aneurysm.
对得了动脉瘤的人来说 再高兴不过了
What if I don't take either?
要是我不选呢
Then I choose for you and I force it down your throat.
那就由我来选 再硬逼你吃下去
Right now, there's nothing you could do to stop me.
现在的你可阻止不了我
Funnily enough, no one's ever gone for that option.
有趣的是 至今还没人选那条路
And I don'tthinkyou will either.
我觉得你也不会
Especially as that's the police.
尤其是楼下还有这么多警察
I know, I'm not blind.
当然 我也看到了
Good old Dr Watson.
好样的 华生医生
I underestimated him.
看来我低估他了
重点讲解
一.murder:n. 谋杀，谋杀案，<俚>要命的事 vt. 谋杀，糟蹋，损坏 vi. 谋杀
【词义辨析】
kill, murder, slaughter, massacre, assassinate, execute,
kill: 普通用词，含义广泛，泛指以任何方式使人、动物或植物死亡。
murder: 指谋杀或凶杀。
slaughter: 本义指大批宰杀动物，也指像屠宰牲畜一样一次杀死许多人。
massacre: 语气比slaughter强。指大屠杀，尤指屠杀失去了自卫能力的人。
assassinate: 通常指因政治原因用非法手段杀害政治领袖人物或知名人士。
execute: 指依法处死罪犯。
【例句用法】
1.His parents and sister were all murdered by the terrorists.
他的父母和姐姐都是被恐怖分子杀害的。
2.That famous politician was murdered last year.
那位著名的政治家去年被谋杀了。
3.He murdered the whole work.
他毁了全部工作。
4.My husband likes to read murder stories.
我丈夫喜欢阅读谋杀案小说。
5.There have been several murders this year.
今年发生了好几起谋杀案。
6.War is mass murder.
战争是一场大屠杀。
二.think：v. 认为，想，记起，考虑 n. 想
【词义辨析】
1.consider, think, believe, count, deem, reckon, regard,
consider: 指经过考虑和观察后得出的结论。
think: 普通用词，指按照自己的意见提出看法。
believe: 通常指根据一定的证据，经思考后而认为属实。
count: 指作出判断后而得出的看法等。
deem: 正式用词，常用于法律、文学，强调作判断而不是思考。
reckon: 指对人或事作全面“权衡”，把各方面意见考虑进去后得出结论。
regard: 侧重凭外表或表面现象作判断。多强调观点。
2.think, conceive, imagine, fancy, realize,
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。
3.think, deliberate, meditate, muse, reason, reflect, speculate,
think: 一般用词，指开动脑筋形成看法或得出结论的脑力活动。不着重结论是否正确，见解是否有用。
deliberate: 指缓慢、按部就班地作仔细而认真的思考或判断。
meditate: 语气较强，指认真地长时间集中精力进行思考。
muse: 通常指漫无目的地猜想。
reason: 指根据资料、证据或事实进行推断，作出结论或判断的逻辑思维活动。
reflect: 指回想或回顾，侧重认真而冷静地反复地思考某个问题，尤指对已发生事情的思索。
speculate: 指推论过程，隐含在证据不足的基础上作出推测或设想。
【例句用法】
1.I can't think what you mean.
我想像不出你是什麽意思。
2.If you want to make money you've got to think money.
你要是想赚钱，脑子里就得想著钱。
3.I think this is their house but I'm not sure.
我想这是他们家，但不敢肯定。
4.If you think I'm going to lend you my car you can think again!
你要是以为我能把汽车借给你，你还是另打主意吧。
5.I think you are very brave.
我认为你非常勇敢。
6.Who'd have thought it?
谁会想到呢?
7.You can't think how glad I am to see you.
你无法想象我是多么高兴见到你。
8.He thinks business all day.
他整天想着生意。<俚>