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Two trips around the world this month.
这个月的两次环球之旅
You didn't ask his secretary,
你没问过他的秘书
you said that just to irritate him.
那说辞不过是想激怒他
How did you know?
怎么看出来的
Did you see his watch?
注意他的手表没有
His watch?
手表
The time was right, but the date was wrong.
时间没错 不过日期不对
Said two days ago. Crossed the date line twice and he didn't alter it.
晚了两天 倒过两次时差 不过他没有调日期
Within a month? How did you get that?
怎么看出是一个月内
New Breitling.
新款的百年灵表
Only came out this February.
今年二月才上世
OK. So do you think we should sniff around here for a bit longer?
好吧 我们还要在这里再逗留一会吗
Got everything I need to know already, thanks.
该查的都已经查清楚了 多谢
That graffiti was a message.
涂鸦是想传达一条讯息
Someone at the bank, working on the trading floors.
是留给在银行交易大厅里工作的某人
We find the intended recipient and...
一旦找到信息接收方...
They'll lead us to the person who sent it?
就能顺藤摸瓜找到留信的人
Obvious.
很显然
Well, there's 300 people up there, who was it meant for?
交易大厅里有300名工作人员 会是谁呢
Pillars.
柱子
What?
什么
Pillars and the screens.
有柱子和屏幕挡着
Very few places you could see that graffiti from.
只有很少几个地方能看到那信息
That narrows the field considerably.
大大缩小了范围
And, of course, the message was left at 11:34 last night.
还有 信息于昨晚11点34分留下
That tells us a lot.
这就说明了很多
Does it?
是吗
Traders come to work at all hours.
交易大厅每小时都有人轮班
Some trade with Hong Kong in the middle of the night.
跟香港方面的交易 就得在午夜进行
That message was intended for somebody who came in at midnight.
那信息就是专门留给午夜来上班的人
Not many Van Coons in the phone book.
电话黄页中姓范孔的可不多
Taxi!
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重点讲解
一.ago：adv. 以前
【词义辨析】
ago，before
ago: 指从现在起往前推算一段时间，始终置于所修饰的词之后，与一般过去时连用。
before: 或指从过去某一时间起向前推算的若干时间的以前，通常与过去完成时连用；或泛指以前，并不具体指若干时间以前，可使用现在完成的或过去时；还可指从将来某一时间起的若干时间以前。
【词语用法】
ago所适用的时态：
通常来说，ago用于过去时态，不能用于完成时态，如不能说She has seen him a week ago，只能说She saw him a week ago。
ago只有在有助动词或分词、动名词或不定式的形式中才能用完成时态。
She must have seen him a week ago.
She cannot have seen him a week ago.
Having seen him a week ago, she is always thinking of him.
She seems to have seen him a week ago.
有时当语气强调“早已……”时，也可用完成时态。
I have long ago given up that habit.
ago与before的比较：
表示“早于现在多少时间前”，用ago。
He started five minutes ago.
表示“早于过去某时多少时间前”，通常用before。不过英美人也有用ago，觉得语气比较生动。
He told me he had seen her a few minutes before.
表示“早于将来某时多少时间前”，也用before。
When you call at the shop again this afternoon, you may be told that the book has been sold only a few minutes before.
表示“早于任何某时（不是现在、过去或将来的某时）多少时间前”，仍用before。
He often forgets what he has heard only a few minutes before.
ago后面带从句时，可以接that 引导的从句，而不可以用since。
He died 20years ago.(不带从句）
It is 20 years since he died.(not ago)
It was 20 years ago that he died.(带从句)
注意在as long ago as 1864等表达方式中，第二个as后面没有in。通常说as long as forty years，不说as long ago as forty years；
句子She died three years ago next Monday指“她在3年前的下周一去世”，而句子It happened a fortnight ago tomorrow指“这事发生在13天以前”。“刚过去的第二个晚上”常用 two evenings ago来表示。
【例句用法】
1.It happened quite some time ago.
那是很久以前的事。
2.They were supposed to be here an hour ago.
他们应该在一小时以前到达这里。
3.The population has increased from 1.2 million 10 years ago to 1.8 million now.
人口从10年前的120万已增加到现在的180万。
4.All that happened many moons ago.
那一切都发生在很久以前。
二.intend：vt. 想要，打算，意指
【词义辨析】
intend，mean
intend: 较正式用词，但常用，指对未来的行动做出打算，并力争实现。
mean: 口语多用，指怀有作某事的想法或希望得到某物，特别用于效果不好而动机良好的场合。
【词语用法】
intend后面多接不定式，而少用动名词，如I intend to go的格式比较常见；
当intend后面有宾语时，也多用不定式。
I intend him to do it at once.
我打算让他立刻着手做这事。
当表达“打算的事未实现”的意思时，不用虚拟语气，而仅需体现“打算”这个动作较早。
I had intended to come, but was prevented by the bad weather.
关闭更多用法说明
错句举例与错句分析
错句：Far better to leave the surfaces decently painted as they were originally intended.
纠正：Far better to leave the surfaces decently painted as they were originally intended to be.
翻译：远不如把表面适当地油漆一下，就像原来打算的那样。
分析：不可用they were intended painted，而是they were intended to be painted。