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You couldn't cope. You were just a child.
你还只是个孩子,你接受不了,
So you rationalised it into something very different.
所以你把它解释成很奇怪的东西,
Then you started to remember, so you had to be stopped.
但你开始想起来了,有人要阻止你,
Driven out of your mind
把你逼疯,
so that no-one would believe a word that you said.
这样就没人会相信你说的话,
Sherlock!
夏洛克,
It's OK.It's OK, mate.
没事的, 没事了,伙计,
But we saw it, the hound, last night. We did, we s...
但我们看到了猎犬,那天晚上,我们都看到了,
No, but there was a dog, Henry,
不,是有条狗,亨利,
leaving footprints, scaring witnesses,
留下脚印,惊吓路人,
but nothing more than an ordinary dog.
但那不过是条普通的狗,
We both saw it, saw it as our drugged minds wanted us to see it.
因为我们中毒了,所以我们的想象变成了事实,
Fear and stimulus, that's how it works.
恐惧和刺激,就是这么回事,
But there never was any monster.
但其实根本就没有什么怪物,
Sherlock?
夏洛克,
No! No, no, no, no! - Henry, Henry... - Sherlock!
不,不要,-亨利,-夏洛克,
No, no! No, no, no, noooo! - Henry.
不,不要, - 亨利,
Sherlock, are you seeing this?
夏洛克,你看到了吗,
Right, he is not drugged, Sherlock, so what's that?
好吧,他没被下药,夏洛克,那是什么,
No! - What is it?!
不,-到底是什么,
All right, it's still here.
好吧,它还在这儿,
But it's just a dog, Henry.
但只是条狗,亨利,
It's nothing more than an ordinary dog.
一条普通的狗罢了,
My god!
上帝啊,
Christ!
老天爷,
No. No!
不,

妙语佳句

Despise (pt&pp.despised)
vt.鄙视，蔑视

How I despised myself for my cowardice!
我是多么鄙视自己的怯懦啊！

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Ordinary
adj.普通的，平常的，正常的；规定的，照常的，平凡的，拙劣的；平庸的，平淡的；[法]直辖的
n.普通，平常的人（或事）；常例；[商]（英）普通股；法官，宗教法官

Ordinary people haven't always been unpopular.
普通人并非总是不受欢迎。
I'm just a very ordinary, boring normal guy...
我只是一个颇为平庸无趣的普通人。

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Head for
朝…进发；<非正>引向好[坏]结果；奔；走向<非正><非正><非正>

We head for the golden temple in amritsar and are stunned by the scene at sunset.
我们前往阿密萨（amritsar）的金色寺庙，被日落的美景所震撼。

剧情百科

Sherlock成功说服了Henry自杀冲动的念头。可是，刚刚平静下来的Henry却被突如其来的怪叫声惊吓了，接下来的一幕幕又让他情绪紧张了起来。最后莫利亚提却出现在Sherlock面前。这一起神秘而离奇的案件究竟是否与他有关呢？

考考你 Q&A
Q: Please use the word or phrase you just learnt to complete the sentence beblow.

1.What he _____ thought was sober realism now reads like understatement.
他当时肯定的是严肃的现实，但如今看来确是轻描淡写了。
2.So _____, let us blame the banks but not the bail-out.
所以，一定要谴责银行，而不要谴责救助行动。

A:本期答案见下期
上期答案:

1.Life is too short to be stuck doing something you despise.
人生太短暂，不要做那些你鄙视的事情。
2.Most visitors will head for the theme parks but it's worth poking around the city too.
大部分的游客会直接前往主题公园，但是奥兰多城区还是很值得一逛的。