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Mr Crayhill, can wen have your first witness?
请把第一位证人传上法庭。
Your honour, we’re not calling any witnesses.
法官大人，我们没有证人。
I don’t follow. You’ve entered a plea of not guilty.
我不懂。你们不是辩方么？
Nevertheless,my client is offering no evidence. The defence rests.
可我的当事人并未提供任何证据。被告陈述完毕。
Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, James Moriarty stands accused of several counts of attempted burglary.
陪审团的各位，莫里亚蒂被控告和多起盗窃未遂案有关，
Crimes which, if he’s found guilty will elicit a very long custodial sentence,
若他罪名成立将被监禁多年，
and yet, his legal team has chosen to offer no evidence whatsoever to support their plea.
而他的法律团队却不提供任何证据来为他进行辩护。
I find myself in the unusual position of recommending a verdict wholeheartedly,
这不寻常，但出于公正，我给陪审团一个裁决建议
you must find him guilty. guilty.
你们必须判他有罪。
you must find him guilty.
你们必须判他有罪。
They’re coming back. - That’s six minutes.
开庭了。 - 才过了六分钟。
Surprised it took them that long, to be honest. There’s queue for the loo.
说实话，居然用了这么久。厕所排队的人真多。
Have you reached a verdict on which you all agree?
请陪审团宣布你们一致通过的裁决。
Not guilty, they found him not guilty. No defence and Moriarty’s walked free.
罪名不成立！他们居然判他无罪！没有辩护，莫里亚蒂无罪释放。
Sherlock? Are you listening? He’s out, you know he’ll be coming after you. Sherl…
夏洛克？你在听吗？他出来了。你知道他会找上你的，夏……

妙语佳句

Device
n.装置，设备；方法；策略；手段

We believe that an explosive device had been left inside a container.
我们认为有一个爆炸装置被留在了一只集装箱里。
They claim that military spending is used as a device for managing the economy.
他们声称军费开支是用来作为调控经济的手段的。

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Elicit (pt&pp.elicited)
vt.引出，探出；诱出（回答等）

The crime elicited an outcry against illicit drugs.
那起罪行引发了打击违禁药品的呼声。
Phone calls elicited no further information.
几个电话都没有打听到进一步的消息。

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Position (pt&pp.positioned)
n.位置，方位；地位，职位；态度；状态
vt.安置；把…放在适当位置；给…定位；驻扎军队

This conservatory enjoys an enviable position overlooking a leafy expanse.
这个温室位置绝佳，放眼望去，草木繁茂，郁郁葱葱。
Place the pastry circles on to a baking sheet and position one apple on each circle.
把油酥面圈放到烘烤盘上，每个上面放一个苹果。
He left a career in teaching to take up a position with the Arts Council...
他辞去教学工作到艺术委员会任职。

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Apart from
脱离；除此之外（表示除…以外别无）；除去；撇开…来说（表示除…以外尚有）

Apart from their direct costs, loan guarantees have other damaging effects.
除直接成本之外，贷款担保还有其他的不良影响。

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Accuse of
指责，控告

For it will be not only men who will perish, but also the animals, whom no one can accuse of communism or anticommunism.
因为不驻人会被消灭，而且动物也会被消灭，没有人能指责它们是共产主义或反共产主义。

剧情百科

很意外，犯下许多罪名的Moriarty没有受到法律的制裁，在各陪审团的一致投票下无罪释放。事情的经由貌似都在Moriarty掌握之中，他笑着离开法庭，接下来，他将会如何挑衅Sherlock？

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

1._____ valuations don't always spell instant success.
体面的估值并非总意味着会马上成功。
2.He is anxious to _____ the competition.
他很想去参加比赛。

A:本期答案见下期
上期答案:

1.The crosspoint is a device operated by electric magnets.
交换处是一个由电磁驱动的装置。
2.Ms. mayer faces plenty of management challenges apart fromthe pregnancy.
除怀孕外，梅耶尔还在管理上面临很多挑战。