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Er, Magnussen?
麦格纳森
What time is it? - About eight.
几点了. - 八点左右
I'll be meeting him in three hours. I need a bath.
我三小时后要见他,我得泡个澡
It's for a case, you say? - Yep.
你说是为了破案,-是的
What sort of case? - Too big and dangerous for any sane individual to get involved in.
什麽样的案子? - 极其复杂而危险的案子,理智的人最好不要插手
You trying to put me off? - God, no.Trying to recruit you.
你是想要阻止我吗? - 当然不是.我是要叫你加入
And stay out of my bedroom.
别进我卧室.
Oh, John, hi. How are you?
你好,约翰,最近怎麽样
Janine? - Sorry, not dressed.Has everybody gone? I heard shouting.
珍妮, - 抱歉,我衣衫不整的.人都走了吗,我听到有人大吼来著
Yes, they're gone.
对,都走了
God, look at the time. I'll be late.It sounded like an argument. Was it Mike? - Mike?
天哪,都几点了,我要迟到了.有争吵的声音,是麦克吗? - 麦克
Mike, yeah. His brother, Mike. They're always fighting.
麦克,是的,他哥哥,麦克,他们老吵架
Mycroft.
麦考夫
Do people actually call him that? - Yeah.
大家真这麽叫他吗? - 是啊
Oh, could you be a love and put some coffee on? - Sure, right, yeah.
能劳烦你煮点咖啡吗? - 当然,没问题
Thanks. Oh, how is Mary? How's married life?
谢谢,对了,玛丽怎麽样,婚后生活如何
She's fine. We're both fine. Yeah.
她很好,我们都很好,是的
Oh, it's over there now. Where's Sherl? - Sherl...
就在那裡,夏尔呢? - 夏尔...
Er, he's just having a bath. I'm sure he'll be out in a minute.
他在洗澡,肯定一会就出来!
Oh, like he ever is! - Yeah.
他肯定要洗好久啊! - 是啊!
Morning. Room for a little one?
早啊,不介意多个人吧
Morning.
早
So, it's just a guess, but you've probably got some questions?
只是个猜想,你应该有问题想问吧
Yeah, one or two. Pretty much. - Naturally.
是啊,差不多有一两个吧. - 当然了.
You have a girlfriend? - Yes, I have.
你有女朋友了. - 是啊,我有了.
Now, Magnussen. Magnussen is like a shark.It's the only way I can describe him.
麦格纳森,麦格纳森是条鲨鱼.我只能这麽说了
Have you ever been to the shark tank at the London Aquarium, John?Stood up close to the glass?
你去过伦敦水族馆的鲨鱼区吗,约翰.靠著玻璃看
Those floating, flat faces, those dead eyes.
那些漂浮著的扁平的脸,那对死鱼眼.
That's what he is.I've dealt with murderers, psychopaths,terrorists, serial killers.
那就是他.我对付过杀人凶手,精神病.恐怖分子,连环杀手
None of them can turn my stomach like Charles Augustus Magnussen.
没谁像查尔斯·奥古斯塔斯·麦格纳森那样让我反感
Yes, you have?
那麽,你有了?
Sorry, what? - You have a girlfriend?
什麽? - 你有女朋友了
What? Yes, yes, I'm going out with Janine.I thought that was fairly obvious. - Yes. Well, yes.
什麽,是的,我在和珍妮交往.我觉得这很明显了, - 是的.
You... You... You are in a relationship? - Yes, I am.
你...你现在在恋爱. - 是的
You and Janine? - Hmm. Yes, me and Janine.
你和珍妮, - 是的,我和珍妮.
Care to elaborate?
能说具体点吗
Well, we're in a good place. It's, um...very affirming. - You got that from a book.
我们发展得很顺利,关系很...很确定, - 你从书上看来的吧.
Everyone got that from a book.
谁不是从书上看来的
OK, you two bad boys. Behave yourselves.You, Sherl, you're going to have to tell me where you were last night.
好了,两个淘气鬼,乖乖的.夏尔,你得和我说说你昨晚去哪了
Working. - Working? Of course.I'm the only one who really knows what you're like, remember?
工作, - 工作?当然了.只有我知道你是什麽样的,记得吗
Well, don't you go letting on.
你可别说漏嘴了.
I might just, actually.I haven't told Mary about this.I kind of wanted to surprise her.
这可说不准哦.我还没告诉玛丽.想给她点惊喜
Yeah, I think you probably will.
她一定会感到惊喜的
But we should have you two over for dinner, really soon.
我们该请你们来吃饭,尽快吧!
Yeah. - My place though, not the scuzz-dump.
是啊. - 不过是在我家,不是这个垃圾堆.
Great, yeah.Dinner. Yeah.
好极了.吃饭,好啊
I'd better dash. It was brilliant to see you. - You too.
我得闪了,见到你真好,-一样
Have a lovely day. Call me later.
一天愉快,给我打电话
I might do. I might call you.Unless I meet someone prettier.
有可能,我可能会给你打.除非我找到比你更帅的
Solve me a crime, Sherlock Holmes.
破个案子给我看看,夏洛克·福尔摩斯

妙语佳句

Safeguard (pp. & pt. safeguarded)
n.保护，保卫；防护措施；安全设施
vt.保护，保卫；防护

They are taking precautionary measures to safeguard their forces from the effects of chemical weapons.
他们正采取预防措施保护其军队免受化学武器的伤害。
Many people took second jobs as a safeguard against unemployment...
许多人为防失业都干两份工作。
A system like ours lacks adequate safeguards for civil liberties.
我们这样的制度缺乏有效保护公民自由的条款。

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Symmetry
n.对称；对称美；整齐，匀称

I loved the house because it had perfect symmetry...
我喜欢这所房子，因为它非常对称。
The superpowers pledged to maintain symmetry in their arms shipments.
超级大国承诺在武器运输方面要保持数量均衡。
He said that Britain would not rejoin the ERM 'until there is much greater symmetry between our economy and other European economies.'
他说在英国经济与其他欧洲国家的经济实现更大的趋同性之前，英国不会重新加入欧洲汇率机制。

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Infectious
adj.传染的；有传染性的；易传染的；有感染力的

These viruses affect children and are highly infectious.
这些病毒会侵袭儿童，而且具有很强的传染性。
She radiates an infectious enthusiasm for everything she does...
她做任何事情都充满一种极富感染力的热情。

剧情百科

好吧，Janine的出现不仅让John很惊讶！也让我惊讶了。但更让我惊讶的是，Janine居然成了Sherlock的女朋友，难道说，伴郎和伴娘真得有一腿？咳咳....我想多了。Sherlock是不会做无谓的事情的。那么他为什么要结识并与Janine交往呢？

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

1.Forster established the essentiality of minerals as _____ food factors required for maintaining life.
福斯特证实了矿物质作为辅助食物因子在维持生命方面的重要性。
2.Good traders seem to produce a lot of hormones, but only _____ _____ periods of time.
好的交易员体内似乎是会分泌较多的激素，但情况只限于在短时间内。

A:本期答案见下期
上期答案：

1.My conception of a garden was based on gardens I had visited in England...
我对花园的概念是基于我在英格兰观赏过的花园。
2.In a sense he invited germany's call for political integration by publicly pushing for joint eurobonds.
从某种意义上来说正是他公开地推动欧洲联合债权才让德国提出政治统一的。