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精彩对白

Clark: Mr. Holmes?

Holmes: Clarkie.

Clark: Sir, Inspector Lestrade asks that you come with me at once.

Holmes: What's he done now, lost his way to Scotland Yard? Watson, grab a compass. "You" means "us."

Watson: No, "you" means you.

Clark: It's Lord Blackwood, sir. He, uh...Well, it appears he's come back from the grave, sir.

Holmes: Most engaging.

Watson: Very clever. I pronounced the man dead myself.

Holmes: What are the facts?

Clark: Groundskeeper saw him walking through the graveyard this morning.

Watson: I'll leave this in your capable hands. I have an appointment with Mary.

Watson: It's not my reputation that's at stake here.

Watson: Don't try that.

Holmes: The newspapers got wind of it?

Clark: That's what we're trying to avoid.

Holmes: Certainly. What's the major concern?

Clark: Panic. Sheer bloody panic, sir.

Holmes: Indeed. 

Watson: You're not taking this seriously, are you?

Holmes: Yes, as you should. It's a matter of professional integrity. No girl wants to marry a doctor who can't tell if a man's dead or not.

Watson: Who do you think won the match, Clarkie?

Clark: Sir?

Watson: The rugby match. Your boys have done a magnificent job obliterating any potential evidence.

Holmes: Yes. But at least they never miss an opportunity to miss an opportunity.

Lestrade: You took your time, Holmes.

Holmes: "And on the third day"...

Lestrade: These slabs are half a ton each if they're a pound and they're smashed open from the inside.

Holmes: Lestrade, what of the coffin?

Lestrade: We are in the process of bringing it up.

Holmes: I see. Hm. Right. At what stage of the process? Contemplative? Anyhow, where's our witness?

Lestrade: He's over there. And apparently, he is cata... Cat...

Soldier: Catatonic, sir.

Lestrade: He's not feeling very well. If you lot don't stop behaving like quivering milkmaids, you're on double-time. Now, you get down there and you bring that coffin up now.

Watson: Good day, sir. It's all right. I'm a doctor. The man's in shock. He may need a few moments.

Lestrade: The witness stated that he saw Lord Blackwood rise from the grave. Well?

Watson: Well?

\Lestrade: You pronounced him dead.

Watson: He had no pulse. Good Lord.

Lestrade: That's not Blackwood.

Holmes: Well, now we have a firm grasp of the obvious. Time of death?

Watson: Diptera is approximately two thirds of an inch which would put the time of death at between 10 and 12 hours ago.

Holmes: May I borrow your pen?

Watson: Adler's dwarf.

Holmes: Midget.

Groundskeeper: I know what I saw. It was Blackwood. As clear as I see you. And when the dead walk the living will fill these coffins.

Lestrade: Right. Put the lid on and clean this lot up.

Watson: You really believe he was resurrected?

Holmes: The question is not if, but how. The game's afoot.

Watson: Follow your spirit...

Holmes & Watson: And upon this charge, cry: "God for Harry, England and St. George."[page]

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1. groundskeeper: 守墓人。也写作groundsman，可以用来泛指守卫者，管理员。

2. at stake: 危险，利害攸关。也可以表示“无法预料”。

例如：Our children's education is at stake. 我们孩子的教育好坏无法预料。

3. get wind of: 得到风声，风闻。

例如：If anyone gets wind of our plans, we'll be in trouble.（要是有任何人得知我们的计划，我们就会陷入困境。）

4. never miss an opportunity to miss an opportunity: 福尔摩斯在这里是说：“可至少他们没放过任何蛛丝马迹。”

5. take one's time: 这个短语既可以表示从容不迫，也可以表示迟到、磨磨蹭蹭。当然，雷斯垂德督查在这里是怪福尔摩斯到晚了。

例如： It's an important decision for you, so take your time to think it over.（对你来说，这是一个十分重要的决定，仔细考虑一下吧。）

6. catatonic: 紧张的，紧张症的。

7. double-time: 付给加班者的双倍工资。此外，double-time还可以表示“快步行走”。

下面再给大家介绍几个double构成的短语：

double-talk 含糊言谈

double-tongued 欺骗的，“一口两舌”

double-track 双轨

8. midget：侏儒，小型的。

9. resurrect: 复活，起死回生。一般用来表示“复兴、复现”。

例如：That noise is enough to resurrect the dead!（那噪音都能把死人吵活！）

10.afoot: 计划中，进行中。[page]

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1.这事儿我就交给你了。

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2.报社得到风声了吗？

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3.是的，可至少他们没放过任何蛛丝马迹。

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4.如果你们能不再发抖了，我就给你们翻薪。

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答案见下期

Sherlock Holmes《大侦探福尔摩斯》精讲之二   参考答案

1.Suit yourself, mother hen.
2.Much obliged, sir.
3.Your mistake is to imagine that anything earthly's led to this moment.
4.But beneath your mask of logic, I sense a fragility.[page]

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夏洛克·福尔摩斯-名言

1. 如果我生命的旅程到今夜为止，我也可以问心无愧地视死如归。由于我的存在，伦敦的空气得以清新。在我办的一千多件案子里，我相信，我从未把我的力量用错了地方。------最后一案

2. 如果能保证毁灭你，那么，为了社会的利益，即使和你同归于尽，我也心甘情愿。 ------最后一案

3. 既然在道义上是正当的，那么我要考虑的只有个人风险的问题。如果一个女士迫切需要帮助，一个绅士不应过多考虑个人安危。

4. 如果你对一千个案子的细节了解得如数家珍，而不能破解第一千零一个案子的话，那就怪了。-----血字研究

5. 谦虚和骄傲都是与事实相悖而行的。

6. 当排除了所有其它的可能性，还剩一个时，不管有多么的不可能，那都是真相。

7. 不管笨蛋有多笨，总有更笨的家伙为其喝彩。

8. 由此我常想到歌德曾经说过的一句话：上帝只是把你造成了一个人形，却是金玉其外，败絮其中。

9. 看起来美丽和平的田园，也可能潜藏着令人恐惧的邪恶秘密，何况是伦敦市内那些藏污纳垢的陋巷呢？

10.有些人总是喜欢对自已不了解的事情进行挖苦，而我们早已习已为常!

11.一切都是历史的重复，阳光下也没有什么新奇的东西。

12.我是条猎犬而不是条狼。

13 猜测是个不良的习惯，它影响正常的逻辑推理。

14.世上没什么奇怪的事，只要你看出来了就行。

15 工作是对悲伤最有效的解药。