胡敏读故事记托福词汇 第215期:The good detective 优秀的侦探
胡敏读故事记托福词汇 第215期:The good detective 优秀的侦探
"The suspense is killing me," Mr. Jones said to Detective Richards. "Tell me more about the suspect."
“这个悬念令我困惑不解，”琼斯先生对理查兹侦探说。“再多给我讲些有关嫌疑犯的情况吧。”
Detective Richards had been suspended from the force for sustaining interest in criminal cases which didn't involve him.
由于对与己无关的刑事案件的兴趣历久不衰，理查兹侦探被暂令中止工作。
Taking in a few syllables of breath, he began to tell Jones how he nabbed the Captain.
吸了几口气，他开始告诉琼斯他是怎么抓住这个上尉的。
"Well," began Richards, stroking his trademark suspenders,
“喔，”理查兹整理了一下自己的名牌裤子背带开始讲起来，
"I became suspicious when I realized that the floor to the office was always swept and clean during the evening.
“当我看到通向办公室的地板在晚上总是被扫得干干净净，我就产生了怀疑，
As that is the case, where did all the swampy mud come from that we discovered?
既然这样，我们发现的松软潮湿的泥土从何而来？
Obviously, from the nearby swamp.
显然，是来自附近的沼泽。
Since Captain Moore was the only one who held a key,
穆尔上尉是惟一有钥匙的人，
I immediately put him under suspicion, and the more my head swelled with ideas,
所以，我立刻对他产生了怀疑，而且，我心里越是充满这些想法，
the more I found any other explanation difficult to swallow.
我就越发觉得其他解释难以接受。
Then Moore began talking about making sweeping changes at the department,
之后，穆尔开始谈到在部门里做全面调整，
followed by his attempt to sway me from going forward with the case,
接着，他试图动摇我不要继续调查这个案子，
and then, of course, with a swift wave of his hand, I was dismissed from the case.
再后来，当然，他迅速地把手一挥，我就从这个案子中被排挤出来。
He kept a sustained interest in closing this case. But I did not swerve from my duty.
他一直对了结该案感兴趣。但我并没有背离职守。
This swarm of ideas in my head provided my sustenance.
头脑里大量的想法给了我支持。
I had to stand erect as a symbol of all that was right with the police force."
我必须笔挺地站直，成为警方所有正确表现的象征。”
"The ideas in your head remind me of the symbiotic bacteria I read about as a schoolboy," Jones said.
“你头脑中的想法使我想起上小学时读过的共生细菌，”琼斯说道。
"Oh," Richards replied, "I'm not expert in symbology,
“哦，”理查兹回答，“我不是象征学专家，
but the symbolism provided by your metaphor of symbiosis does seem to accurately describe the relationship I have with my ideas."
但是你把象征比喻成共生现象，的确似乎准确地描述了我与我的想法之间的关系。”
重点词汇
swerve[swə:v]vi. 突然转向，转弯，偏离方向
vt. 使突
adj. 犯罪的，刑事的，违法的
n. 罪犯
n. 维持生计，食物
swamp[swɔmp]n. 沼泽，湿地
v. 淹没，陷于沼泽
n. 燕子，吞咽，一次吞咽的量
vt. 吞下，
n. 商标
describe[dis'kraib]vt. 描述，画(尤指几何图形)，说成
suspect[səs'pekt]n. 嫌疑犯
adj. 令人怀疑的，不可信的<
adj. 持久的，经久不衰的
accurately['ækjuritli]adj. 准确地
adv. 精确地，准确地
