TED演讲:你能解开爱因斯坦之谜吗(2)

 　　To start, you fill in the information from clues eight and nine. 先开始，首先从第八和第九条线索开始。

　　Immediately, you also realize that since the Norwegian is at the end of the street, there's only one house next to him,  你立即就能发现挪威人住在马路的第一栋房子里，在他旁边的只有一栋房子，

　　which must be the one with the blue walls in clue fourteen. 通过第十四条线索推断，第二栋肯定有蓝色墙。

　　Clue five says the green-walled house's owner drinks coffee. 第五条线索说绿墙房子的主人喝咖啡。

　　It can't be the center house since you already know its owner drinks milk,  这不可能是中间的那栋房子，因为你已经知道他喝牛奶，

　　but it also can't be the second house, which you know has blue walls. 但是也不可能是第二栋房子，因为你已经知道是蓝色的墙。

　　And since clue four says the green-walled house must be directly to the left of the white-walled one,  而且第四条线索说：绿墙房子在白墙房子的左边，

　　it can't be the first or fifth house either. 所以不可能是第一栋或第五栋房子，。

　　The only place left for the green-walled house with the coffee drinker is the fourth spot,  那绿墙房子里喝咖啡的主人唯一可能在的地方就是第四栋房子了，

　　meaning the white-walled house is the fifth. 也就意味着第五栋房子是白墙。

　　Clue one gives you a nationality and a color. 第一条线索给了国籍和墙的颜色。

　　Since the only column missing both these values is the center one, this must be the Brit's red-walled home. 只有一栏既没有已知颜色也没有国籍，那这个肯定是英国人的红墙房子了。

　　Now that the only unassigned wall color is yellow,  现在只有一个颜色还没有看到：黄色，

　　this must be applied¹ to the first house, where clue seven says the Dunhill smoker² lives. 那就肯定是第一栋房子了，线索七说抽登喜路雪茄的人就住在这里。

　　And clue eleven tells you that the owner of the horse is next door, which can only be the second house. 第十一条线索告诉你养马的人就住在隔壁，那就只有可能是第二栋房子了。

　　The next step is to figure out what the Norwegian in the first house drinks. 接下来一步就是找到第一栋房子里的挪威人喝什么。

　　It can't be tea, clue three tells you that's the Dane. 不可能是茶，因为线索三说丹麦人喝茶。

　　As per clue twelve, it can't be root beer since that person smokes Bluemaster,  根据线索十二也不可能是树根啤酒，因为那个人抽Bluemaster，

　　and since you already assigned milk and coffee, it must be water. 而且你已经分配好牛奶和咖啡了，那就肯定是水。

　　From clue fifteen, you know that the Norwegian's neighbor, who can only be in the second house, smokes Blends. 根据线索十五，你知道挪威人的邻居，只有可能是第二栋房子，抽Blends雪茄。

1 applied   

adj.应用的；v.应用，适用

参考例句：

• She plans to take a course in applied linguistics.她打算学习应用语言学课程。
• This cream is best applied to the face at night.这种乳霜最好晚上擦脸用。

2 smoker   

n.吸烟者，吸烟车厢，吸烟室

参考例句：

• His wife dislikes him to be a smoker.他妻子不喜欢他当烟民。
• He is a moderate smoker.他是一个有节制的烟民。