《复仇》 第147期:泰勒蓄谋已久的计划

 Where's Charlotte? 夏洛特人呢

Oh, she went to buy a present for Daniel. 她去给丹尼尔买礼物了

Why don't you come in? Thank you. 请进吧 谢谢

Tyler is blackmailing¹ me. What? 泰勒敲诈我 什么

Claims to have a copy of that indicting² speech 他说手上有份讨伐我们的稿子

Lydia was planning to deliver against us at that infernal benefit. 是莉迪亚计划在那可恶的慈善会上宣读的

Impossible. I shredded³ it. 不可能  稿子被我粉碎了

He also claims to have all the video footage 他还说手上有一段莉迪亚公寓的视频

from Lydia's loft⁴ the night Frank nearly killed her. 记录了弗兰克企图杀害她的全过程

Tyler's behind it? 泰勒是幕后黑手吗

I don't believe it. 我不信

Neither did I, 起初我也不信

until I called the Dean of Harvard Business. 但我给哈佛商学院教务处打了电话

It turns out, 结果发现

Tyler isn't even enrolled⁵. 泰勒根本没有入学

His family quit paying his tuition 自去年秋天起

last fall. 他家不帮他付学费了

Are you saying 你是说

that we've been victims of an extortion plot 自泰勒踏进我们家那一刻起

from the moment that Tyler set foot in our house? 我们就陷入了一场勒索的阴谋

Oh, it was long before that. 远远在那之前

No, I'm thinking, he could've been planning this 我想从我们儿子走进他视线的那天起

from the day he set his sights on our son. 他就开始筹划这个阴谋了

 

1 blackmailing   

胁迫，尤指以透露他人不体面行为相威胁以勒索钱财( blackmail的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• The policemen kept blackmailing him, because they had sth. on him. 那些警察之所以经常去敲他的竹杠是因为抓住把柄了。
• Democratic paper "nailed" an aggravated case of blackmailing to me. 民主党最主要的报纸把一桩极为严重的讹诈案件“栽”在我的头上。

2 indicting   

控告，起诉( indict的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• But Moreno-Ocampo stressed he was not indicting President Bashir. 但是奥坎波强调，他并不是在起诉巴希尔总统。
• He says that indicting the journalists is just another move at Washington. 尹德民说，起诉这两名记者就是针对华盛顿的另一个行动。

3 shredded   

shred的过去式和过去分词

参考例句：

• Serve the fish on a bed of shredded lettuce. 先铺一层碎生菜叶，再把鱼放上，就可以上桌了。
• I think Mapo beancurd and shredded meat in chilli sauce are quite special. 我觉得麻婆豆腐和鱼香肉丝味道不错。 来自《简明英汉词典》

4 loft   

n.阁楼，顶楼

参考例句：

• We could see up into the loft from bottom of the stairs.我们能从楼梯脚边望到阁楼的内部。
• By converting the loft,they were able to have two extra bedrooms.把阁楼改造一下，他们就可以多出两间卧室。

5 enrolled   

adj.入学登记了的v.[亦作enrol]( enroll的过去式和过去分词 )；登记，招收，使入伍（或入会、入学等），参加，成为成员；记入名册；卷起，包起

参考例句：

• They have been studying hard from the moment they enrolled. 从入学时起，他们就一直努力学习。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• He enrolled with an employment agency for a teaching position. 他在职业介绍所登了记以谋求一个教师的职位。 来自《简明英汉词典》