《复仇》第17集 第22期:得到好处

 What, no cake? 怎么  没带蛋糕来吗

You've been keeping something from me, Mason. 你对我隐瞒了一些信息  梅森

My guess is, you're not referring to my recipe¹ 我猜  你一定不是来打听

for brewed-in-the toilet prison wine. 我被塞进厕所暴打一事的

I'm talking about the letters from my father. 我说的是我父亲写给我的那些信

The ones that you bought from Meredith Hayward. 就是你从梅雷迪思·海沃德手中买下的那些

Hayward gave me up, did she? 海沃德供出我的  是吧

Give me the letters, Mason. 把那些信给我  梅森

Sadly, I cannot. 很抱歉  我给不了你

Those letters were reduced to smoke, my dear, 那些信已经化为灰烬了  亲爱的

along with everything else I owned 和我拥有的其他那些东西一起

when you burned down my house last summer. 都被你去年夏天放的那把火付之一炬

You obviously² read them 你显然已经读过了

So you know what he wrote. 所以你肯定知道他写了什么

Oh, I do. 我确实知道

One of them was so revealing³  其中一封揭露的事太惊人了 

that I suspect it might even blow your mind, 我恐怕你也会震惊得说不出话

but tell me, what's in it for me? 但你得先告诉我  我能得到什么好处

Do I really need to remind you 你真需要我来提醒你

that only I have the power to release⁴ you 只有我有能力释放你

Or see to it that you die in there, 或者让你死在监狱里

just like my father did? 就跟我父亲一样

And let's not forget Mason, 我们也别忘了  梅森

you need me to finish your new book. 你需要我来帮你完成新书

Tell me what he wrote. 告诉我他写了什么

 

1 recipe   

n.食谱，处方，秘诀

参考例句：

• What is your recipe for success?你取得成功有什麽窍门？
• This recipe is certainly interesting and different.这种烹饪法的确很有意思而且与众不同。

2 obviously   

adv.显然；明白地

参考例句：

• Obviously they were putting him to a severe test.显然他们是在给他以严峻的考验。
• Obviously he was lying.显然他是在撒谎。

3 revealing   

adj.有启示作用的，给人启发的；透露真情的；袒胸露肩的v.显示，展示；揭示，揭露；泄露

参考例句：

• The document provided a revealing insight into the government's priorities. 这份文件使人看出政府的轻重缓急是怎样安排的。
• They scooped the other newspapers by revealing the matter. 他们抢先报道了这件事。 来自《简明英汉词典》

4 release   

vt.发布，发表，发行；释放，放开

参考例句：

• After my examination I had a feeling of release.考完试后我有如释重负之感。
• This medicine will give you release from pain.这药吃后会解除你的疼痛。