福尔摩斯：基本演绎法 第一季第6集Flight Risk（25）

 

A strange number.

奇怪的数字

Until you factor in metric conversion¹.

用公制换算就不见得奇怪了

66 pounds is the equivalent of exactly 30 kilos.

66英镑相当于整整30公斤

Nice even number for cocaine² smuggling³, no?

对可卡因走私来说是个好数，不是吗

What happened?

然后怎么了

Did Joe find out and want a cut?

乔发现后想分赃吗

That's not likely,

不太可能

given his reputation, his military background.

鉴于他的名声，还服过兵役

It's more likely that he threatened to go

他很可能威胁你

to the authorities if you didn't stop.

如果你不收手，他就去报警

Either way,

无论是哪种情况

you engineered a plane crash to eliminate the threat.

你策划了一场飞机失事来消除威胁

Problem was,

但问题是

Hank Gerrard caught you in the act.

你作案时被汉克·杰拉德发现了

You improvised⁴.

你临时起意

You killed him.

杀死了他

Concealed⁵ his body in the cargo⁶ hold of a plane把他的尸体藏在你知道that you knew was gonna crash.

注定会失事的飞机货舱里

It's quite a... quite a story.

真是个不错的故事

There's just one problem.

不过有一个问题

I was nowhere near the hangar this morning.

我今早根本没去过机库

I was with my boss, Charles.

我和我老板查尔斯在一起

His car stalled,

他的车抛锚了

so I had to stop by his place to give him a jump.

所以我去他那儿拖他的车

Don't believe me, go ask him.

要是不相信的话，自己去问他

He'll tell you.

他会向你证明的

I couldn't have killed Mr. Gerrard

我不可能杀了杰拉德先生

or sabotaged⁷ that plane.

或是破坏飞机

1 conversion   

n.转化，转换，转变

参考例句：

• He underwent quite a conversion.他彻底变了。
• Waste conversion is a part of the production process.废物处理是生产过程的一个组成部分。

2 cocaine   

n.可卡因，古柯碱（用作局部麻醉剂）

参考例句：

• That young man is a cocaine addict.那个年轻人吸食可卡因成瘾。
• Don't have cocaine abusively.不可滥服古柯碱。

3 smuggling   

n.走私

参考例句：

• Some claimed that the docker's union fronted for the smuggling ring.某些人声称码头工人工会是走私集团的掩护所。
• The evidence pointed to the existence of an international smuggling network.证据表明很可能有一个国际走私网络存在。

4 improvised   

a.即席而作的,即兴的

参考例句：

• He improvised a song about the football team's victory. 他即席创作了一首足球队胜利之歌。
• We improvised a tent out of two blankets and some long poles. 我们用两条毛毯和几根长竿搭成一个临时帐蓬。

5 concealed   

a.隐藏的，隐蔽的

参考例句：

• The paintings were concealed beneath a thick layer of plaster. 那些画被隐藏在厚厚的灰泥层下面。
• I think he had a gun concealed about his person. 我认为他当时身上藏有一支枪。

6 cargo   

n.(一只船或一架飞机运载的)货物

参考例句：

• The ship has a cargo of about 200 ton.这条船大约有200吨的货物。
• A lot of people discharged the cargo from a ship.许多人从船上卸下货物。

7 sabotaged   

阴谋破坏（某事物）( sabotage的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• The main pipeline supplying water was sabotaged by rebels. 供水主管道被叛乱分子蓄意破坏了。
• They had no competition because competitors found their trucks burned and sabotaged. 他们之所以没有竞争对象，那是因为竞争对象老是发现自己的卡车遭火烧或被破坏。 来自教父部分