福尔摩斯：基本演绎法 第一季第8集The Long Fuse（35）

 

Hello, Ms. Vanowen.

你好，佛农夫人

Well, we can keep watching if you'd both like,如果你们都喜欢的话我们可以继续看but I'd say we've found our bomber¹.

不过我觉得我们已经找到炸弹客了

All this just so you can ask me a few questions?

这么大费周章，就为了问我几个问题吗

Just a consent form, ma'am. Standard procedure.

只是许可表格，例行手续而已

So, now you want to tell me what this is all about?

那你现在能告诉我这是为了什么吗

Hey, sweetie. I'm so glad we finally got to have this date.

亲爱的，真开心我们终于约会了

Me, too. You ready to party?

我也是， 准备好了吗

Yes. Good.

好了， 很好

I'm sorry. Was that supposed to be me?

不好意思，那是我吗

I've learned since we spoke² that you come from modest origins.

我听说，你来自于一个不那么富裕的家庭

Father a contractor³, mother a homemaker.

父亲是承包商，母亲是家庭主妇

So, when you got into business school,

所以，当你去上商学院时

you needed a source of income.

你需要有一些收入

Something to pay your tuition

去支付你的学费

and provide you with seed money for your company.

同时也是创办公司的启动资金

You turned, in your hour of need,

在需要帮助的时候，你选择了

to the world's oldest profession.

这个世界上最古老的职业之一

Took to it with some gusto, I'd say.

我觉得其中也伴有些个人喜好

Okay, let's turn this off.

行了，关掉吧

You built a successful new life for yourself

你成功地为自己开辟了新生活

on the ashes of your old one, and no one was any the wiser.

过去都化作尘埃，没人能做的更好了

Until Pradeep Singh got a job at Vanowen.

直到普莱蒂·辛格在佛农谋得了职位

It probably took him a while to realize

他恐怕花了一段时间才意识到

that his new boss was one of the women

他的上司就是他多年前

that he had secretly recorded years ago,

录下亲热视频的人

but when he did, he turned the screw.

但当他发现之后，他很快把握住了机会

So to speak.

可以这么说

Three promotions⁴ in a year?

一年内三次晋升

That smells like a payoff to me.

我闻到了敲诈的味道

1 bomber   

n.轰炸机，投弹手，投掷炸弹者

参考例句：

• He flew a bomber during the war.他在战时驾驶轰炸机。
• Detectives hunting the London bombers will be keen to interview him.追查伦敦爆炸案凶犯的侦探们急于对他进行讯问。

2 spoke   

n.（车轮的）辐条；轮辐；破坏某人的计划；阻挠某人的行动 v.讲，谈（speak的过去式）；说；演说；从某种观点来说

参考例句：

• They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
• The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。

3 contractor   

n.订约人，承包人，收缩肌

参考例句：

• The Tokyo contractor was asked to kick $ 6000 back as commission.那个东京的承包商被要求退还6000美元作为佣金。
• The style of house the contractor builds depends partly on the lay of the land.承包商所建房屋的式样，有几分要看地势而定。

4 promotions   

促进( promotion的名词复数 )； 提升； 推广； 宣传

参考例句：

• All services or promotions must have an appeal and wide application. 所有服务或促销工作都必须具有吸引力和广泛的适用性。
• He promptly directed the highest promotions and decorations for General MacArthur. 他授予麦克阿瑟将军以最高的官阶和勋奖。