《新福尔摩斯》精讲 63

Poison!

毒药

What are you going on about?

你嘀咕啥呢

Clostridium botulinum.

肉毒杆菌

It's one of the deadliest poisons on the planet.Carl Powers.

这是世上最致命的毒药之一 卡尔·鲍尔斯

Are you saying he wasmurdered?

你是说他是被谋杀的吗

Remember the shoelaces.The boy suffered from eczema.

记得他的鞋带吗 他有湿疹

It would be the easiest thing in the world to introduce the poison into his medication.

很容易就能在他药里下毒

Two hours later he comes up to London,

两小时后 他到了伦敦

the poison takes effect, paralyses the muscles and he drowns.

药效使他肌肉麻痹 于是他淹死了

How come the autopsy¹ didn't pick that up?

当时的尸检怎么会没发现这点

It's virtually undetectable.Nobody would have been looking for it.

这很难察觉 而且根本没人想查

There's still tiny traces of it left inside the trainers

鞋里还有些残留物

from where he put the cream on his feet.

就在他脚上涂药膏的位置

That's why they had to go.

所以不能把鞋留在现场

So, how do we let the bomber² know?

我们怎么通知那个炸弹客

Get hisattention, stop the clock.

引起他注意 让他停止计时

The killer³ kept the shoes all these years.

这么多年 凶手一直留着这双鞋

Yes.Meaning...He's our bomber.

对 也就是说...这个歹徒就是凶手

Well done, you.Come and get me.

干得好 现在来找我吧

Where are you?Tell us where you are.

你在哪儿 告诉我们你在哪儿

1 autopsy   

n.尸体解剖；尸检

参考例句：

• They're carrying out an autopsy on the victim.他们正在给受害者验尸。
• A hemorrhagic gut was the predominant lesion at autopsy.尸检的主要发现是肠出血。

2 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。

3 killer   

n.杀人者，杀人犯，杀手，屠杀者

参考例句：

• Heart attacks have become Britain's No.1 killer disease.心脏病已成为英国的头号致命疾病。
• The bulk of the evidence points to him as her killer.大量证据证明是他杀死她的。