《新福尔摩斯》精讲 76

We'd been sharing about a year.Just sharing.

我们当了一年左右的室友 仅仅是室友关系

May I?Yeah.Sorry.

我可以看看吗 可以 不好意思

Stargazer, was he?

他是个观星者吗

God¹, yeah. Mad about it.It's all he ever did in his spare time.He was a nice guy, Alex.I liked him.He was, er...

never much of a one for hoovering.

当然 简直是欲罢不能 闲暇时间全干这个 亚历是个很好的人 我对他颇有好感 他倒是...不怎么爱打扫卫生

What about art? Did he know anything about that?

那他懂艺术吗

It was just a job, you know?

那只不过是他的工作

Has anyone else been round asking about Alex?

有其他人来问起过亚历吗

No.We had a break-in, though.

没有 公寓之前倒是被人撬门而入

When?Last night.There was nothing taken.Oh, there was a message left for Alex on the land line.

什么时候 昨天晚上 一样东西都没丢 对了 固话上有亚历的一条留言

Who was it from?

谁打来的

I can play it for you, if you like.I'll get the phone...

我可以放给你听 我去拿电话

Please.

麻烦你了

Oh, should I speak now? Alex?Love, it's Professor² Cairns.

现在可以说话了吧 亚历 亲爱的 我是凯恩斯教授

Listen, you were right. You were bloody³ right.Give us a call when...

听着 你没错 一点也没错 给我们回个电话...

Professor Cairns?

凯恩斯教授是谁

No idea, sorry.

我也不知道 很抱歉

Can I try and ring back?

我能试着打回去吗

No good. I've had other calls since. Sympathy⁴ ones, you know.

没用的 我已经接了好几个电话了 都是打来同情慰问的

1 god   

n.上帝，神；被极度崇拜的人或物

参考例句：

• God knows how the cat got up on the roof.只有天知道那只猫是怎样爬上房顶的。
• God wills that man should be happy.上帝愿人类幸福。

2 professor   

n.教授，公开表示信仰的人

参考例句：

• He is famous as a professor.他作为教授享有盛名。
• I happen to know that professor.我正好认识那位教授。

3 bloody   

adj.非常的的；流血的；残忍的；adv.很；vt.血染

参考例句：

• He got a bloody nose in the fight.他在打斗中被打得鼻子流血。
• He is a bloody fool.他是一个十足的笨蛋。

4 sympathy   

n.同情，赞同，同感，慰问，吊唁

参考例句：

• He felt great sympathy for these people.他很同情这些人。
• Sympathy is his best quality.同情心是他最好的品质。