福尔摩斯:基本演绎法 第一季第9集You Do It to Yourself(7)(在线收听) |
Did you not notice his underwear earlier? 你之前注意过他的内衣吗 Bright red boxers, hmm? 大红色的平角内裤 Customary for Chinese gamblers to wear red for good luck. 这是中国赌徒的习惯,穿红色代表好运 His clothes reeked of cigarettes, 他的衣服散发着烟味 but his teeth were bright white, not smoker-yellow. 但他的牙齿却很白,而非烟黄色 He was gambling, and he was gambling in a smoky room. 他是在赌博,在一个烟雾缭绕的房间里 Starting to think you're right. 我开始同意你的观点了 Mahjong tiles. 麻将牌 Those are different sizes, they're different colors. 它们尺寸不同,颜色不同 They're clearly from different sets. 明显不是来自同一副牌 Now, mahjong tiles come in pairs. 麻将牌都是成套的 Why would he hold onto one of each? 他为什么拿着单张的牌 Because these tiles aren't for playing. 因为这些牌不是用来玩的 They're membership cards to underground casinos. 它们是地下赌场的会员卡 Aren't you gonna ask me how I knew that? 你要不要问问我,我怎么知道的 Fine. Whatever. 好吧,不问就算了 When I worked Vice, poker clubs would give out 我在缉捕队工作过,扑克俱乐部 personalized chips to repeat customers 会给常客个性化的筹码 to reward loyalty and weed out cops. 作为奖励,同时也避免警察混入 Show these, skip the line. 出示这些,就可以进场 Chinatown Vice can tell us 唐人街缉捕队可以告诉我们 which parlors use which tiles. 每家赌场用哪种牌 |
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