E19【双语精讲】什么？案宗只有一张纸！

E19 什么？案宗只有一张纸！

原文及翻译 

 “Let’s not tell the mayor just yet—” said Bogo.

“我们还是先不要告诉市长——”牛局长说道。

“And I sent it, and it’s done, so I did do that,”

interrupted Bellwether.

“Well, I’d say the case is in good hands!” Bellwether smiled at Judy. “We little guys really need to stick together! Right?”

“Like glue!” Judy responded.

“可是我发过去了，信息发好了，这么说来我的确那么做了，”

羊副市长插了一句，“那么，这起案件已交给可靠的人去处理了！”羊副市长笑眯眯地看着朱迪，说道 ：“我们小个子动物需要团结在一起！是吗？”

“就像胶水一样！”朱迪回应道。

“Good one,” Bellwether said. “Just call me if you ever need anything. You’ve always got a friend at city hall, Judy. All right, bye bye!” “Thank you, ma’am,” Judy said.

“说得好，”羊副市长说道，“有什么需要，尽管给我打电话。你在市政厅永远都有一位朋友，朱迪。好了，再见！”

“谢谢您，女士。”朱迪说道。

Bogo forced a smile and closed the door. He turned to Judy, even angrier than before. “I will give you forty-eight hours,” he said.

“YES!” cried Judy.

“That’s two days to find Emmitt Otterton.” “Okay.”

“But you strike out, you resign.”

牛局长强作笑颜，关上了门。他转身面向朱迪，比先前更气愤了 ：“我给你 48 个小时。”

“是！”朱迪大声说道。

“两天内要找到艾米·奥獭顿。”

“好的。”

“要是失败了，你就辞职。”

Judy couldn’t believe what he was suggesting. “Oh, uh...,” She thought for a moment and then nodded. “Okay...deal,” she said.

朱迪对他的提议感到不可思议。“哦，呃……”她思忖了一会儿，然后点了点头。“好的……一言为定。”她说道。

“Splendid. Clawhauser will give you the complete case file,” Bogo said.

“好极了。克劳豪瑟会把全部案宗都给你。”牛局长说道。

Excited, Judy rushed out to the front desk to retrieve the case file. “Here you go!” sang Clawhauser, handing her the file. “One missing otter!”

Judy opened the folder and her jaw dropped. Inside was a single piece of paper. “That’s it?” she said in disbelief.

朱迪兴奋地冲到前台去取这份案宗。“给你！”克劳豪瑟把案宗递给了她，满心欢喜地说道，“一只失踪的水獭！”

朱迪打开文件夹，顿时惊得张大了嘴巴。文件夹里只有一张纸。“就这些吗？”她难以置信地问道。

“Yikes! That is the smallest case file I’ve ever seen! Leads: none. Witnesses: none. And you’re not in the computer system yet, so resources: none.” Clawhauser chuckled. “I hope you didn’t stake your career on cracking this one,” he said, smiling.

“呀！这是我见过的信息最少的案宗！线索 ：无。目击证人 ：无。而且你现在还没加入计算机系统，所以资料 ：无。”克劳豪瑟咯咯地笑了起来。“我希望你没有把前途押在破获这起案件上。”他笑容满面地说道。

Judy didn’t smile back. Clawhauser took a bite of his donut and crumbs landed on the picture inside the file.

朱迪一点儿也笑不出来。克劳豪瑟咬了一口甜甜圈，碎屑落在了卷宗里的照片上。

“Last known sighting...,” she said, looking at the photo under Clawhauser’s donut crumbs. The picture was from a traffic camera and showed Mr. Otterton on the street.

“最后一次看见……”她说着，看了看克劳豪瑟的甜甜圈碎屑下的那张照片。照片是道路交通探头拍下的，上面显示奥獭顿先生站在大街上。

Judy blew the crumbs off and noticed something about the picture. She squinted. Still unable to see, she looked around.

朱迪吹掉那些碎屑，发现了照片上的蛛丝马迹。她眯起了眼睛，依然看不清楚，就四周张望了一下。

“Let me borrow that.” She grabbed Clawhauser’s empty soda bottle. She looked through it, using the glass at the bottom to magnify the image. Now she could see Mr. Otterton holding a frozen treat. She examined it and said thoughtfully, “Pawpsicle.”

“借我用用那个。”她一把夺过克劳豪瑟的空苏打水瓶子。朱迪透过瓶口望过去，利用瓶底的玻璃片来放大图像。这下她看到了奥獭顿先生手里拿着一份冷饮。她仔细研究了一番，若有所思地说道 ：“梅花掌冰棍。”

“ The murder weapon!” Clawhauser said, nodding.

“杀人凶器！”克劳豪瑟点着头说道。

“Get your pawpsicle...,” Judy said, thinking back to the incident with Nick.

“来买梅花掌冰棍……”朱迪说着，回想起了尼克那件事。

“Yeah, because...What does that mean?” asked Clawhauser.

“哦，因为……那是什么意思？”克劳豪瑟问道。

“It means I...have a lead.” She headed out, leaving Clawhauser sitting at his desk, confused.

“那意味着我……有线索了。”说完，她出发了，留下克劳豪瑟坐在桌前，丈二和尚摸不着头脑。

重点单词

1.deal n. 约定

Do we have a deal? 一言为定？

2.stake v. 打赌

stake on 拿…打赌 / 把…押在…上面

3.squint v. 眯起眼睛看

squint into the sun 眯起眼睛看太阳

squint through the peephole 从猫眼里眯起眼睛看外面

4.magnify v. 放大

5.murder weapon 杀人凶器

重点词组/句型

1.sth is in good hands. ……被照顾得很好，某事交给谁很放心。

Don’t worry, you’re in good hands.

别担心，你会被照顾得很好的。

The children will be in good hands, she is a professional and experienced baby-sitter.

她是个专业又经验丰富的保姆，孩子们会被照顾得很好。

2.stick together 团结在一起

If we stick together, we can have the victory. 团结就能胜利。

3.force a smile 强颜欢笑

4.someone’s jaw drops 某人非常惊讶

My jaw dropped when I found out how much he paid for the toy.

我简直不敢相信他花了多少钱买的玩具。