The Hound of the Baskervilles · chapter 7 of 25
The Warning Letter
警告信
The heir arrives with a letter made of words cut from a newspaper, one word written by hand, and an angry story about a missing boot.
Read what you hear
- Narrator 第二天早上十点，莫蒂默医生带着一个年轻人来到贝克街。
Dì èr tiān zǎoshang shí diǎn, Mòdìmò yīshēng dàizhe yí gè niánqīngrén lái dào Bèikè Jiē.
At ten the next morning, Dr. Mortimer brought a young man to Baker Street.
- Dr. Mortimer 福尔摩斯先生，华生医生，这位就是亨利爵士！
Fú'ěrmósī xiānsheng, Huáshēng yīshēng, zhè wèi jiù shì Hēnglì Juéshì!
Mr. Holmes, Dr. Watson, this is Sir Henry!
- Narrator 亨利爵士三十岁，个子不高，很结实，脸黑黑的，穿着深红色的衣服。
Hēnglì Juéshì sānshí suì, gèzi bù gāo, hěn jiēshi, liǎn hēihēi de, chuānzhe shēnhóngsè de yīfu.
Sir Henry was thirty, short and sturdy, with a sun-browned face and a dark red suit.
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- Sir Henry 福尔摩斯先生，我昨天才到伦敦，今天早上就出了一件怪事。
Fú'ěrmósī xiānsheng, wǒ zuótiān cái dào Lúndūn, jīntiān zǎoshang jiù chū le yí jiàn guàishì.
Mr. Holmes, I only got to London yesterday, and this morning something strange has already happened.
- Sherlock Holmes 什么怪事？
Shénme guàishì?
What sort of strange thing?
- Sir Henry 旅馆的人给了我这封信。可是，谁会知道我住在哪个旅馆呢？
Lǚguǎn de rén gěi le wǒ zhè fēng xìn. Kěshì, shéi huì zhīdào wǒ zhù zài nǎge lǚguǎn ne?
The hotel gave me this letter. But who could know which hotel I'm in?
- Sherlock Holmes 你看信封：昨天晚上，从你的旅馆旁边发出的。有人知道你住在哪儿。
Nǐ kàn xìnfēng: zuótiān wǎnshang, cóng nǐ de lǚguǎn pángbiān fāchū de. Yǒu rén zhīdào nǐ zhù zài nǎr.
Look at the envelope: posted last night, right by your hotel. Someone knows where you're staying.
- Dr. Watson 信上只有一句话：“要是你还想活，就离荒原远一点。”
Xìn shang zhǐyǒu yí jù huà: “Yàoshi nǐ hái xiǎng huó, jiù lí huāngyuán yuǎn yìdiǎn.”
There's only one line: “If you want to live, keep away from the moor.”
- Sir Henry 荒原？是有人在跟我开玩笑吧？
Huāngyuán? Shì yǒu rén zài gēn wǒ kāi wánxiào ba?
The moor? Somebody's playing a joke on me, right?
- Sherlock Holmes 这不是玩笑，是警告。你们看，这些字都是从报纸上剪的。
Zhè bú shì wánxiào, shì jǐnggào. Nǐmen kàn, zhèxiē zì dōu shì cóng bàozhǐ shang jiǎn de.
This is no joke. It's a warning. Look, these words were all cut out of a newspaper.
- Dr. Watson 只有一个词不是剪的。“荒原”这个词，是用笔写的。
Zhǐyǒu yí gè cí bú shì jiǎn de. “Huāngyuán” zhège cí, shì yòng bǐ xiě de.
Only one word wasn't cut out. “Moor” was written by hand.
- Sherlock Holmes 对。也许报纸上没有这个词，写信的人只好自己写。
Duì. Yěxǔ bàozhǐ shang méiyǒu zhège cí, xiě xìn de rén zhǐhǎo zìjǐ xiě.
Right. Perhaps the paper didn't have that word, so whoever made this had to write it in.
- Sir Henry 可是，谁要警告我？为什么？
Kěshì, shéi yào jǐnggào wǒ? Wèishénme?
But who would want to warn me? And why?
- Narrator 福尔摩斯没有回答。他把信拿到脸前面，很近很近，闻了闻。
Fú'ěrmósī méiyǒu huídá. Tā bǎ xìn ná dào liǎn qiánmiàn, hěn jìn hěn jìn, wén le wén.
Holmes didn't answer. He raised the letter to his face, very close, and sniffed it.
- Sir Henry 福尔摩斯先生，你在闻什么？
Fú'ěrmósī xiānsheng, nǐ zài wén shénme?
Mr. Holmes, what are you smelling?
- Sherlock Holmes 没什么。这种字我见过。华生，昨天的《泰晤士报》在哪儿？
Méi shénme. Zhè zhǒng zì wǒ jiànguo. Huáshēng, zuótiān de Tàiwùshì Bào zài nǎr?
Nothing. I've seen this type before. Watson, where's yesterday's Times?
- Dr. Watson 信上好像有一点花的味道……可是他不想说的时候，谁问都没用。
Xìn shang hǎoxiàng yǒu yìdiǎn huā de wèidào… kěshì tā bù xiǎng shuō de shíhou, shéi wèn dōu méiyòng.
The letter did seem to smell faintly of flowers... but when he doesn't want to say, there's no use asking.
- Sherlock Holmes 找到了！你们看，信上剪下来的字，这篇文章里都有。
Zhǎo dào le! Nǐmen kàn, xìn shang jiǎn xiàlái de zì, zhè piān wénzhāng li dōu yǒu.
Here! Look, every word cut out for the letter is in this article.
- Dr. Watson 你怎么知道的？
Nǐ zěnme zhīdào de?
How did you know?
- Sherlock Holmes 每家报纸的字，样子都不一样。哪家的字，我都认识。
Měi jiā bàozhǐ de zì, yàngzi dōu bù yíyàng. Nǎ jiā de zì, wǒ dōu rènshi.
Every paper's type looks different, and I know them all.
- Dr. Mortimer 福尔摩斯先生，您真行！
Fú'ěrmósī xiānsheng, nín zhēn xíng!
Mr. Holmes, that's remarkable!
- Sherlock Holmes 谢谢。亨利爵士，还有别的怪事吗？
Xièxie. Hēnglì Juéshì, hái yǒu biéde guàishì ma?
Thank you. Sir Henry, has anything else strange happened?
- Sir Henry 有！我的一只靴子没了！新的，咖啡色的，我一次都还没穿过！
Yǒu! Wǒ de yì zhī xuēzi méi le! Xīn de, kāfēisè de, wǒ yí cì dōu hái méi chuānguo!
Yes! One of my boots is gone! A new brown one, and I haven't even worn it once!
- Sherlock Holmes 就一只？
Jiù yì zhī?
Just one?
- Sir Henry 对，就一只！谁会偷一只靴子？一只靴子能干什么？
Duì, jiù yì zhī! Shéi huì tōu yì zhī xuēzi? Yì zhī xuēzi néng gàn shénme?
Yes, just one! Who steals one boot? What good is one boot to anybody?
- Sherlock Holmes 有意思……非常有意思。
Yǒu yìsi… fēicháng yǒu yìsi.
Interesting... very interesting.
- Dr. Mortimer 亨利爵士，有一个故事，您应该听一听。
Hēnglì Juéshì, yǒu yí gè gùshi, nín yīnggāi tīng yi tīng.
Sir Henry, there's a story you ought to hear.
- Narrator 莫蒂默医生讲了雨果、猎犬和巴斯克维尔家的诅咒。
Mòdìmò yīshēng jiǎng le Yǔguǒ, lièquǎn hé Bāsīkèwéi'ěr jiā de zǔzhòu.
Dr. Mortimer told him about Hugo, the hound and the Baskerville curse.
- Sir Henry 诅咒？我小时候就听过这个故事，家里人都说那是童话！
Zǔzhòu? Wǒ xiǎo shíhou jiù tīngguo zhège gùshi, jiā li rén dōu shuō nà shì tónghuà!
The curse? I heard that story as a boy. Everyone at home said it was a fairy tale!
- Dr. Mortimer 可是，亨利爵士，您继承了庄园，也继承了这个诅咒。
Kěshì, Hēnglì Juéshì, nín jìchéng le zhuāngyuán, yě jìchéng le zhège zǔzhòu.
But Sir Henry, you've inherited the Hall, and the curse along with it.
- Sir Henry 是魔鬼还是人，我都不怕！那是我家的庄园，我一定要去！
Shì móguǐ háishi rén, wǒ dōu bú pà! Nà shì wǒ jiā de zhuāngyuán, wǒ yídìng yào qù!
Devil or man, I'm not afraid of either! That's my family's home, and I'm going there!
- Sherlock Holmes 好。下午两点，我们去你的旅馆一起吃午饭。
Hǎo. Xiàwǔ liǎng diǎn, wǒmen qù nǐ de lǚguǎn yìqǐ chī wǔfàn.
Good. At two o'clock we'll come to your hotel and have lunch together.
- Narrator 亨利爵士和莫蒂默医生一走，福尔摩斯就跳了起来。
Hēnglì Juéshì hé Mòdìmò yīshēng yì zǒu, Fú'ěrmósī jiù tiào le qǐlái.
The moment Sir Henry and Dr. Mortimer had gone, Holmes leapt up.
- Sherlock Holmes 快，华生！快穿上鞋！我们跟上去！
Kuài, Huáshēng! Kuài chuānshàng xié! Wǒmen gēn shàngqù!
Quick, Watson! Get your shoes on! We're going after them!
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What changed in the story?
- What is strange about the letter Sir Henry was given?
“这些字都是从报纸上剪的”
- Which word in the letter was written by hand?
“只有一个词不是剪的。‘荒原’这个词，是用笔写的”
- What does Holmes do when he holds the letter close to his face?
“很近很近，闻了闻”
- What has gone missing at Sir Henry's hotel?
“我的一只靴子没了！新的，咖啡色的”
- What does Sir Henry say after he hears the legend?
“我都不怕！那是我家的庄园，我一定要去！”