美剧【疑犯追踪】精读016 Super 偏执狂

美剧【疑犯追踪】精读016 Super 偏执狂

Scene 1 - Monitoring the building

REESE: You know, Trask may seem like a harmless bag of wind, but I've been fooled before. If he bought a gun, I'd just like to know why.

FINCH: Only one way to find out.

REESE: We're going to hack his wi-fi?

FINCH: We're gonna hack all of them. If the threat's in the building, we should get to know our neighbors.

REESE: You're into 16 networks already?

FINCH: When the phone company puts in your wi-fi, the password is your phone number. Most people never even change it. The other ones might actually take a minute. Once we're in, we can turn every webcam, nanny cam, security system, and laptop on the network into our eyes and ears.

REESE: Just like the machine.

I suppose... If one apartment building were the entire world.

REESE: Well, Lily the cook seems to be dating Rick from the penthouse. Hmm. And Amber in 714 is... Healthy.

FINCH: Somehow I doubt that's what alerted the machine.

REESE: Got one, Finch. [Camera shutter clicks] Doug Stanley, security guard. He's been hunting a thief who's been stealing jewelry out of women's apartments.

FINCH: Maybe Trask is the thief planning to kill Doug, to cover his crimes.

REESE: Or Trask knows who the thief is and now they're planning to kill him.

FINCH: That's the landlord, Alan Holt.

REESE: Doesn't look like Trask is the employee of the month. Maybe he's about to snap and kill his boss?

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harmless adj. 无害的，无恶意

harm+-less

a bag of wind 夸夸其谈的人

fool

n. 傻瓜、笨蛋、受骗者

v. 欺骗、愚弄

nanny cam=nanny camera “保姆摄像头”，隐藏摄像头

penthouse 顶层公寓、顶楼套房

snap v.突然折断，拉断, 断裂

The wind had snapped the tree in two. 风把树喀嚓一声刮断了。 

Suddenly, the rope snapped. 突然，绳子啪地绷断了。

Scene: 2 - Lily's testimony

Lily: I told him that I wasn't interested, and... And it was like something in him snapped. He became obsessive and, um, very unstable. He's been stalking me for months, but I was too afraid to tell anyone. And if Ernie hadn't shown up when he did--

Trask: [Laughs] That wasn't nothing. Should've seen some of the guys they sent after me back in Miami. You do not want to mess around with the Cuban mafia.

obsessive adj. 着迷的，偏执狂的 

Some people are obsessive about cleanliness. 有些人有洁癖

He is obsessive about motor racing. 他痴迷于赛车。

unstable adj. 不稳定的，动荡的，（情绪）反复无常的

The political situation remains highly unstable. 政局仍然十分动荡。

She was physically delicate and psychologically unstable. 她身体纤弱，而且心理也不稳定。 

That wasn't nothing.  [口语]这不算什么。