The Imitation Game

Posted 2021-02-09 itmeatball

Turning:Are you pay attention?Good.If you are not listening carefully you will miss things,important things.I will not repeat myself and you will not interrupt me.You think that because that you are sitting where you are and I am sitting where I am that you are in control of what is about to happen.You are mistaken.I am in control.Because I know things that you do not know.

Announcer:Manchester Police Department,please hold.

SECRET IN TELLIGENCE SERVICE (M16)：Turning Alan.Windows broken. Home‘s been ransacked.Send a detective down,will you?

Turning:What I will need from you now is a commitment.You will listen closely and you not judge me until I am finished.If you cannot commit to this,then please leave the room.

Come in.

Turning:But if you choose to stay,remember you chose to be here.What happens from this moment forwards is not my reponsibility.It‘s yours.Pay attention.

Detective:What‘s all this,then?

Another Detective:Turning Alan.Professor at King‘s.Seem‘s there‘s been a burglary.

Detective:Oh?Then,What off?

Another Detective:Well,that‘s just it.Nothing missing,really.

Detective:What‘s he doing in Manchester?

Another Detective:Something with machines. The project at the NPL.I checked,but he won‘t say what it‘s on

Detective:Professor Turning? Detective Nook,Manchester Police. Sergeant Staehl here tells me you had a burglary last night.Professor Turing?

Tur:Take a step back,and dont breathe heavily.

Det:Breathe? Undiluted cyanide.A

Tur：It wouldn‘t take more than a thimbleful to kill you.Disapointing.

Det:Pardon?

Tur:I-I had hoped for a bit more.

Det:Sergeant Staehl,is it just me or do you get the sense that we‘re being insulted?

Ano:Last night,you had a break-in.Your neighbor,Mr.Springborn,called to report the noise.He said there was quite a ruckus.Only you say noting was taken.It‘s odd. So how about you tell us what happend,and we will find chap who did this.

Turning:Gentlemen,I don‘t believe that you could find the chap that did this if,uh,he walked up to you and spat in your face.Uh,what I could use right now is not a bobby, but a really good cleaning lady.So unless one of you has a-an apron in your car,I suggest you file your reports and leave me alone.

Det:As you see,Professor Turning.Best of luck with your cyanide.

Ano:I‘ll give you a quid if you can name me a more insufferable sod.

Det:Seemed a bit forced,though,didn‘t it?

Ano:Don‘t know what you mean.

Det:Well,if you didn‘t want a pair of bobbies digging around in your personal affairs,that‘d have been a stellar way to make sure they don‘t.Tell me you don‘t think this is suspicious.

Ano:I don‘t think this is suspicious.

 

 

             repeat oneself 重复某人说的话

             I am in control.我掌握着控制权。eg. I am in control of my life.

             closely close 靠近 区别：closely 抽象意义上的近  close 具体的近

             thimbleful 少量