The Da Vinci Code《达•芬奇密码》（精讲之四）-英语点津

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Sophie: It’s on the wrong side.

Robert: Leigh likes all things to be English, including his cars.

Leigh: Robert! Do I owe you money?

Robert: Leigh, my friend, care…care to open up for an old colleague?

Leigh: Of course.

Robert: Thank you.

Leigh: But first, a test of honor. Three questions.

Robert: Fire away.

Leigh: Your first: Shall I serve coffee or tea?

Robert: Tea, of course.

Leigh: Excellent. Second: Milk or lemon?

Sophie: Milk?

Robert: That would depend on the tea.

Leigh: Correct. And now the third and most grave of inquiries. In which year did a Harvard sculler outrow an Oxford man at Henley?

Robert: Surely such a travesty has never occurred.

Leigh: Your heart is true. You may pass. Welcome to Chateau Villette.

Robert: Leigh Teabing has spent his entire life studying the Grail. That thing is one hot tamale.

Sophie: Sorry?

Robert: The cryptex, it’s a hot coal. A hot potato?

Sophie: Ah. So you want to keep our chest close to our cards, yes?

Robert: Very close.

Remy: You are requested to make yourself at home.

Leigh: Robert! And you travel with a maiden, it seems.

Robert: Sir Leigh Teabing, may I present Miss Sophie Neveu. Sophie, Sir Leigh Teabing.

Leigh: (French) It’s an honor to welcome you even though it's late.

Sophie: Thank you for having us. I realize it's quite late.

Leigh: So late, mademoiselle, it's almost early. What a lovely smile you have. Earl grey?

Robert: Lemon.

Leigh: Correct.

Silas: Yes? Chateau Villette. Yes.

Sophie: No.

Leigh: Oh, you must. Remy is from Lyons, but nevertheless he is fantastic with sauces.

Sophie: No, I can’t.

Leigh: A dramatic late-night arrival. Mention of life and death. What can an old cripple do for you, Robert?

Robert: We wanna talk about the Priory of Sion.

Leigh: The keepers? The secret war?

Robert: Sorry for all the mystery. Leigh, I, I, I’m into something here that I cannot understand.

Leigh: You? Really?

Robert: Not without your help.

Leigh: Playing to my vanity, Robert. You should be ashamed.

Robert: Not if it works.

Leigh: There are always four: The Grand Master and the three senechaux make up the primary guardians of the grail.

妙语佳句，活学活用

1. Fire away

Fire away 在这里可不是“射击”的意思，而是指“to begin to talk and continue without slackening好像连珠炮般地讲话”，例如：The reporters fired away at the president.

2. Hot potato

Hot potato, hot coal, hot tamale 这里都指“棘手的问题”，例如：Gun control is a political hot potato.

3. Keep/play your cards close to your chest

这个片语的意思是“to not tell anyone what you plan to do严守秘密”，例如：I never know what Martin's next move will be. He plays his cards close to his chest.

文化面面观 Priory of Sion：疑云重重的郇山隐修会

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