Upper-Intermediate - A Jizhou Identity Revealed (D0716)

A徐文涛!你一直在搞鬼!你到底是什么人?你是不是觉得这样很好玩?
Xú Wéntāo! nǐ yīzhí zài gǎoguǐ! nǐ dàodǐ shì shénme rén? nǐ shì bu shì juéde zhèyàng hěn hǎowán?
Xu Wentao! You keep on playing tricks! What kind of person are you, anyway? Do you find this amusing or something?
B当然不是。我是想帮你。
dāngrán bù shì. wǒ shì xiǎng bāng nǐ.
Of course not. I am wanting to help you.
A我不要你帮。你不是要找女朋友吗?你去啊!干吗要在这儿找健明?
wǒ búyào nǐ bāng. nǐ bù shì yào zhǎo nǚpéngyou ma? nǐ qù ā! gànmá yào zài zhèr zhǎo Jiànmíng?
I don't want your help. Weren't you looking for your girlfriend? Go, then! What on earth are you doing here looking for Jianming?
B好,你先冷静一下。我告诉你真相。
hǎo, nǐ xiān lěngjìng yīxià. wǒ gàosu nǐ zhēnxiàng.
OK, first calm down a bit. I'll tell you what's really going on.
A什么?你知道真相?那你快说啊。
shénme? nǐ zhīdào zhēnxiàng? nà nǐ kuài shuō ā.
What? You know what's really going on? Well, hurry up and tell me then.
B其实根本没有我女朋友失踪的那回事儿。
qíshí gēnběn méiyǒu wǒ nǚpéngyou shīzōng de nà huí shìr.
Actually, that thing about my girlfriend going missing was totally not true.
A什么?是你编的故事?
shénme? shì nǐ biān de gùshi?
What? You fabricated that story?
B对。我是警察。我之所以编那个故事,是为了调查一起杀人案。
duì. wǒ shì jǐngchá. wǒ zhīsuǒyǐ biān nàge gùshi, shì wèile diàochá yī qǐ shārén àn.
Yes. I am a policeman. The reason why I made up that story was in order to investigate a murder case.
A杀人?在寂州?
shārén? zài Jìzhōu?
Murder? In Jizhou?
B对。三年前,有人在这儿被杀。而方健明是这个案子的嫌疑人。
duì. sān nián qián, yǒurén zài zhèr bèi shā. ér Fāng Jiànmíng shì zhège ànzi de xiányírén.
That's right. Three years ago, a person was killed here. And Fang Jianming is a suspect in the case.
A你胡说!健明是好人,他的事我怎么会不知道?我凭什么相信你?
nǐ húshuō! Jiànmíng shì hǎorén, tā de shì wǒ zénme huì bù zhīdào? wǒ píng shénme xiāngxìn nǐ?
That's crazy! Jianming is a good person. How could i not know something like that? Why should I believe you?
B这是我的警察证,你自己看。刚刚打电话的是我的头儿,你现在就可以打电话问他。我们这些年一直在查,方健明正是这个案子的重要嫌疑人。
zhè shì wǒ de jǐngchá zhèng, nǐ zìjǐ kàn. gānggāng dǎdiànhuà de shì wǒ de tóur, nǐ xiànzài jiù kěyǐ dǎdiànhuà wèn tā. wǒmen zhèxiēnián yīzhí zài chá, Fāng Jiànmíng zhèng shì zhège ànzi de zhòngyào xiányírén.
This is my police badge, take a look for yourself. The person who just called is my captain. You can call him right now and ask. We have been investigating over the last few years, and Fang Jianming is the prime suspect in the case.
A你肯定搞错了。健明以前从来没有来过寂州。怎么会和杀人案有关?
nǐ kěndìng gǎocuò le. Jiànmíng yǐqián cónglái méiyǒu lái guo Jìzhōu. zénme huì hé shārén àn yǒuguān?
You must be mistaken. Jianming has never been to Jizhou before. How could he have anything to do with a murder case?
B你认识他多久了?
nǐ rènshi tā duō jiǔ le?
How long have you known him?
A一年半。可是我了解他,他的生活很简单,而且他特别善良,连一只蚊子都不会打死。他怎么可能会杀人?
yīnián bàn. kěshì wǒ liǎojiě tā, tā de shēnghuó hěn jiǎndān, érqiě tā tèbié shànliáng, lián yī zhǐ wénzi dōu bùhuì dǎsǐ. tā zěnme kěnéng huì shārén?
A year and a half. But I understand him. His life is very simple, and he is especially kind--he won't even kill a mosquito. How could he kill a person?
B这也是我们想知道的。我们调查了他三年,发现他以前来过这儿。还住过一段时间。总之,赵露,人很复杂。你不可能了解一个人的全部。
zhè yěshì wǒmen xiǎng zhīdào de. wǒmen diàochá le tā sān nián, fāxiàn tā yǐqián lái guo zhèr. hái zhù guo yīduàn shíjiān. zǒngzhī, Zhào Lù, rén hěn fùzá. nǐ bù kěnéng liǎojiě yī gè rén de quánbù.
That's what we would like to know, too. We have investigated him for three years, and have discovered that he has been here before. He even lived here for a period of time. Anyhow, Zhao Lu, people are very complicated. You cannot possibly completely understand everything about a person.
A够了!从我认识你的第一天起你就开始骗我,你让我怎么相信你?
gòu le! cóng wǒ rènshi nǐ de yī tiān qǐ nǐ jiù kāishǐ piàn wǒ, nǐ ràng wǒ zěnme xiāngxìn nǐ?
Enough! From the first day I met you you have been deceiving me. How can I trust you?
B我没有必要骗你。我知道这很难接受,但是事实就是这样。
wǒ méiyǒu bìyào piàn nǐ. wǒ zhīdào zhè hěn nán jiēshòu, dànshì shìshí jiùshì zhèyàng.
I have no reason to deceive you. I know this is very difficult to accept, but these are the facts.
A够了!够了!我不要听!你一直都在利用我。你真卑鄙!我再也不想见到你了!你别再来找我!
gòu le! gòu le! wǒ bùyào tīng! nǐ yīzhí dōu zài lìyòng wǒ. nǐ zhēn bēibì! wǒ zài yě bù xiǎng jiàndào nǐ le! nǐ bié zài lái zhǎo wǒ!
Enough! Enough! I don't want to hear it! You have just been using me. You are really despicable. I don't ever want to see you again! Don't ever come looking for me again!
B赵露!赵露!你别一个人乱走。
Zhào Lù! Zhào Lù! nǐ bié yī gè rén luànzǒu.
Zhao Lu! Zhao Lu! Don't go out there by yourself!

Key Vocabulary

搞鬼gǎoguǐto play tricks
真相zhēnxiàngtrue situation
biānto fabricate
嫌疑人xiányírénsuspect
案子ànzicase
头儿tóurhead
调查diàocháto investigate
利用lìyòngto use
卑鄙bēibìdespicable

Supplementary Vocabulary

暴露bàolùto expose
隐藏yǐncángto conceal
身份shēnfènidentity
卧底wòdǐundercover agent
办案bàn ànto take on a case