Officer: Wake up, Glimmer Twins. You've got a winner. This guy goes by the name of Victor. His real name is Theodore Allen. His prints were found at the scene by Homicide. He's got a long history of serious mental illness. His parents gave him a very strict Southern Baptist upbringing. But somewhere along the line they fell short. Victor dabbled in drugs, armed robbery and assault, spent some time in prison here a while back for the attempted rape of a minor. But his lawyer saw to it that didn't last long. His lawyer,by the way, is recently the deceased Eli Gould, the Greed murder victim.
Man: Yes sir.
Officer: We're finishing this thing up today ladies and gentlemen. Victor's been out of circulation for a while, but there's still a residence in his name.
Mills: You're not buying all this, are you?
Somerset: Doesn't seem like our guy, does it?
Mills: You tell me.
Somerset: Our killer seems to have more purpose.
Mills: You ever take a bullet?
Somerset: Never in my thirty-four years, knock wood. I've only taken my gun out three times with the intention of using it. Neverpulled the trigger. Not once. You?
Mills: Yeah, but. No, I never, never took, never took a bullet. but I pulled my gun once, shot it once.
Somerset: Really?
Mills: It was my first one of these. We were the Secondary unit. I was pretty shaky going in. I was a rookie then. Anyway we bust open the door looking for this junkie. And the fucker just opened fire on us. One cop got hit in the arm. Christ, what was his name? Spun him like a top. You know, I mean, more like slow motion. I remember riding in that ambulance. Well, he died right there. Right there. Christ, what was his fucking name?
妙語佳句,活學活用
1. Glimmer Twins
The Glimmer Twins is a nickname given to Mick Jagger and Keith Richards of The Rolling Stones. 這里是警官拿他們兩個開玩笑。
2. fall short
這個片語的意思是“fail to satisfy, as of expectations, (通常指品質)低于預料、預期的,缺乏的”,例如:This month we may fall short of our goals. 這個月我們可能無法達到我們的目標。
3. out of circulation
這個短語在這里是指“不參加社交活動的,不參加應酬的”,例如:I've been out of circulation in order to prepare for the TOEFL. 為了準備托福考試,我已經不參加社交活動了。Grandpa has been out of circulation after the stroke. 中風之后,祖父已經不再去應酬了。