4. Sherlock Holmes and Watson

Sherlock Holmes and Watson were out camping1 one night. After pitching2 the tent and rolling out the sleeping bags, they decided to turn in and sleep.

In the middle of the night, Holmes violently shook Watson awake. "Watson,' he said, "look at the sky and tell me what you see."

I see the stars. replied Watson. "Yes, and what does that tell you?"

Watson took a big breath, "Astronomically3 speaking, it means that we are insignificant4 among the spectrum5 of the universe, psychologically speaking that we are only creating a dent6 in the infinite mystery of life, and theologically7 speaking that God rules all things. How about you, sir?"

What it tells me, he said, "is that someone has stolen our tent."

Notes:

1. camping 野营

2. pitching the tent 支起帐篷

3. astronomically 天文学地

4. insignificant 无足轻重的

5. spectrum 系列，范围

6. dent 凹痕

7. theologically 神学上地

夏洛克·福尔摩斯和华生

夏洛克·福尔摩斯和华生有一天夜里去露营。搭起帐篷铺好睡袋后，他们决定睡觉。

半夜，福尔摩斯用力将华生晃醒。

“华生”，他说，“看看天空，告诉我你看到什么”。

“我看到星星。”华生回答。

“对，这个告诉你什么？”

华生深吸了一口气，说：“从天文学上来说，它意味着我们在浩瀚的宇宙之中是微不足道的；从心理学上来说，我们仅仅在生命的无限神秘之中留下小小的痕迹；从神学上来说，上帝掌管一切。你以为如何，先生？”

“它告诉我”，他说，“有人偷走了我们的帐篷。”

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夏洛克·福尔摩斯是英国小说家阿瑟·柯南·道尔所创造出的侦探，现在已成为世界通用的名侦探最佳代名词！福尔摩斯平常都悠闲地在贝克街221号B室里抽着烟斗等待委托上门。一旦接到案子，他立刻将整个事件抽丝剥茧、层层过滤，直到最后真相大白。他的好友华生医生虽然有点“反应迟钝”，但正是这点更衬托出福尔摩斯的足智多谋。