海豹突击队在奥萨马·本·拉登住所发现的离奇物品：英语精读讲义

From video games to Disney movies to livestock to anime,

从电子游戏到迪士尼电影，从家畜到动漫，

we're about to take you on a crash course to some of the craziest things 短語搭配

接下来，我们要带你快速了解一些最疯狂的东西，

the Navy SEALs found inside Bin Laden's compound

它们都是海豹突击队在本·拉登的藏身院落里发现的，

after he was shot dead.

当时他已被击毙。

First, the surprising,

先从那些出人意料的发现说起，

before we work on our way up to the truly weird.

再一步步升级到真正诡异的东西。

Emails and extensive diaries were found on Bin Laden's computer

在本·拉登的电脑上，人们发现了电子邮件和大量日记，

showing that contrary to popular belief, 短語搭配

这些资料表明，事实与大众的普遍认知相反：

Bin Laden still had a lot more influence and control over Al-Qaeda than anyone believed.

本·拉登对“基地”组织的影响力和控制力，远比任何人想象的都大。

He communicated with the group extensively through thousands of written correspondences,

他通过数千封书面通信与该组织频繁联络，

issuing everything from strategic commands to religious fatwas. 語法

发布的内容从战略指令到宗教裁决，无所不包。

Bin Laden didn't have an internet connection at the compound,

本·拉登的藏身院落没有网络连接，

so couriers would instead take his written emails on a flash drive

所以信使会把他写好的电子邮件装进U盘，

and send them out from a local internet cafe.

再到当地的网吧发送出去。

And that's sure to get a laugh out of anyone who knows anything about cybersecurity. 短語搭配

稍微懂点网络安全的人听到这里，肯定都会笑出声。

We can only hope he was at least using a VPN. 語氣意圖

我们只能希望，他至少还用了VPN。

Other deeply personal things soon became CIA property after the raid,

突袭行动后，其他极为私密的物品也很快成了CIA的财产，

including Bin Laden's personal diary

包括本·拉登的私人日记，

and the wedding videos of his son, Hamza.

以及他儿子哈姆扎的婚礼录像。

Incidentally, 表達脈絡

顺带一提，

the wedding video actually had great strategic importance to US intelligence.

这段婚礼录像对美国情报部门其实具有重大战略价值。

It was widely believed that Hamza was being groomed to take his old man's place 講解

人们普遍认为，哈姆扎正被培养来接替他父亲，

at the seat of the Al-Qaeda table,

坐上“基地”组织的头把交椅，

but they hadn't received any photos of him since he was a child,

但情报人员从他童年以后就再也没拿到过他的照片，

until now.

直到现在。

This was presumably pretty useful intelligence

想必这是一条相当有用的情报，

as Hamza Bin Laden was killed by US forces in Afghanistan

因为哈姆扎·本·拉登后来在阿富汗被美军击毙，

between 2017 and 2019.

时间是在2017年至2019年之间。

Okay, so that's all the serious stuff out of the way. 短語搭配

好了，严肃的内容就说到这里。

Now, let's get strange.

现在，我们来点怪的。

Did you know Bin Laden was very possibly a gamer?

你知道吗？本·拉登很可能还是个游戏玩家。

While we can't ever know who was playing or watching what on the Al-Qaeda leader's computer,

我们永远无法确定，在这位“基地”组织头目的电脑上，究竟是谁在玩或看什么，

he was cooped up for a half a decade 短語動詞

但他足足被困了五年，

and had a multitude of video games on his PC.

而他的电脑里装着一大堆电子游戏。

It's more than likely he used some of his favorite video games to blow off some steam. 講解

他很可能会玩几款自己喜欢的游戏来放松解压。

So, what kind of games did this architect of terror like to indulge in? 講解

那么，这位恐怖活动的策划者喜欢沉迷什么游戏呢？

A big one was Counter-Strike,

其中一款重头游戏是《反恐精英》，

the iconic multiplayer game where two teams play as either terrorist or counter-terrorist groups

这款经典多人游戏让两支队伍分别扮演恐怖分子或反恐部队，

in conflict with one another. 短語搭配

相互交战。

We can only wonder which team he preferred to play as,

我们只能猜，他更喜欢选哪一边，

whether he continued to do what he did best online,

是不是在线上继续做自己最擅长的事，

or if he decided to play as the counter-terrorists instead for a little escapism. 用詞

还是为了暂时逃离现实，改玩反恐部队。

He also had a pirated copy of Half-Life on his computer,

他的电脑里还有一份盗版《半条命》，

and there's a kind of satisfaction in knowing that he died

一想到他到死

before he ever got a chance to play Half-Life Alyx. 語法

都没机会玩上《半条命：爱莉克斯》，还真让人有点痛快。

He also had Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars,

他还有《侠盗猎车手：血战唐人街》、

the puzzle game Zuma Deluxe,

益智游戏《祖玛豪华版》，

and Sniper Elite Nazi Zombie Army 2,

以及《狙击精英：纳粹僵尸大军2》，

because we guess even Bin Laden doesn't approve of Nazis.

看来就连本·拉登也不待见纳粹。

But he wasn't just a PC gamer.

不过，他可不只玩电脑游戏。

Bin Laden also apparently loved a good emulated Nintendo DS game,

显然，本·拉登也很喜欢用模拟器玩任天堂DS游戏，

because he had a whole bunch of them. 用詞

因为他收藏了一大堆。

These included classics like Super Mario Bros. and Animal Crossing: Wild World.

其中包括《超级马力欧兄弟》和《Animal Crossing: Wild World》等经典作品。

Incidentally, he didn't pay for official releases of any of these games.

顺带一提，这些游戏的正版他一款都没买。

The man truly was a monster. 語氣意圖

这人真是个恶魔。

But wait, it gets weirder. 表達脈絡

但等等，后面还更怪。

Without going into too much detail, 語氣意圖

细节就不展开说了，

Bin Laden's computer had a vast number of graphic screencaps

本·拉登的电脑里存着大量露骨截图，

from 8-bit Japanese adult games from the late 1990s.

来自20世纪90年代末的8位日本成人游戏。

His computer also contained such classy file names as, 語法

他的电脑里还有一些“品位高雅”的文件名，比如：

no, we're not kidding, 語氣意圖

不，我们没开玩笑，

booby 2.jpeg and horse dance.flv.

booby 2.jpeg和horse dance.flv。

It must have been a very long 5 years. 語法

那五年想必真是漫长难熬。

Incidentally, Osama Bin Laden must have been an otaku, 文化背景

顺带一提，奥萨马·本·拉登肯定还是个“御宅族”，

the Japanese expression for someone who's incredibly enthusiastic about niche topics,

这是日语中形容对小众话题极度着迷之人的说法，

more commonly used in the West to describe

而在西方，这个词更常用来指

someone heavily into invested in Japanese culture and media.

深度沉迷日本文化和媒体的人。

Bin Laden had a vast collection of anime on his computer,

本·拉登的电脑里收藏了大量动漫，

including Dragon Ball, Detective Conan, Bleach,

包括《龙珠》《名侦探柯南》《死神》，

and a little-known anime adaptation of the Devil May Cry game series.

以及一部鲜为人知、改编自《鬼泣》游戏系列的动画。

Incidentally, he also had a Dragon Ball video game

顺带一提，他还有一款《龙珠》电子游戏，

as well as Final Fantasy VII.

以及《最终幻想VII》。

Doesn't quite seem like a hobby befitting of a man who had the top spot 文化背景

对一个多年来一直高居

on the FBI's most wanted list for years on end. 短語搭配

FBI头号通缉名单榜首的人来说，这爱好似乎不太相称。

But enough about Japanese media. 表達脈絡

不过，日本媒体就说到这里。

For a guy who despised the West as much as Bin Laden,

对一个像本·拉登这样痛恨西方的人来说，

surely we couldn't expect him to indulge in anything as corrupt and sinful 語氣意圖

我们当然不会以为他会享用那些如此腐化、罪恶的东西，

as Western TV and movies, right?

比如西方的电视节目和电影，对吧？

Not quite, as it turns out. 表達脈絡

事实证明，还真不是。

Bin Laden actually had a vast number of Western movies and TV shows,

本·拉登其实收藏了大量西方电影和电视节目，

particularly cartoons.

尤其是动画片。

These included Cars, Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs,

其中包括《赛车总动员》《冰川时代3：恐龙的黎明》、

Chicken Little, and Antz.

《四眼天鸡》和《蚁哥正传》。

There's a real irony in a man as anti-Semitic as Osama Bin Laden 語法

像奥萨马·本·拉登这样一个反犹主义者，

owning a Woody Allen movie about talking cartoon ants,

居然收藏了一部伍迪·艾伦参演、讲会说话的卡通蚂蚁的电影，实在讽刺，

because he probably needed a laugh during his 5 years of de facto house arrest. 用詞

毕竟在五年事实上的软禁生活里，他大概也需要笑一笑。

He also kept several episodes of the cartoon Tom and Jerry on his computer,

他的电脑里还存着好几集动画片《猫和老鼠》，

as well as an episode of Mr. Bean.

以及一集《憨豆先生》。

He also had the movie adaptation of Resident Evil,

他还有电影版《生化危机》，

which has made a number of viewers wish 語法

这部片让不少观众恨不得

a team of Navy SEALs would storm in and shoot them.

有一队海豹突击队冲进来把他们毙了。

But he wasn't all about the fiction. 短語搭配

不过，他看的并不全是虚构作品。

Like many of you fine intellectually curious Infographics fans,

和许多聪明又充满求知欲的The Infographics Show粉丝一样，

he was also a lover of documentaries.

他也很爱看纪录片。

These included Mysteries of Egypt, Sex Crimes and the Vatican,

其中包括《埃及之谜》《性犯罪与梵蒂冈》、

BBC Battlefields, and Welcome to the 11th Dimension,

《BBC战场》和《欢迎来到第11维度》，

the final part of Nova's Elegant Universe series.

后者是NOVA《优雅的宇宙》系列的最后一集。

A surprising pick for a hardline religious fundamentalist. 用詞

对一个强硬派宗教原教旨主义者来说，这选择相当出人意料。

But without a doubt, 短語搭配

但毫无疑问，

Bin Laden's favorite documentary topic was himself. 表達脈絡

本·拉登最喜欢的纪录片主题就是他自己。

That's right.

没错。

Bin Laden had a large number of documentaries about himself and his crimes,

本·拉登收藏了大量关于他本人及其罪行的纪录片，

including Biography: Osama Bin Laden

包括《人物传记：奥萨马·本·拉登》

and Where in the World Is Osama Bin Laden.

和《奥萨马·本·拉登到底在哪？》。

These presumably gave him a little bit of self-esteem boost

这些片子大概能稍稍提升一下他的自尊心，

whenever the isolation was getting too much for him. 短語搭配

尤其是在孤立生活让他快受不了的时候。

In the interest of balance, 表達脈絡

为了保持“平衡”，

he also had a copy of Loose Change 2,

他还收藏了一份《Loose Change 2》，

the 9/11 truther documentary created by Alex Jones, 文化背景

这部由亚历克斯·琼斯制作的九一一“真相论”纪录片，

suggesting the attack was an inside job. 用詞

暗示那场袭击其实是内鬼所为。

We can only assume Bin Laden thought of this one as a dark comedy. 短語搭配

我们只能猜，本·拉登大概把它当成了一部黑色喜剧。

But looking at screens for all those years

不过，这么多年一直盯着屏幕，

can really mess with your eyes. 短語動詞

确实会把眼睛搞坏。

What about when one of the most evil men on Earth

那么，当这个地球上最邪恶的人之一

just wants to kick back and read a book for a little while? 短語動詞

只想放松一下，安静看会儿书时，他会读什么呢？

Bin Laden had a pretty vast and varied library,

本·拉登有一座规模颇大、种类繁多的藏书库，

including books on American diplomatic and foreign policy,

其中有不少探讨美国外交与对外政策的书，

including Noam Chomsky's Necessary Illusions,

包括诺姆·乔姆斯基的《必要的幻觉》、

Thought Control in Democratic Societies,

《民主社会中的思想控制》，

and Bob Woodward's Obama's Wars.

以及鲍勃·伍德沃德的《奥巴马的战争》。

He was also a big fan of books on conspiracy theories,

他也非常喜欢有关阴谋论的书，

such as the Illuminati and, of course, 9/11 conspiracy theories.

比如光明会，当然还有九一一事件阴谋论。

He truly was the has-been one-hit-wonder 習語

他还真像个只红过一次的过气明星，

of infamous international criminals.

只不过混的是臭名昭著的国际罪犯圈。

And finally,

最后，

some of the things on Bin Laden's computer

本·拉登电脑里还有一些东西，

that were so odd, 語法

怪异到了

they defy other categories.

根本无法归入其他类别。

Internet videos, pictures,

网络视频、图片，

and of course, memes.

当然还有网络迷因。

We're talking ancient memes, too. 表達脈絡

而且还是古早级别的迷因。

He had saved a copy of Charlie bit my finger,

他保存了一份《查理咬了我的手指》，

the popular viral video from 2007,

也就是2007年爆红的网络视频，

a respectable collection of funny and cute cat videos,

还收藏了相当数量的搞笑可爱猫咪视频，

and even an adorable picture of a stuffed monkey.

甚至有一张可爱的毛绒猴子照片。

He also had a weirdly high number of crochet guide videos, 用詞

他收藏的钩针编织教程视频也多得异常，

including a guide to crocheting an iPod sock.

其中还有教人钩织iPod保护套的教程。

It's almost surreal to think 語法

一想到这件事，简直有种超现实感：

that Bin Laden had these goofy videos on the same hard drive

本·拉登竟把这些傻里傻气的视频，和

as footage of Al-Qaeda beheading.

“基地”组织斩首他人的影像存在同一个硬盘里。

Bin Laden had a lot of saved YouTube videos

本·拉登保存了许多YouTube视频，

on his computer before his death.

生前全都放在他的电脑里。

Thankfully, 語氣意圖

值得庆幸的是，

because we started making videos

由于我们开始制作视频时，

only a few months before his death back in 2011,

距离他在2011年死亡只有几个月，

there was nothing from the Infographics Show on that deeply cursed hard drive. 用詞

所以那块邪门至极的硬盘里没有任何The Infographics Show的视频。

And finally,

最后，

one of the strangest things of all on Bin Laden's computer, 語法

说到本·拉登电脑上最怪异的东西之一，

his press release bloopers. 用詞

那就是他发布声明时的NG片段。

You might remember the sinister videos of Bin Laden sharing his

你或许还记得那些阴森的视频：本·拉登通过VHS录像带宣扬他的

ideologies and threats against the West on VHS tapes,

意识形态，并发出针对西方的威胁，

normally sitting in a cave

通常他都坐在山洞里，

and flanked by his Al-Qaeda henchmen. 用詞

两旁簇拥着“基地”组织的党羽。

But while in the Abbottabad compound,

但在阿伯塔巴德的藏身院落里，

Bin Laden filmed a number of practice videos

本·拉登拍摄了不少练习视频，

that never ended up getting released to the public, 短語動詞

最终从未向公众发布，

serving almost as a kind of Al-Qaeda blooper reel 語法

几乎成了某种“基地”组织NG集锦，

from the master of terror himself. 語氣意圖

而主角正是这位恐怖大师本人。

Personally,

就个人而言，

we can't imagine it'll be finding its way onto America's Funniest Home Videos anytime soon. 講解

我们很难想象它近期会登上《全美最搞笑家庭录像》。

And that's all you need to know about the strangest things 表達脈絡

以上就是你需要知道的全部内容：那些最离奇的东西，

the Navy SEALs found in the Abbottabad compound.

都是海豹突击队在阿伯塔巴德藏身院落里发现的。

Good riddance, 語氣意圖

死得好，

Bin Laden.

本·拉登。

We're sure they have a copy of Chicken Little in Hell. 語氣意圖

我们敢肯定，地狱里有一份《四眼天鸡》。

Now, go watch

现在，去看看

FBI's Most Violent Most Wanted of All Time

《FBI史上最暴力的头号通缉犯》

and Worst Days in the History of the World

和《世界历史上最黑暗的日子》，

for more videos involving this modern monster.

了解更多关于这个现代恶魔的视频。