There is nothing like boredom to make you write, agreed a young Agatha Christie.

没有什么比无聊更能笔写作了，年轻的阿加莎·克里斯蒂对此表示同意。

Hello Steve. It's my aunt Agatha. Let's sing a song together. Yeah. Good idea.

好，史蒂。这是我的姑姑阿加莎。我们来一起唱首歌吧。耶。好主意。

Tape-Measure Murder is a short story by Agatha Christie.

《软尺谋杀案》是阿加莎·克里斯蒂写的短篇小说。

Agatha Christie makes one think about detective mysteries.

说起阿加莎·克里斯蒂，会人想起侦探悬疑小说。

Agatha Christie, who is a famous crime writer.

阿加莎·克里斯蒂，她是著名的犯罪小说作家。

I know, I know. Lady Agatha isn't much of a party person, I admit.

我明白。阿加莎人的确不太喜欢热闹。

In one experiment, participants were more likely to say that a fictional character named Agatha should keep playing the cello if her husband had paid a lot for her initial lessons, rather than if he had paid little.

在一项实验中，参与者更可能会说，一个名叫阿加莎的虚构人物应该继续演奏大提琴，如果她的丈为她最初的课程付了很多费用，但如果付的费用并不多就不用继续了。

Hey, are you a fan of good old Agatha Christie novels or are modern works with elements of thriller more to your liking?

嘿，是阿加莎`克里斯蒂小说的粉丝，还是更喜欢带有惊悚元素的现代作品？

Then the door opened, and in came Felix, Sophie, and Agatha.Their faces were filled with horror and fear when they saw me.

接着门开了，菲力克斯、苏菲还有阿加莎走了进来。他们看到我时脸上都充满了恐惧的神色。

For example, I could say that my love of mystery stories is rooted in my childhood full of Agatha Christie books!

例如，我可以说，我对神秘故事的热爱源于我的童年，我的童年被阿加莎·克里斯蒂的书所填满！

Prichard said he doesn't rely on sensitivity readers, but approves any changes himself, sometimes after consulting others at her estate.

普里查德说，他不靠敏感问题审读员，而是自己对任何改进行把关，有时会咨询阿加莎文学遗产管理公司的其他人。

She bet that Agatha wouldn't be able to create a compelling mystery— and certainly not something she couldn't solve.

她打赌，阿加莎写不出引人入胜的悬疑小说，而且没有什么谜团是她马奇解不开的。

I love reading crime fiction - you know detective stories by authors like Ruth Rendell or Agatha Christie.

我喜欢读犯罪小说——知道的，就像露丝·兰德尔和阿加莎·克里斯蒂这样的作家所写的侦探小说。

The two children, May and Agatha, enjoyed seeing the shining heavy door, with all its special parts.

那两个小女孩，梅和阿加莎，见了闪闪发亮的金属以及古怪的时钟装置和把手，非常高兴。

He'd sold, I mean, millions of her books for a tiny, tiny price, which was really important.

他以极低的价格卖出了数百万本阿加莎·克里斯蒂的书，这一点真的很重要。

As you might have guessed, Agatha won her sister's bet.

们大概已经猜到了，阿加莎赌赢了姐姐。

On May 30 of 2010, a massive sinkhole opened up in Guatemala City during hurricane Agatha.

在2010年5月30日，阿加莎飓风袭击期间危第马拉城开了一个陷洞。

Oh look, here she is now. Hello auntie Agatha. Hello Steve.

哦看，她在那儿。好，阿加莎姑姑。好，史蒂。

Agatha Christie had a long and very active career before she died in 1976.

阿加莎·克里斯蒂在1976年去世之前，有一段非常活跃的职业生涯。

Agatha's mother, wild too now, beat on the door with her hands. Annabel turned to Jimmy, her large eyes full of pain, but with some hope, too.

阿加莎的母亲发疯似地用手捶打着保险库的门。有人甚至提议用炸药。安娜贝尔转向吉米，她那双大眼睛里充满了焦急，但并没有绝望的神色。