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And of course all his Morse novels are set in Oxford.
當然所有這些莫爾斯小說都被設置在牛津
I think by the time Morse retired he'd witnessed
我想到莫爾斯退休的時候他應該已經(jīng)
the filling of 81 body bags in Oxford with bodies murdered in Oxford.
在牛津見證了81個被害人尸袋的裝運過程
Including three heads of colleges
包括三名學院領導
and there's lots and lots of others murder mysteries
還有很多很多其他的兇殺迷局
set in Oxford as well.
也設定在牛津
It's a highly hazardous place Oxford if you believe crime fiction.
如果你相信犯罪小說的話，牛津絕對是個高危之地
I mean if you work on that statistically,
我是說如果你們統(tǒng)計一下的話
it is very unlikely that all of you will make it home tonight.
今晚你們不可能全部都安然回家
And I would be very very careful what you eat for lunch.
你們午餐吃什么得特別小心
I'd brought pie and sandwiches if I'd been you.
如果我是你們的話，我會自帶派和三明治
There are other places other cities like this.
還有其他地方其他城市也是如此
In rankings Edinburgh, Don Leon,
排行榜依次是愛丁堡，唐萊昂
Venice, Steven Saylors, Ancient Rome
威尼斯，斯蒂文塞洛斯，古羅馬
or areas like one of my favorite living contemporary crime writers
或是我最喜歡的在世的當代犯罪小說作家
C.J. Sansom has chosen England crime novels.
桑塞姆選擇作為犯罪小說發(fā)生地的英格蘭
Everywhere you look in crime fiction detective fiction nowadays
你們在現(xiàn)今的犯罪小說偵探小說中讀到的每一個地方
and it is as you'll be aware massively thriving and popular genre.
都會意識到大規(guī)模繁榮的流派
Everywhere you look you see authors whose imaginations
每一處你都會看到作者的想象力
are animated by a kind of force field between two opposing poles,
被通過力場相作用的兩極
between the desire to create brain teasing patterns
被創(chuàng)造益智模式的渴望
and a fascination with the disorder
被對混亂的癡迷
and the derangement the murder represents.
以及被兇殺表現(xiàn)的狂亂等所激發(fā)
It's a force field that I hope and think will long continue,
我希望，我認為這是一個長期維持的力場
because for more than a century now it has generated
因為一個多世紀以來它已經(jīng)誕生了
a wealth of distinctive and compelling fiction.
大量的特色鮮明的引人入勝的小說
Thank you.
謝謝
