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All in all,
總而言之
the character played by John Thaw is cuddlier and easier
約翰·肖扮演的角色比德克斯特小說里的原角色
than the original of Dexter's novels.
更加可愛，更加隨和
What is common to both
兩者相似的地方
is Morse's intuitive intelligence,
是莫爾斯直觀的智慧
his pessimism about human nature
對(duì)于人性本質(zhì)的悲觀
and his strong moral sense, his lonely and curmudgeonly property.
以及強(qiáng)烈的道德觀，他孤僻和小氣的特點(diǎn)
If it weren't such poor pun, I'd call this the code of Morse.
如果這個(gè)雙關(guān)語不是這么糟糕，我會(huì)把這叫做莫爾斯密碼
Inspector Morse has of course been succeeded in television by Lewis.
莫爾斯探長因?yàn)椋芬姿梗陔娨暽弦呀?jīng)成功了
In terms of ratings, this is a fairly successful spinoff,
以收視率來說，這是個(gè)相當(dāng)成功的副產(chǎn)品了
and there are of course continuities between the series.
并且電視劇之間肯定還有不少作品
I personally think that the plots in Lewis
我個(gè)人認(rèn)為，路易斯，的情節(jié)
have become convoluted and strained,
已經(jīng)變得費(fèi)解和做作
and even that the use of Oxford as a setting
甚至以牛津?yàn)楣适卤尘?/div>
has become somewhat hackneyed.
也已經(jīng)變得有點(diǎn)陳腐
What does work in the Lewis programs
路易斯，劇里真正起到效果的
is the relationship between Lewis, now an inspector,
是目前作為探長的路易斯
and Laurence Fox as detective sergeant James Hathaway.
和勞倫斯·福克斯扮演的偵探警長詹姆士·海瑟薇的之間的關(guān)系
Hathaway is a hugely bright younger policeman.
海瑟薇是個(gè)超級(jí)陽光的年輕警察
He is a Cambridge graduate
他是個(gè)劍橋畢業(yè)生
who subsequently trained for the priesthood in Oxford.
后來在牛津受過祭司訓(xùn)練
In one episode we're told that at school,
有一段我們?cè)趯W(xué)校就聽過的情節(jié)中
he was nicknamed WC short for Wolfgang Christ,
他被取了個(gè)綽號(hào)叫沃爾夫?qū)せ剑喎QWC
because he didn't know whether he wanted to be Mozart or Jesus.
因?yàn)樗恢雷约旱降紫氤蔀槟剡€是耶穌
Hathaway is highly knowledgeable and he often shows it.
海瑟薇很博學(xué)而且經(jīng)常顯擺他的博學(xué)
He is technologically savvy,
他精通科技
he's always on his blackberry.
他常常用他的黑莓手機(jī)
And especially in the pilot episodes,
尤其是在有些情節(jié)中
Hathaway constantly shook Lewis with a range of specialist knowledge
海瑟薇經(jīng)常用一堆專業(yè)名詞震撼到路易斯
that would see him do outstandingly well on university challenge.
以此可見面臨大學(xué)挑戰(zhàn)他可以很出色的完成
I make this point because although Hathaway
我提出這點(diǎn)是因?yàn)椋Ｉ彪m然是
is a professional policeman he is not a don.
一名專業(yè)警察，他不是一名大學(xué)教師
He unmistakably belongs in the tradition of
顯然，他歸類于傳統(tǒng)的
Appleby, Fen, Usher, Morse and the rest.
艾伯比，芬恩，亞瑟，莫爾斯以及其他人
because of course Morse although is a policeman,
當(dāng)然莫爾斯雖然是個(gè)警察
is really a kind of don, too.
實(shí)際上也算是個(gè)大學(xué)教師
Hathaway is at home like Morse in the city and his university.
海瑟薇在家，城市和大學(xué)里都像莫爾斯
He is the latest in very long line of clever Oxford detectives,
他是最新版的天生聰穎的牛津偵探
exercising intellect in the solving of crimes.
憑借智力解決犯罪問題
I suspect he will not be the last.
我想他不會(huì)是最后一個(gè)
But we must now confront the question: why Oxford?
我們必須面對(duì)這個(gè)問題:為什么是牛津
Others have supposed this question
別人已經(jīng)提出過這樣的疑問
and they've come up with different answers
他們得出不同的答案
and I draw upon their insights.
我借鑒了他們的見解
But I want to begin with some more general observation,
但是我想要以更多綜合觀察為起點(diǎn)
move beyond detective stories and consider campus novels.
跨出偵探小說，考慮校園小說
All novels set in British universities,
所有小說都以英國大學(xué)為背景
which university predominate?
哪所大學(xué)占主要地位
