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智 课 网 托 福 备 考 资 料 IBT阅读材料：用iPhone的福尔摩斯 福尔摩斯是19世纪末英国小说家柯南道尔塑造的一个才华横溢的侦 探，他的经典故事被许多电影和电视剧搬上过银幕，而在最近的一部作 品中，他和他的助手华生又一下子来到了现代。 Imagine a modern Sherlock Holmes with a Blackberry phone instead of a pocket watch. Holmes travels around London by taxi instead of coach and horse. And the famous detective hunts criminals by launching the GPS on his laptop. 想象一下现代夏洛克•福尔摩斯的样子——黑莓手机代替了怀表、 出行工具也由长途客车、马匹变成了出租车、这位著名的神探甚至用手 提电脑上的全球定位仪来追捕罪犯。 This 21st century Holmes is the star of BBC One’s three-part series Sherlock. It sets Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s tales in the present day and shows this legendary detective working his deductive magic in contemporary London. 这位21世纪的福尔摩斯正是BBC一套节目热播的《神探夏洛克》三 部曲中的主角。该剧集将阿瑟•柯南•道尔笔下的故事搬到了当代，向观 众展示了这位传奇神探如何在当今的伦敦城续写侦探神话。 The setting of Sherlock remains true to the original story: Holmes and Dr Watson live at 221B Baker Street; mysterious murders stimulate Holmes’ reasoning powers; and the detective takes on his arch enemy Moriarty. But in the new version, producer Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss rejuvenate the stories by injecting elements which relate to modern life. 夏洛克的人物背景仍然忠于原著：福尔摩斯和华生医生依旧住在贝 克街221B号;神秘凶手依旧激发着福尔摩斯的推理能力;这位神探依旧和 他的死敌莫里亚蒂较量着。但在新版剧集中，制片人史蒂文•莫法特和 马克•加蒂斯利用诸多现代元素为这个古老故事注入新的活力。 Conceited, sociopathic 福尔摩斯：孤傲 ，独来独往 Then: The fictional detective, Sherlock Holmes, is famous for using his powers of logic and reasoning to solve difficult cases. Hispersonality is somewhat bizarre. In the books by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, his friend, Dr Watson, describes Holmes as “eccentric, with no regard for contemporary standards of tidiness or good order. “ Holmes also has a huge ego and he often comes across as being rather arrogant. 过去 ：小说中，侦探夏洛克•福尔摩斯以运用逻辑推理能力破获悬 案而著称于世。他性格有点古怪。在阿瑟•柯南•道尔的书中，福尔摩斯 的朋友华生医生形容他 “古怪，无视整洁有序的当代标准。”福尔摩斯 还十分自负 ，时不时地表现出傲慢无礼的一面。 Now: In Sherlock, Holmes, portrayed by Benedict Cumberbatch, is somethin