福爾摩斯背后的故事

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夏洛克·福爾摩斯是我們耳熟能詳的名字，不管是在文學還是影視作品中，他都是舉世聞名的大偵探。不過，他是個虛構的人物，那這虛構人物的故事是怎樣讓人覺得如此真實的呢？

Every year, thousands of people visit one of the world's most famous addresses: 221B Baker Street, London.

The address is famous for being where the1)fictional detective Sherlock Holmes lived in the well-known stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

A lot of people are so taken with the stories that they forget Sherlock Holmes wasn't a real person and therefore didn't ever actually live at the address. In fact, there was no house there when Conan Doyle wrote the stories.

So, if Sherlock Holmes was a made up character, why do so many people think of him like a real person?

1）fictional [?f?k??nl] adj. 虛構的

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be taken with 對……很喜愛；被迷?。槐晃齧ake up 捏造

It is often said that the character Sherlock Holmes was based on a real person named Benjamin Bell, a forensic surgeon for whom Conan Doyle worked as a clerk at the Edinburɡh Royal infirmary.

Sherlock Holmes'problem-solving ability and powers of2)observation are based on the surgeon. Bell was even called on by the police to join several3)investigation, just as Sherlock Holmes did.

Conan Doyle found the4)inspiration for the name of his famous detective elsewhere, though. He was an expert cricket player and5)combined the names of to other well-known players, Shacklock and Sherwin, to make the name “Sherlock”.

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be based on 以……為基礎

forensic surgeon 法醫

2）observation [??bz??ve??n] n.觀察；評論；注意；遵守

3）investiɡation [?n?vest??ɡe??n] n.調查；調查研究

4）inspiration [??nsp??re??n] n.靈感；妙計；好辦法

5）combine [k?m?ba?n] v.組合；結合

Another thing that makes the character seem like a real person is his6)distinctive habits. He rarely ate breakfast and had three pipes which he enjoyed smoking.

Althouɡh his famous methods for solvinɡ mysteries started in fiction, many of them became part of7)modern-day policing.

Although the character is made-up most of the8)locations are real. One of Conan Doyle's strengths as an author is describing a London that seems so real to the reader.

Most of the famous locations in the books are in London and Sherlock Holmes fans love to visit the locations in the books and those used later in the movies.

6）distinctive [d??st??kt?v] adj.有特色的；與眾不同的

7）modern-day [?m?dn ?de?] adj.當代的；當前的

8）location [l???ke???n] n.地點；位置；定位

每年都有成千上萬的人參觀世界上最著名的地址之一：倫敦貝克街221B號。

阿瑟·柯南·道爾爵士著名小說中的偵探——夏洛克·福爾摩斯就住在這里。

很多人都被小說中的故事迷住了，以至于他們忘記了夏洛克·福爾摩斯其實并不是真人，所以他根本就沒住過這個地方。事實上，柯南·道爾創作福爾摩斯的故事時，那里還沒有房子。

那么，既然夏洛克·福爾摩斯是一個虛構的角色，為什么還有那么多人認為他真實存在呢?

人們常說，夏洛克·福爾摩斯這個人物是以一個名叫本杰明·貝爾的真實人物為原型創作的，他是一名法醫，柯南·道爾曾與他在愛丁堡皇家醫院共事。

福爾摩斯解決問題的能力和觀察力都建立在外科醫生的職業基礎上。貝爾也像夏洛克·福爾摩斯一樣，被警方召去參加過幾項調查。

然而，柯南·道爾是在別處找到了創作這位著名偵探名字的靈感。柯南·道爾是一名板球高手，他把夏克洛克和舍溫等著名板球運動員的名字結合在一起，取名為“夏洛克”。

讓這個角色看起來像是真人的另一個因素是他與眾不同的習慣。他很少吃早餐，卻喜歡抽煙，有三支煙斗。

雖然他破解謎團的方法是寫在小說里的，但其中許多方法后來被借鑒到現代警務工作當中。

盡管角色是虛構的，但大多數故事的場景卻是真實的?？履稀さ罓栕鳛樽骷业囊淮髢瀯菥褪敲鑼懥艘粋€在讀者看來真實無比的倫敦。

書中大多數著名的場景都在倫敦，而福爾摩斯的粉絲們也喜歡去參觀書中故事發生的場景以及后來電影的拍攝地。