What do an eccentric British detective, a cut-throat Washington pol and a bunch of nerds at Caltech have in common?
一個(gè)怪異的英國(guó)偵探、一個(gè)殘酷的華盛頓政客，以及一幫加州理工學(xué)院的神經(jīng)大條，會(huì)有什么共同之處嗎？

They are characters in some of the most popular foreign TV shows in China.
他們都是中國(guó)熱播的歐美劇中的人物角色。

Over the past five years, The Big Bang Theory alone has been streamed more than 1.3 billion times. To appreciate how much some young Chinese love the BBC series, Sherlock, step inside 221B Baker Street. That's Holmes' fictitious address in London as well as the name of a café that opened last year in Shanghai's former French Concession.
過(guò)去五年，僅《生活大爆炸》就已經(jīng)被點(diǎn)擊了13億多次。要想知道中國(guó)年輕人有多喜歡BBC劇集《神探夏洛克》，那就去貝克街221B號(hào)看看吧——這不只是福爾摩斯小說(shuō)中的倫敦地址，也是去年在上海法租界開(kāi)張的一家咖啡店的名字。

Good luck, though, finding a table.
祝好運(yùn)，但愿你能擠到一個(gè)座位吧！

"Business has been very good since the premier of the third season," says Eric Zhang, the café's twenty-seven-year-old owner. "People have to line up or make reservations in advance on Saturday and Sunday, otherwise they can't get a seat."
“第三季開(kāi)播以來(lái)，生意就特別地好?！?7歲的店主艾瑞克·張（音譯）說(shuō)?！爸芰苋盏臅r(shí)候，顧客必須提前預(yù)約或排隊(duì)等候，要不然是不會(huì)有座位的?！?/div>

Like many young people here, Zhang grew up reading the detective classics by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, translated into Chinese. Zhang says his father is a detective and used to share murder, smuggling and arson cases with him.
跟這里的許多年輕人一樣，張先生也是讀阿瑟·柯南·道爾的中文版?zhèn)商叫≌f(shuō)長(zhǎng)大的。他說(shuō)，他父親就是一名偵探，經(jīng)常跟他講謀殺走私放火之類(lèi)的案件。

"Actually, I aspired to be a policeman," says Zhang, "but I didn't pass the physical and opened a café instead."
“其實(shí)，我很想成為一名警察，可惜沒(méi)能通過(guò)體能測(cè)試，所以只好開(kāi)了這家咖啡店?！?張先生說(shuō)。

The café – all wood and leather — is drenched in Sherlock paraphernalia. On the wall next to the bar are hand-written, Sherlock plot-lines. By the window sits a tableful of what is supposed to be Dr. Watson's medical equipment, including a microscope and old glass syringes retrieved from the basement of a Chinese hospital. On the bookshelves sit seemingly endless photos of Benedict Cumberbatch, who plays Holmes in the series. Zhang explains the shrine-like treatment of the British actor.
這家木質(zhì)皮革的咖啡店充滿(mǎn)了夏洛克風(fēng)格?？堪膳_(tái)的墻上是手寫(xiě)的夏洛克臺(tái)詞；窗邊的桌上有類(lèi)似華生的藥箱，里面有從中國(guó)醫(yī)院得到的顯微鏡和舊玻璃注射器；書(shū)架上則赫然陳列著滿(mǎn)滿(mǎn)的本尼迪克特·康伯巴奇的照片，本尼迪克特在劇集中扮演了福爾摩斯的角色。張先生還特別解釋了這位英國(guó)演員的優(yōu)越待遇。

"To tell you the truth, girls are especially fond of him," says Zhang. "He has personal charm. It's irresistible."
“說(shuō)真的，女孩子們都很迷戀他。他有著令人難以抗拒的魅力?！彼f(shuō)。

Indeed, nearly every customer here today is female. Tina Zhou, 25, works for a Chinese state-owned company. She says Cumberbatch – whose Chinese nickname is "Curly Fu," a reference to his hair — plays a great Holmes.
確實(shí)，今天來(lái)這里的幾乎都是女性。25歲的周小姐在一家國(guó)企上班，她說(shuō)康伯巴奇把福爾摩斯這個(gè)角色演得非常棒，因?yàn)榫戆l(fā)而在中國(guó)被昵稱(chēng)為“卷?！?。

"He combines all these qualities," she says. "He's intelligent, pretty humorous, has a sort of a dry humor. He's charming, talented. He carries himself in an elegant way. A gentleman."
“他具備了所有品質(zhì)：聰明、幽默、會(huì)冷笑話(huà)、有魅力有天賦，他做事得體，真是個(gè)紳士。”

If many young women here can't take their eyes off Cumberbatch, millions of other Chinese are transfixed by a very different foreign TV character, Frank Underwood, the Machiavellian politician at the center of Netflix's House of Cards.
要說(shuō)許多這里的女孩子正被康伯巴奇迷得團(tuán)團(tuán)轉(zhuǎn)，那么其他的應(yīng)該正迷戀著另一個(gè)完全不同的美劇角色——弗蘭克·安德伍德，Netflix《紙牌屋》中的一名狡猾政客。

The series, which debuted here on Valentine's Day, is the hottest foreign TV show in China right now with more than 83 million streams. Andrew Jiang, who binge-watched all 13 episodes in a single day, thinks House of Cards may be more interesting to Chinese than Americans.
該劇從情人節(jié)開(kāi)始上映，現(xiàn)在已經(jīng)成為中國(guó)最火的一檔美劇，點(diǎn)擊次數(shù)超過(guò)8300萬(wàn)。蔣先生用一天時(shí)間一口氣看完了13集，認(rèn)為中國(guó)人可能比美國(guó)人還要喜歡《紙牌屋》。

"Because you get this kind of political drama all the time," he says, "while in China, there is no political drama."
“因?yàn)槊绹?guó)一直都有政治類(lèi)的劇集，而中國(guó)卻沒(méi)有?！彼f(shuō)。

"Everyone is like a hero and everyone is like a great statesman," Jiang says. "It's just propaganda, but in House of Cards, what you are going to see is the sausage-making process."
“人人都像英雄，人人都是偉大的政治家，完全就是政治宣傳片。但在《紙牌屋》中，你可以看到其中的內(nèi)幕?！彼f(shuō)。

Dwarfing Sherlock and House of Cards in longevity and overall popularity here is The Big Bang Theory, which for many young Chinese became must-see TV, usually streamed on a computer or iPad. A big reason is because many identify with the main characters: nerdy science guys.
無(wú)論是時(shí)間還是整體受歡迎度上，《神探夏洛克》和《紙牌屋》都不及《生活大爆炸》——這是很多中國(guó)年輕人的“必看美劇”，一般都通過(guò)電腦或蘋(píng)果平板來(lái)收看。主要原因在于，許多人都很喜歡那些“科學(xué)怪咖”主角們。

The show has been a big hit with Chinese college students, who are more bookish than their American counterparts. When Yu Wenting attended Sichuan University a few years back, she says many of her classmates were just like The Big Bang Theory's lead characters, Sheldon and Leonard.
這部美劇在中國(guó)大學(xué)生之間很流行，而中國(guó)大學(xué)生要比美國(guó)大學(xué)生更顯得“書(shū)呆子氣”吧。當(dāng)余文婷（音譯）還在四川大學(xué)讀書(shū)時(shí)，她說(shuō)身邊有很多同學(xué)就跟《生活大爆炸》里面的謝爾頓和萊納德一樣。

"They themselves were having exactly the same issue as the guys in the show, of finding girlfriends and talking to girls, because their life is full of work and lacks a social aspect," Yu says.
“他們也存在跟美劇主角一樣的問(wèn)題，很難找到女朋友或跟女孩子講話(huà)，因?yàn)樗麄兊纳钊粚W(xué)習(xí)填滿(mǎn)了，非常缺乏社交經(jīng)驗(yàn)。”余文婷說(shuō)。

Young Chinese recognize other traits in the cast, such as Sheldon's self-absorption. In one scene, Sheldon becomes irritated with next door neighbor Penny for giving him a Christmas present, which he sees as an imposition.
中國(guó)年輕人還很發(fā)現(xiàn)了角色的其他特征，比如謝爾頓的大條神經(jīng)。在某個(gè)場(chǎng)景中，謝爾頓跟隔壁的佩妮鬧得很不愉快，因?yàn)榕迥菟土怂粋€(gè)圣誕禮物，可他覺(jué)得這很被動(dòng)無(wú)奈。

"I know you think you're being generous, but the foundation of gift-giving is reciprocity," says Sheldon, played by Jim Parsons. "You haven't given me a gift. You've given me an obligation."
“我知道你可能覺(jué)得自己很大方，但送禮物是以雙方互惠為基礎(chǔ)的，” 謝爾頓（吉米·帕森斯扮演）說(shuō)，“你給我的不是禮物，而是義務(wù)。”

The Big Bang Theory — now in its seventh season — is losing some of its appeal here. People say the writers seem to be running out of gas, but newer foreign shows are coming along, attracting audiences. Young Chinese are increasingly drawn to an eclectic mix, which includes 2 Broke Girls, The Vampire Diaries and Masters of Sex.
已經(jīng)更新到第七季的《生活大爆炸》在中國(guó)正慢慢失去關(guān)注。人們覺(jué)得編劇好像寫(xiě)不出了。好在新的美劇不斷涌現(xiàn)，也在不斷吸引觀(guān)眾的眼球。中國(guó)年輕人越來(lái)越喜歡《破產(chǎn)姐妹》、《吸血鬼日記》以及《性愛(ài)大師》之類(lèi)口味的美劇了。