2020年经济学人 Netflix电视剧--佛兰德的罗宾汉(2)

The mayor may be a caricature, but the bailiff is not. Baru pursues Jan because he believes in the law—though he also lusts¹ after the trappings of office (among other things). A battle of wills unfolds between the dashing rebel and the flawed defender² of order.

市长可能是夸张的描述，但法警不是。巴鲁追求简，因为他相信法律——尽管他也渴望得到官职的装饰(还有其他的东西)。

One of the boons⁴ of Netflix is that you can watch box sets from anywhere, in their original languages with English subtitles⁵. Particularly in a lockdown, it is a joy to explore the world via dramas in Galician (try “Bitter Daisies”, a murder mystery) or Zulu, one of several tongues spoken in “Queen Sono”, a sort of African James Bond.

Netflix的一大好处是，你可以在任何地方观看投影电影，而且是带英文字幕的原版电影。特别是在禁闭期间，通过加利西亚戏剧(比如谋杀悬疑剧《苦涩的雏菊》)或祖鲁语(《索诺女王》中使用的几种语言之一，有点像非洲版的詹姆斯·邦德)来探索世界是一种乐趣。

Unlike Bond—or Robin⁶ Hood—Jan de Lichte was a real person. By all accounts he was a thug, robbing the poor and murdering rivals. (The romanticised version is based on “De Bende van Jan de Lichte”, a novel by Louis Paul Boon³, a Belgian writer.) Still, many of the show’s details are accurate. The punishments endured by 18thcentury Flemish outlaws⁷ were every bit as barbaric as they seem on screen. There are worse fates than being stuck on the sofa.

与邦德或罗宾汉不同，简·德·利希特是一个真实的人。据说他是个暴徒，抢劫穷人、谋杀对手。(浪漫版是根据比利时作家路易斯·保罗·布恩的小说《De Bende van Jan De Lichte》改编的。) 不过，该剧的许多细节都是准确的。18世纪佛兰德的不法之徒所遭受的惩罚就像他们在银幕上所表现的那样野蛮。有比困在沙发上更糟糕的命运。

1 lusts   

贪求（lust的第三人称单数形式）

参考例句：

• A miser lusts for gold. 守财奴贪财。
• Palmer Kirby had wakened late blooming lusts in her. 巴穆·柯比在她心中煽动起一片迟暮的情欲。

2 defender   

n.保卫者，拥护者，辩护人

参考例句：

• He shouldered off a defender and shot at goal.他用肩膀挡开防守队员，然后射门。
• The defender argued down the prosecutor at the court.辩护人在法庭上驳倒了起诉人。

3 boon   

n.恩赐，恩物，恩惠

参考例句：

• A car is a real boon when you live in the country.在郊外居住，有辆汽车确实极为方便。
• These machines have proved a real boon to disabled people.事实证明这些机器让残疾人受益匪浅。

4 boons   

n.恩惠( boon的名词复数 )；福利；非常有用的东西；益处

参考例句：

• Set against this are some less tangible but still worthwhile boons. 此外，还有一些优惠虽不这么实际，但也值得一看。 来自互联网

5 subtitles   

n.说明字幕，印在外国影片上的对白翻译字幕，译文对白字幕；小标题，副标题( subtitle的名词复数 )；（电影的）字幕

参考例句：

• subtitles for the deaf and the hard of hearing 为耳聋和听力不佳者打出的字幕
• a Polish film with English subtitles 附有英语字幕的波兰影片

6 robin   

n.知更鸟，红襟鸟

参考例句：

• The robin is the messenger of spring.知更鸟是报春的使者。
• We knew spring was coming as we had seen a robin.我们看见了一只知更鸟，知道春天要到了。

7 outlaws   

歹徒，亡命之徒( outlaw的名词复数 )； 逃犯

参考例句：

• During his year in the forest, Robin met many other outlaws. 在森林里的一年，罗宾遇见其他许多绿林大盗。
• I didn't have to leave the country or fight outlaws. 我不必离开自己的国家，也不必与不法分子斗争。