3. Read the text and answer the questions below. Inspector Chief Inspector Morse is the star of a series of thirteen detective novels by British writer Colin Dexter. Morse is a senior officer with the Thames Valley Police in Oxford. The novels were so popular because Inspector Morse has such an unusual personality. He loves classic cars, classical music and is very intelligent. He is also a very likeable person but he usually seems in a bad mood. Inspector Morse dislikes spelling errors and bad grammar and always points out the mistakes he finds in reports. Morse has a faithful young partner called Detective Sergeant Lewis who accompanies him everywhere. The Inspector Morse books were so successful that Central Independent Television made them into a TV series that is still popular today. 1) Who wrote the Inspector Morse novels? 2) Where did Morse work? 3) What did Inspector Morse like/dislike? 4) Who was Detective Sergeant Lewis? 5) Was the TV series popular?

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1. British writer Colin Dexter wrote the Inspector Morse novels. (Романы об инспекторе Морсе написал британский писатель Колин Декстер.)
2. Morse worked for the Thames Valley Police in Oxford. (Морс работал в полиции долины Темзы в Оксфорде.)
3. He liked classic cars and classical music. He disliked spelling errors and bad grammar. (Ему нравились классические автомобили и классическая музыка. Он не любил орфографические ошибки и плохую грамматику.)
4. Detective Sergeant Lewis was Morse’s faithful young partner. (Детектив-сержант Льюис был верным молодым напарником Морса.)
5. Yes, it was. The TV series is still popular today. (Да. Телесериал до сих пор популярен.)