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Trinity-style
exercises
These stories are recorded in full.
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(Grades
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His mother,
on the other
mi li tary
2 -
his
Because
he had
Sherlock Holmes:
began
Mary Doyle.
Conan Doyle's mother in 1891.
The Richard Lancelyn Green Collection.
of his patients
by simply observing
them
In 1880 Arthur
accepted
whaler.
a job as ship's
doctor
on an arctic
Scotland. His father was a timid and impractical civil servant land
when Arthur was still a young man his father had to go to live in a
mental hospital because he was an alcoholic and epileptic.
amazed:
greatly surprised.
'1
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and whales
After
this Arthur
finished
his medical
in icy
studies
and started
Arthur wrote a story called The Final Problem in which Holmes dies.
The reaction of readers was
success.
Very few patients
carne, so Arthur had time to
write.
wrote
was a novel
immediate.
Doyle begging
popular monthly
magazine
called the Strand. Holmes soon
became
novel
a big success.
The
the Strand's
on Holmes
copies.
From then
appeared
in the
Collection.
works.
thousand
But Arthur's
4. practice;
the Baskervilles;
wan ted to write serious historic novels. So, from the beginning,
Arthur planned the death of Sherlock Holmes. When Arthur told his
to bring
creation:
2. drowned;
I him
Holmes
beginning
he had a strange
relationship
with his famous
1. whales:
and people
of letters to
lost
Strand immediately
asked
Arthur for more stories about
Beeton 's Christmas AnnuaI (1887)
containing A Study in ScarIet.
The Strand
20,000 readers,
wrote thousands
he
called
But in 1893
in public
affairs.
Arthur
Holmes.
spoke in favour
He was very
of a Channel
t,
II
Sussex, England
on 7 July 1930,
Green Collection.
skills to sol ve
and to defend
accused
Arthur
magazine.
an
important
of
advocate
spiritualism.
is the belief that it is possible to communicate
and he
Arthur,
the creator
A Study in Scarlet
(1890) a novel
The Adventures of
Sherlock Holmes
Identity appeared
collection
man in the
he stuck to
his
were first
as books.
He even wrote a book in 1922 called The Com ing of the Fairies.
Of course,
published
in the Strand
Spiritualism
(1894)
The Yellow
in this
Face
1. sleel helmels :
(1915) a novel
(1917) a collection of stories
3. Holmesian:
4. fairies : ~~
5. sluck la : did not change.
RE)r
D tick
Decide if each sentence is correct or incorrect.
(.1') A; if it is incorrect,
tick (.1') B.
If it is correct,
Conan Doyle's
Spiritualism
any crime.
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DD
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by tifty thousand
are
copies.
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INTERNET PROJECT
Sherlock Holmes is one of the world's most famous detectives.
People ali over the world go to London to visit his museum at 221 b
Baker Street. We can vis it it too without having to go to London!
Ask your teacher to help you find it on the Internet and you can even
have a virtual tour of Sher/ock Holmes' study.
Write a short report about your visit to the museum including the
following things:
~ How the bui/ding became a museum.
himself described
Sherlock Holmes'
methods
are very similar
to the methods
of a doctor.
His
'detecting'
work is like the 'diagnosing'
work of a doctor. The
'clues' of the crime are like the 'symptoms'
of a disease. In
fact, Arthur's
model for Sherlock Holmes was a doctor called
Joseph
Bell.
Below is an example
of a conversation
between
Dr Joseph
Bell -the originaI Sherlock Holmes - and one of his patients.
a. Dr Bell - Well, my man you 've served in the army.
Patient - Aye, sir. ('Aye' means 'Yes' in Scotland and
various parts of northern England.)
b. Dr Bell Patient
(The
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3.
4.
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5.
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II
The characters of the first part of the story present the ms elves
below. Match their presentations with the picture of each one.
a.
b.
c.
1J0
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,
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d.
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15
Listen to this
~ lJ Listen to the first section of Part I, and then number the sentences
below in the right order.
Then listen again, and fill in the blanks.
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
f.
D
D
in
PART 1
visited
second
arrived
my friend
Sherlock
morning
of Christmas.
he was sitting
in front
on the
When
of the fire,
glass
and a forceps
1 interrupt
you.'
1.
dressing-gown:
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Holmes
forceps: ~
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S HERLOCK
HOLMES
INVESTIGATES
I said,
with a terrible
no. No crime,'
laughing.
'that
this
hat
crime.'
said
Sherlock
strange
things
happens
million
live within
of a city.
that
when
fOllr
human beings
1 the small area
With
so many
people,
every imaginable
combination
of events
possible,
can find a problem
strange but not criminal.
'Do you know Petersan,
'Yes.'
and
sometimes
that is striking
the commissionaire?'
1. within:
and
interesting.
trophy: (here used ironically) prize you receive for winning a sporting event.
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IS
YOll
2. striking:
IS
E.\'lO
SHERLOCK
HOLMES
INVEST/GATES
THE
I '
IlII')
BLUE
CARBUNCLE
o
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:e
,1 )
problem.
is unknown.
morning
Look at it
About
together with a
cooking
at Peterson's
four o'clock
~-~
him
~~~~
on Christmas
saw some
tall
attackers
off,
goose.
men attack
man.
One
of
knocked
himself.
stick
saw
the
F\ower .. r Shop
the
his
he Iif ted
window
Peterson
he
owner,'
Peterson
then
<i.
d~
'No,' replied
the problem.
Holmes,
'that is
he was
returned
the goose
to its
on
to the leg of
the goose,
the
and
that
initials
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do?'
because
smallest
problems.
the man
who
in ev en the
this morning
lost
the goose
put
a notice
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and
newspaper?'
'No.'
,-
of
morning,
'Did
4,-r,<1'"
he thought
Isaid.
by
uniform,
a policeman,
and he ran away and so did the attackers.
Peterson was there all alone with the hat and the goose.'
'He brought
to 'defend
But when
a talI
Then
his hat
walking
he
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Peterson
'Of course,
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mistake.
1,.:-
1. lining: the material covering the inside of a hat, coat, jacket, etc.
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in the
SHERLOCI<
HOLMES
INVEST/GATES
THE
BLUE
CARBUNCLE
.~
'Then please tell me what you can deduce from this hat,' I
said.
'WeIl,' said Holmes as he looked at the hat carefully, 'I can
;..if
lime-cream.
4 These are
the
main facts.
Also, I do \~~
not think he has gas
lighting in his house.'
'You are certainly joking, Holmes.'
brim: _.
5. hat-securer:
j('
a band that hol ds the hat on the head.
22
23
SHERLOCK
HOLMES
INVEST/GATES
THE
BLUE CARBUNCLE
~.
how 1 inferred
..
:iP. -.__
.. "'"
."
these
'1 arn certain that 1 arn very stupid,' 1 replied, 'but r can't
follow your reasoning. For example, how did you deduce that
this man was an inteIlectual?'
tried to hide some of the spots on his hat with ink which
means he has not completely lost his self-respect.'
'Your reasoning is certainly very good,' rsaid.
'That he is middle-aged, that his hair is grey, that his hair
To answer me Holmes put the hat on his head. The hat was
too big for him and covered his eyes.
'It's a question of volume,' said Holmes. 'If a man has such
a big brain, he must have sornething in it.'
'How do you know he has less money now than in the
past?'
'This kind of hat first carne aut three years aga. It is a hat of
the very best quality. If this man had enough money to buy
su ch an expensive hat three years aga, but he has not bought
another now.'
hat since then, then it is.Ji, clear that he has much less
money
has been recently cut and that he uses lime-cream can a11be
seen by 100king closely at the inside of the hat. With the
magnifying glass you can see the partia11y grey hairs cut by a
barber's scissors. They stick to the hat and there is the distinct
odour of lime-cream. Also, you will observe that the dust on
the hat is the soft, brown dust you find in houses, not the
hard, grey dust you find in the streets. This means that the hat
is kept inside the house most of the time, and that he doesn't
go aut very often. Also you can see the sweat 1 stain 2 on the
inside of the hat, which means he perspired 3 a lot. A man who
wife lets him go aut in such bad condition it means that she
doesn't love him anymore.'
1. inferred:
deduced, decided.
2.
2. replaced:
substituted
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dirty mark.
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HOLMES
SHERLOCK
INVEST/GATES
II
'But he could
peace
be by chance.
means
'WeIl,
crime
time.'
But 1 can
it is very
see at least
stains
five
did
you
1 said
committed,
alI this
visit Holmes?
on this
hat,
laughing,
seems
'but
on a hat, it could
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which
ingeniaus,'
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Read the first part of the story and answer the following
questions.
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since
to be a waste
a
of
e. Who attacked
Henry Baker?
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f.
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g. Petersan knew that the man's name was Henry Baker, so why
didn't he return the goose and the hat?
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h. Why did Petersan
~
bring Holmes
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i.
How was Holmes going to find aut more about the identity
the man who lost the hat and goa se?
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1. bachelor
2.
wax:
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of
eairs
street.
lime-cream.
is
the
his
hat,
andinit
tre
you
find
sticking
did
five
not
wax
shed.
ecmer, but
tual.
,d.now.
but
helast
has
pletely
gh
money
inhisthe
A dirty hat
DD
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hat.
stains
with
ink.
11.written
aga,
and
it is
quite
worn.
were
the
on
initials
the
iIlside
'H.B.'
of
the
9.
stuck
to
the
inside
of
the
hat.
There
are
sweat
onyears
the 12.
Mrs
Henry
Baker'
and
there
THEThere
CLVES
8. 10.
7.
He
has
tried
tolabel
cover
up
the
This
hat
carne
aut
three
His
hair
are
was
ispieces
the
greyish
ofstains
in
cut
oncolam.
hair
the
leg
of the
goose
which
says
'For
hat.
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or
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1887
The Newest
high-CJuality hat
He
is
not
inhasthe
best
oflighting
THE
He
HisDEDVCTIONS
has
does
wife
recently
not
have
stopped
had
gashis
hair
loving
cut.
k.
is
married.
i.
him.
in
house.
g. He
He his
uses
doesn't
lime-cream.
go aut very
j.h.
1. training.
often.
DD
Three years aga
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fl
I~
i J'y
goose.
II
a.
b.
II
come
give
O
O
II
but
when
Find the Past Simple of the irregular verbs below in the verb
square. All of th em appear in the story.
so
put
run
lie
lose
say
see
keep
have/has
g.
a.
Example: Holmes didnt ron to help the mon. Peterson ran io help
i-he mon.
e. c.
Holmes
interesting.
Henry Baker
Watson
at the hat.
Holmes
Mr Henry Baker
Holmes
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a lot of money.
the hat, but he
the goose.
Topic - Celebrations
Find a picture about the celebration of Christmas, if possible
from your country. Tell the class about it using these questions
to help you:
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onother
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~-~)nri2Yrry
b.
III Look
a.
It belong5 to Peter50n
-
a. Who
..................................
Are you sure
Yes, 1 am.
b. Who
..................................
Are you sure
Yes, 1 am.
Watson's wife.
?
c. Wh o
..................................
Are you sure
Yes, 1 am.
d. Who
..................................
Are you sure
Yes, 1 am.
e. Who
..................................
Are you sure
Yes, 1 am.
mo
Holmes.
?
Mr Henry Baker.
?
Peterson.
?
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mo
33
a The
characters
of the second part of the story present
themselves below. Match their presentations with the picture of
each one.
a.
b.
c.
d.
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Listen to this
P'~T EI Listen to the first section of Part II.
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he smiled at Holmes.
B
C
D
D
D
D
D
PART II
An old shoe.
A preci aus blue stone.
herloek
C A
B
D
D
Peterson's wife.
Sherloek Holmes.
ineredibly
'What? Has it returned
window?' said Holmes.
WhatAispieee
the earbuncle.
blue
stone?
blue
of glass.
A diamond.
D
D
shocked.
to life and flown aut of your kitchen
Petersan,'
sir! A preciaus
Do
article.
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'this is a treasure!
to
his mouth
He showed us a shiny
had opened
B
C
Holmes
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SHERLOCK
HOLMES
THE
INVEST/GATES
BLUE CARBUNCLE
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so,' responded
Holmes,
'and
ONO
plumber, has
Countess'
bureall.
robbery
room
to the
Ryder
described
addition,
the police
to the police.
discovered
that
Ryder
that somebody
retumed
had forced
he saw
triaJ
open the
you say?'
In
leave. When
Homer
Countess'
Morcar.
said Holmes
here is the
report,'
221b Baker
will be soon.
evening.'"
Then Holmes sent Peterson to buy another goose to give to
1. carbunc1e:
2.
makes
grate:
3.
bureau:
4.
maid:
5.
charged
6.
trial:
writing
female
which
stone,
desk.
servant.
with : formally
accused
of.
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is guilty or not.
1.
So much
2.
advertisement:
notice.
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in alI the
SHERLOCK
HOLMES
THE
INVEST/GATES
~1
BLUE CARBUNCLE
had gone.
We decided
'Oh course,' said Holmes, 'we have the feathers, legs and
stornach of your bird if you want them.'
The man laughed loudly. 'Perhaps 1 could keep them to
remember my adventure, but, no, 1 don't need them. Thank
you, but 1 will take this goose and go.'
left.
'So much for Mr Henry Baker,' said Holmes when Baker
to go immediately
to the Alpha
Inn to
1. Scotch hat:
1. By the way: an expression used to add something to what you are saying.
2. Inn: an 'inn' is aplace where YOll can drink, eat and have a room for sleeping.
3. salesman:
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SHERLOCK
HOLMES
--
THE
INVEST/GATES
r9"
=
..-=-
'You? Who are you? How could you know anything about
the matter?' 1
'My name is Sherlock Holmes. It is my business 2 to know
what other people don't know.'
'But do you know anything about this?'
'Excuse me, 1 know everything about this. You are try ing to
find some ge ese which were sold by Mrs Oakshott, of Brixton
Road, to a salesman called Breckinridge, who then sold them
to Mr Windigate of the Alpha Inn, who then gave one of them
to a member of his goose-club called Mr Henry Baker.'
'You are the man 1 wanted to meet,' said the little man,
whose name, as we then discovered was John Ryder. Yes, John
Ryder, the man who had called the police to report the stolen
blue carbuncle. We then returned to Holmes' house to discuss
the matter in front of a warm fire.
'Here we are!' said Holmes happily, as we entered his room.
'Now do you want to know what happened to those geese?'
'Yes, sir,' replied Ryder.
'But you really want to know what happened to that goose the white one with a black bar across its tail.'
Ryder shook
go?'
1. the matter:
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BLUE CARBUNCLE
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SHERLOCI<
HOLMES
INVEST/GATES
THE
BLUE
CARBUNCLE
i9"
'It carne here.'
'Here?'
1.
when Horner had finished repairing the grate, you called the
police and the unfortunate man was arrested. You then ...'
Ryder threw himself onto the mg 1 and held onto Holmes'
knees, 2 'For God's sake have mercy! 3 Think of my father!
Think of mother! It would break their hearts.'
'Get back int o yom chair! ' said
Holmes sternly. 4 'It
is easy to say that
now, but you did not
think of this poor
Horner before.'
'1 will go away, Mr Holmes, and without
Horner will be free.'
my testimony
'Hum! We will talk about that next,' said Holmes. 'And now
tell us how the blue carbuncle carne into the goose, and how
the goose carne into the open market. Tell us the truth because
that is your only chance not to go to prison.'
Ryder moved his tongue over his dry lips and began his
story.
2. museum: not a real museum but a cabinet. Holmes, as usual, is being ironic.
3. stared : looked for a long time.
2.
4.
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knees:~
3. For God's sake have merey! : For the love of God have compassion!
4.
sternly:
severe ly.
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.-
SHERLOCK
HOLMES
INVEST/GATES
'1 will tell you exactly what happened. After 1 had the blue
carbuncle 1 was terrified. 1 did not know where to -gG: 1 thought
1 saw the police everywhere. Finally 1 decided to go to my
sister's. My sister married a man called Oakshott and lives on
Brixton Road, where she fattens 1 geese for the market. When 1
arrived she asked me what was wrong. 1 told her that 1 was
upset about the robbery at the hotel.
'1 then went out into the backyard 2 where the geese are,
and smoked a pi pe. 1 had a friend called Maudsley who had
be en in prison. He had told me how thieves 3 sold stolen
property, 4 so 1 decided to go to him with the blue carbuncle.
However, 1 did not know how 1 could carry the blue carbuncle
to his house. Then 1 had the idea to force one of the geese to
swallow 5 the stone. My sister had told me that 1 could have
one of the geese for Christmas. So 1 caught one of the geese - a
big white one with abarred tail, 6 and forced open its beak 7
and pushed the stone in with my finger. The goose then
1. faltens
: gives animals
backyard:
3.
thieves:
(singular, thief) somebody
things that are not his.
4.
stolen
5.
swallow:
6.
barred
7.
beak:
enclosed
2.
property:
area behind
things belonging
send something
tail :
a hOli se.
who steals
to other
things,
people
somebody
taken illegally.
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who takes
.1
SHERLOCI<
HOLMES
INVEST/GATES
THE
BLUE CARBUNCLE
'After all, Watson,' said Holmes, reaching for his pipe, 'if
the police can't catch their own criminals, 1 don't have to do it
for them. AIso this Ryder will never commit another crime
again. He is too frightened. Besides, 1 this is the season of
forgiveness. 2 Chance has given us an incredibly interesting
little problem, and its solution should satisfy us. And now,
Doctor, we shall begin another investigation in which a bird is
also the most important part: our dinner.
TH~(OD
'1 went to him, and he told me that he had sold them alI.
You heard him tonight. Now 1 will be considered a thief, and 1
have not even touched the blue carbunc1e. God help me!'
moment of silence, and then Holmes got up
andThere
openedwas
thea door.
'Get out!'
shouted Holmes.
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forgiveness:
pardon, merey.
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A
B
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A
B
O
O
C
D
3
O
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Read the sentences below. For each question put a tick (.f) in the
correct box.
D
D
How did Holmes know that Ryder had stolen the blue carbuncle?
A
Because the goose salesman at Covent Garden told him.
Because Ryder was looking for the goose, so he must
B
have known that the blue carbuncle was inside it.
D
D
B
C
O
O
He is a commissionare,
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Why did Ryder force the goose to swallow the blue carbuncle?
Because he needed a safe way of carrying the blue
A
carbuncle to his friend Maudsley.
B
Because the goose was too thin.
C
Because he was afraid that his sister would find it.
D
Because he wanted to surprise Henry Baker.
D
D
D
D
D
D
D
5]
D
D
D
a.
b.
g.
i.
f.
d.
j.h.
e.
c.
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Mrs Oakshott, James Ryder's sister, sells the goose to Mr
Breckinridge.
Mr Petersan takes the goose home, and gives it to his
wife who cuts it open to find, to her great surprise, the
blue carbuncle!
James Ryder takes the blue carbuncle to his sister's house
and forces a goose to swallow it, but the goose escapes!
While returning home wi th his goose, Mr Henry Baker is
attacked by some men and he drops the goose and his
hat, which are found by Mr Peterson.
lmost
about
the Titanic,
the luxury
which everybody
sank in theknows
Atlantic
Ocean
on 15 April
1912. liner
It has2
port of Southampton
on
It continued
to
telegraph
messages saying
telephoned
the
II
Put alI the verbs in the sentences above into the past and rewrite
them as a paragraph using linking words.
52
1.
2.
3.
4.
53
bridge
and said,
'Iceberg
right
Therefare,
many lifeboats
left half full, and ev en though the sea was ca1m, very few of the
lifeboats returned
Titanic had sunk.
the ship.
survived.
and
had
The
the
day
of
thenewspapers
'unsinkable'
Titanic
wrole
aboul
lbeof 2sinking
in great detail. But according
to the playwright
Bernard
Finally, at 12.30 a.m. the Captain gave the orders for the women
Conan
Doyle,
however,
considered Shaw's attack on
go: many did not realise that the Titanic was about to sink; others
thought that another ship, the Carpathia
II
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George
Captain Smith.
'EE SPHERE
--o ~',
I .T,H, E
itself
and
on the
hono ur of Britain.
They both wrote a series of
1. bridge: the part of the boat where the captain controls the ship.
2. right ahead : directly in front of us.
3. course: (here) direction.
4.
starboard
side: term used for ships and aeroplanes, right-hand side as you
are
facing forwards.
1. went down with the ship : they stayed on the ship when it sank.
6. sink: (sink, sank, sunk) go under the water to the bottom of the ocean.
7.
lifeboats:
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2.
unsinkable:
3. playwright
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Arthur wrote in one of his letters that the band on ship played the
religious
song 'Nearer
George responded
to God'
that witnesses
calm.
He knew perfectly
and knowing
rea]ly deadly
it, he chanced
it
weil that
in his
the officers of
refused to rescue
the people
they were
Arthur Conan Doyle concluded his last letter about the Titanic by
saying that George Bernard Shaw did not have the humanity
1.
witnesses;
2.
deadly;
the people
3.
4.
chanced
5.
6.
rescue;
something
that
happen.
it ; to ok that chance,
save (people
of a ship).
to ok that risk.
not hit an iceberg,
but he did.
in danger).
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about the crew
the
he took songs
a chance
andthe
los1.
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that
poorer,
Doyle that happy
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are one
of theConan
passengers
survived wrote
the tragedy
The newspapers
good of the
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'prevents a man from needlessly I hurting
Bernard
by a
tragedy like the sinking of the Titanic 'they should speak the truth'.
The truth?
Or respect
of people
who have
1. needlessly:
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thought
What
George Bernard Shaw
You
should
not
hurt
other
died.
Because
of
this
many
people
third-class
know
their
duty
the
ship
well.
passengers
was
sinking,
would
and
not
were
the
rich
icebergs
first-class
in
the
passengers.
area,
but
therefore
they
would
not
try
to
get on the Titanic.
lifeboats
reserved
for in
happened.
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You letter
want
to about
write letter
to a friend describing
100 words.
The band on the ship played
Captain
Smith knew that there
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Mary,
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about a person.
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dress
-
necklace
blouse
boots
bracelet
hat
identity?
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Topic - Clothes
Find a picture of someone wearing either old-fashioned
or
modern clothes which interest you. Tell the class about the
clothes using the se questions to help you:
a. What period are the clothes from?
b. Why do you like these clothes?
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Match the names of the clothing and jewellery with the pictures.
a. What is distinctive
Physical characteristics
EI This story talks about what is distinctive
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jacket
earrings
high-heeled
shoes
Listen to this
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Try to fill in the blanks in the text ~h the words given below.
Then listen to the tape and check your answers.
interesting
invent
wife
books
house
husband
boring
drank
:PART 1
y dear
C':J {
.tB.
Y/I/I
, ~
Sherlock
Holmesat as
we sat
by the'real
fire life
in hisis
house
Baker
Street,
things,
1 said
fellow,'
which
are commonplace
gently
peculiar
,
things
remove
things
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teeth and threw them at his wife. You must admit that nobody
could invent such a story!'
without
matters
not have a girlfriend and he did not drink and he did not hit
her. Instead, at the end of every me al 6 he to ok out his false
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3. he drank : he drank a lot of alcoholic drinks like whisky, gin, beer, etc.
4. sympathetic: If YOll are sympathetic,
else's problems.
I eS
Then suddenly
doorbell.
'1 don't have to read the article,' I said, 'but I am sure that
or landIady.' 5
'You have chosen a bad example, Watson,' said Holmes,
'because I have worked on this case. The man, Mr Dundas, did
being interesting.
are
usually
3. suddenly:
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CASE
OF
IDENTITY
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'1 know those symptoms,' said Holmes. 'When a woman
hesitates like that on the pavement, it means that she has a
love problem. She wants help, but she thinks that her problem
is too delicate to communicate. But when a woman does not
hesitate
jacket,
a dress
dark ~~>._~
browngrey
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and
gloves ~-..
She also wore small,
round gold earrings.
When Holmes saw her he said, 'Isn't it difficult for you to
type 2 with such bad eyesight.' 3
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1. wronged:
1. keys:'
treated badly.
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2. stepfather: If your mother has a husband after Y0lll' real father, her new
husband is your stepfather.
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asked
SO
2. plumber:
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deeply
1.
OF IOENTITY
Angel.'
'1 suppose,'
Holmes , 'that
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want anybody
Ir4VESTlGATES
Hosmer said, "We should wait until your father goes to France
before we see each other. In the meantime,
each other every day.'"
'Were you engaged
Holmes.
to
OF IOENTITY
CASE
the gentleman
1 we can write to
at this time?'
asked
infection
of the tonsils
when he was
He
clothes.
His
to
very gentlemanly.
Even his voice was gentle.
He told me that he had had a bad
always
'Which office?'
Can you
machine
he was of me, Mr
said Holmes.
Mr Windibank
when
week,
started
3
to
get
returned
talking
our getting
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married
within
the
2. him/her.
engaged to : If you are engaged to someone, you have promised to marry
and said,
1. shy: timid.
2. whisper: talk very quietly.
3. within the week: before the present week ended.
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CASE OF IOENTITY
wait for me. 1 will return to you." 1 thought this very strange to
say on the day of our wedding, but his disappearance explains
everything. '
'It certainly does,' said Holmes. 'In your opinion, did he
know that he was in danger?'
'Yes, 1 thi nk so.'
church. But since there were two of us, mother and 1 went in
the hansam, and Hasrner took a cab. 4 We gat to the church
first, and when the cab arrived, we waited for him to come
aut, but he never did. The cabman said that he could not
understand what had happened to him.'
him again.'
'And your father? Did you tell him?'
'Yes, he said, "Something terrible has happened to Hasrner,
but he will return." 1 agree with my father. Why would
Hasrner leave me? After all, there was no money involved. 1
said
Hasrner did not borrow money from me, and 1 never put the
'Oh no, sir! Hasrner was too good and kind to leave so.
'1 will try to salve your problem,' said Holmes, 'but don't
thi nk about it anymore. Forget about Mr Angel.'
'Do you think that 1 will ever see him again?'
ni.
1. involved:
concerned.
2. handkerchief:
or face.
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'You willleave
Mr Angel's letters,
father's address.'
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Truth is stranger
fiction. Is there a similar expression in your language?
Do you agree with this?
th an
b. In Part One Sherlock Holmes says, 'We would not dare invent
things, which are commonplace things of life.'
This is similar in meaning to 'Truth is stranger than fiction'
but it means that strange, peculiar things are normal and
commonplace.
Do you agree? Do strange things happen to you?
85
True or false?
EI Below are three stories. Which ones do you think were invented,
and which ones do you think are real?
Discuss with your partner.
a What
men wear
Match the names of the clothing and fadal
trousers
A year ago, a man from Portsmouth lost his wallet. He had left
it in a phone booth. Last week, a man sent this letter and the
wallet to the office of a local newspaper:
'1 thought about it for a long time. 1 am sorry that I to ok the
wallet.'
beard
shirt
moustache
Inside the wallet, along with the original contents, the thief
had added 45 pounds!
b. THE YOUNG ADVENTURER
86
87
Listen to this
When she had (1gone away, left, departed), 1 asked Holmes about
the case.
'The young woman is quite interesting, but her little problem is
not very difficult or unusual. Would you mind reading me the
description of Hosmer Angel?'
1 then read it to Holmes:
Missing, a gentleman called Hosmer Angel. About 5ft. 7in. talI.
He's strongly built with black hair, black sideboards and
moustache; he's alittie bald in the centre; he wears dark glasses;
and he's gat (2a problem speaking, a speech defect, dijficulty
speaking). He has gat (3a yellowish complexion, a sallow
complexion, yellowish skin). He was wearing a black coat, black
waisteoat, grey trousers and brown boots. Please contact Miss
Sutherland etc. etc.
'That is enough,' said Holmes. 'Now look at these letters which
Hosmer wrote to her. What do you (4notice, see, observe)?'
'They are typed,' 1 (scommented, observed, said).
'Not only that, but the signature is typed too. The point about the
signature is very suggestive - in fact, we can (6say it solves the
mystery, call it conclusive, say it ends the mystery).'
'Of what?'
'My (7good friend, dear fellow, dear companion), can't you see
how important this fact is to the case?'
'No, 1 can't,' 1 (8answered, responded, replied), 'unless Hosmer
didn't (9sign his letters, write his name at the end of the letter,
write his signature at the conclusion of the letter) because he
didn't want to be legally responsible for what he promised.'
PART II
'The
young
interesting,
very difficult
or unusual.
woman
Would
you mind
is
problem
reading
quite
is not
me the
Missing, a gentleman
He has got a
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HOLMES
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CASE
OF
IOENTITY
sallow
complexion.
'Not only that, but the signature is typed too. The point
about the signature is very suggestive 3 - in fact, we can call it
conclusive. '
'Of what?'
of baryta.' 1
'No, Miss Sutherland's
mystery!' 1 cried.
'Oh, that! 1 thought you
'My dear fellow, can't you see how important this fact is to
the case?'
'No, 1 can't,' 1 replied, 'unless Hasrner didn't sign his letters
because he didn't want to be legally responsible for what he
promised.'
EONO
'No, that was not the point,' said Holmes, 'but now 1 will
write two letters which will salve this mystery. One of the
letters is to Mr Windibank's Hrm 4 in the City, 5 and the other
1. sallow: yellow colour genel'ally because a person is not weil.
2. complexion: the cola ur of the skin.
3. The point ... suggestive : The fact that there is no signature telis us (suggests
to us) many things.
4. firm: company, business.
5. the City: the part of London where many important finanCal institutions
have their offices.
90
1. bisulphate
ofbaryta
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There was never any mystery in the matter. The only problem
is that the scoundrel1 did not do anything illegal, so he can't
be punished.'
'Who was Hosmer Angel, and why did he abandon Miss
Sutherland?'
But Holmes did not have time to answer me, because just
then 2 we heard someone knock at the door, and then someone
walking towards Holmes' room.
'This is the girl's stepfather. He wrote to me to say that he
was coming,' said Holmes.
The man who entered the room was a strongly built felIow
without sideboards or moustache, with a salIow complexion
and he looked at us with a pair of
penetrating
grey eyes. He was
wearing a black top-hat. 3
'Good
evening,
Mr James
Windiba:q.k/ said Holmes. '1 beIieve
this is the typed letter that you
wrote to me ,to say that you were
coming here!'
CASE
OF
Also 1 don't
Mr Windibank started
disturbed, bothered.
3. top-hat:
lJ,.
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1.
1. scoundrel: a bad, selfish person with no moral principles or scruples.
2. just then: exactly at that moment.
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CASE
OF
IOENTITY
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locking it. '1 let you know that 1 have caught him.'
'What! Where?' shouted Mr Windibank becoming white,
and looking around like a rat in a trap.
'You can't get away, Mr Windibank,' said Holmes. 'This
case was really very easy. Now sit down and we can talk about
it.'
Mr Windibank fell back into the chair.
anything illegal,' he stammered. 1
=:-
_o' ~-
~,/
catch the man, catch him, and let me know when you have
caught him.'
'Certainly,'
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1. stammered:
2. selfish: a selfish person only thinks about himself and never thinks about
other people.
3. heartless: without heart, i.e. without concem or love for others; cruel.
The man : Holmes is talking about Mr Windibank himself.
5. as long as : for the amount of time that.
4.
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5. groaned:
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OF
IDENTITY
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scoundrel!'
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2.
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Holmes.
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1. Voili. tout! : (French) That's it! And that"s ali there was to it! That is the
entire story!
2.
cub: the young of lions. bears, wolves, tigers, leopards, etc.
3. delusion: something you believe in which is not true.
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similar
to marry?
and a
a.
Irene Adler
b.
American accent
about 5h 5in
contact
S'herlock Holmes
the onli:l woman who
has ever defeai'ed
Holmes
Professor Moriarty
criminal
arostocratic
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contact
S'herlock Holmes
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Mycroft Holmes
aristocratic
accent
contact S'herlock Holmes
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Example:
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Professor
Moriarty doesn't
Professor
Moriarty
got a foreign
accent.
hasn't
accent.
Mycroft
Dear Mr DOSJle.
1 need SJour help. My cousin disappeared a week ago 1 think
something terrible ha:s happened to hm. Maybe he wa:s
kidnappedl
He went
1-0
pink,
Please help
Arthur said, '1 tried to see the problem through the eyes of Mr
Holmes.' Arthur telephoned the bank of the missing cousin. The
missing cousin had taken all of his money from the bankbefore
he carne to London - f40.
After an hour, Arthur sent the woman a message:
Your cousin is in Scotland
or Edinburgh
102
Theretore,
103
The man in the next room was wrong. There are many noises in a
big hotel.
b.
Therefore ,
Therefore,
Therefore,
were
returning after the theatre at around eleven or eleven-thirty.
This is when most shows end. After eleven-thirty very few
people return to the hotel, and the missing cousin would have
been noticed with his bag.
Therefore,
.
7. He probably heard noises from another room, and not noises
from the missing cousin's room.
Therefore,
The conclusions:
T: GRADE
g.
2. He would go to a big city, where most people get off the train
and he would not be noticed or observed.
The missing cousin wanted to hide, but he did not want to hide
in London. If he had wanted to hide in London, he would not
have left the hotel.
e.
The missing cousin left with his bag. No one noticed him
leaving.
d.
The missing cousin left during the night. But there is a night
porter in all hotels. It is impossible to leave a hotel without the
night porter seeing you after the door is shut. The door is shut at
twelve midnight.
c.
Therefore,
EI Topic - Transport
Find a picture of a means of transport. Tell the class about it
using the following questions to help you:
.
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Arthur Conan
books,
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the
underdog.
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see three
examples
in the stories
this book.
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have their families back until they brought the Belgians a certain
amount of rubber. A British diplomat, Roger Casement began to
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and children of an African village. The men of the village could not
against
Casement's
the treatment
of the Africans.
Arthur
joined
Canga. Conan Doy1e also travelled around Britain and spoke about
knew that he would help them. But Arthur did not only write
land
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trees, especially trees cultivated in Malaysia and lndonesia. During the war
synthetic rubber was developed, and today most of the rubber used is synthetic.
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Later, after World War One, in 1918, Roger Casement was convicted
Conan Doyle was not for Irish independence, he fought for Casement
Another
of Conan
Doyle's
maiming.
a YOllng solicitor
He also
not see anything that was more than six metres away. This was an
important fact because the horse-maiming was committed at night,
and the criminal had to cross many railway lines and go around many
defending
mai ming, but that he was still guilty of writing the anonymous
letters. So, after three years, George left prison, but he received no
looked at George's
the horse-
writing.
the
Arthur then found the person who had done the horse-maiming and
written the letters. The criminal had told someone that he had done
physically
George Eda~ji.
accused
of both
himself in a
magazine. Arthur read this article and believed what George wrote.
was in prison, but it stopped when the criminal himself was away
1. treason: the crime of betraying your country.
2. iIlvolved: concerned, regarded.
il.
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something bad to George's father. (Example: Dear Vicar, we are going to kill
4. in
horse-maiming:
youa rural
and your
community.
wife!)
attacking and physically hurting horses - a terrible crime
5. penal servitude : work in prison.
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1. never drank : never drank (alcoholic drinks). If you say someone 'drinks
too much', you mean that he drinks to much whisky, gin, beer, wine, etc.
2. cruel: a cruel person likes hurting other people or animals, or making them
suffer.
3. eyesight: the ability to see.
4. was not guilty of: did not do (to be guilty of = to be responsible for doing
something bad).
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10
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Try to fill in the blanks with the 'words given below. Then listen
to the tape and check yonr answers.
was
new
park
room
explained
physical
lost
walk
costs
return
mu ch
homs
exercise, but
Sherlock Holmes did not like aimless 1.,
wi th me
one spring day 1 persuaded him to go for a 2
in the park. We walked for two 3
, and it was almast
five when we returned to Baker Street.
'1 beg yom pardon, sir,' said am page-bay, as we entered, 'there
4 ................
a man waiting for you. He was a very restless
gentleman, He walked all around the 5
saying, "lsn't
Mr Holmes going to 6
?" Finally he left.'
'You see,' Holmes said to m'e, '1 needed a case, and now 1 have
7 ................
this one because we went for a wa lk in the
8
Hulla! That's not yom pipe on the table. Well, that
u{an must have a very big problem because he left his pipe. It is
obvious that he likes this particular pipe very 9
.'
'How do you know that he likes it very much?' 1 asked.
'Well,' 10
Bolmes, '1 think this pipe 11
.
around seven-and-sixpence, Now, look it has been mended twice
wi th silver bands that probably cost more than the pipe itself. So,
this man must like his pipe very much if he prefers to mend it
one with the same money.'
instead of buying a 12
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physical
persuaded
Holmes
exercise,
and it was
He walked
all around
1,
aimless:
"lsn't
Mr
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HOLMES
INVEST/GATES
Hullo! 1 That's not your pipe on the table. WeIl, that man must
smiling, 'then you should not write your name on the inside of
your hat, or else you should turn the inside of your hat away
from the person whom you are addressing. 1
'Anyway, my friend and 1 have heard many
strange secrets in this room, and we have
had the fortune to help many people.
Please tell us the facts of your case.'
'The facts are these, Mr Holmes,' he said.
your incognito,'
untillast
Monday.
Atlanta,
lawyer. They had one child, but there was a yellow fever
"'------
said Holmes
1.
addressing
2. mended: repaired.
3. silver : a preciaus white, shiny metal used to make jewellery, coins, knives,
forks, etc.
4.
4.
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e]2idenc there, and both her husband and child died of it. 1
have seen his death certificate. After this tragedy, she decided to
leave America, and come back to England to live with her aUQt.
'1 should also Iilention that her husband left her a larg~
amount of money. This money was invested, and she can live
very weIl with the income 1 from it. She met me after six
months in England. We fell in love with each other, and we
married a few weeks afterwards.
'1 am a hop 2 merchant, and 1, too, have a good income. We
rented a nice house in the country near Norbury. There is an
inn 3 and two houses near our house, and a single cottage,
across the field in front of our house. Until this recent
incident my wife and 1 lived very happily there.
'There is one more thing 1 should teIl you. When we
married, my wife put alI her money in my name. 1 did not
think this was a good idea, but she insisted. WeIl, about six
weeks ago she carne and asked me for some.
'''Jack,'' she said, "when you took my money you said that
if 1 ever wanted some, 1 should just ask you."
"'Certainly,"
want?"
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secret between us. 1 gave her the cheque, 3 and forgot about the
matter. It may have nothing to do with what happened
afterwards, but 1thought that 1 should mention it.
'Anyway, 1told you that there
is a cottage near our house.
WeIl, 1 like walking past
that cottage, and last
Monday, as 1
walked past
the cottage 1
saw an empty
van
going away
1. income: the money you receive regularly for yom work, or, as in this case.
from an investment.
2. hop: aplant whose flowers are used to make beer.
3. inn: a small hotel that also serves food.
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3.
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answered the door. I told her that I was her neighbour, and
asked her if she needed any help.
"'If we need any help, we'll call you," she said and shut the
door in my face.
'That night I did not tell my wife about the strange face and
the rude 1 woman, but I did tell her that people were now
living in the cottage.
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strange happened:
In the
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THE YELLOW
INVEST/GATES
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Mr Holmes,
when
doorout!
suddenly
opened
and my
wife the
walked
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anything.
yon looking needed
at me
'ee if ou, Why
new.,eneighbou<s
like that? Are you angry with me?"
'''So,'' I said, "this is where you
went during the night?"
I found a comfortable
room, and on the
stood a full-length photograph 6 of my wife. I am
these people?"
"'1 have not been here before. "
"'1 know you are not telling me the truth. I am going to
enter the cottage and discover the truth!"
'''Please, don't go in, Jack," she cried. "1 promise that I will
tell you everything some day, but if you enter now, you will
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full-length photograph
to foot.
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sure that our maid had warned 1 them that 1 was arriving, and
they alI went away. That is why 1 didn't find anyone there.
'When 1 saw my wife again 1 told her that there could be no
peace between us unti! she told me the truth. That was
yesterday, Mr Holmes, and then 1 decided to come and see you
for help.'
After hearing this strange story, Holmes sat silent for a few
minutes, thinking. Then he said, 'Are you sure that the yellow
face was a man's face?'
of
1.
warned:
2.
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It",
11. ........ did Mr Munro see walk out of the cottage on the
a a.
word is correct,
look at
THE QUESTIONS
14. ........ , if there was a great fire in Atlanta, has Effie got
her husband's death certificate?
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did Holmes know that the man liked his pipe very
much?
answers
giv en
below.
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THE ANSWERS
a.
is Effie?
e.
h.
c.
b.
f.
d.
g.
i.
O
O
In England.
He was a lawyer.
Grant Munro's wife.
is Mr Munro's job?
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He is a hop merchant.
job?
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THE CAPTIONS
Mr Munro knocked at the door of the cottage. A strange
woman opened the door.
Effie put a11her money in her husband's
name.
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Notice that we use the Present Perfect with ever and never in
these cases:
I have never met him ~ In mSJentire life I have not met him.
Have SJouever :seen her? ~ In SJour entire life have SJou:seen her?
Notice when you talk about habits and routine with the Present
Simple you can also use never and ever, but the meaning is
different.
1'0
the cinema?
With the cues given below write questions using ever, and give
true answers.
Then, for the questions with negative answers, write sentences
using never.
Example: Mr Munro/see
What for?
Do you need any help?
a photograph
of hi:swife':s
No, he ha:sn't
a. Mr Munro/mend
of hi:swife':s fir:st
his pipe?
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d. Mr Munro/be inside the cottage?
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cottage.
This
married
is what
in America.
1 think
happened:
Her husband
yellow
her
she
to him, discovers
or some unscrupulous
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this
is
a case
of
replied,
everything.
In the middIe
husband
she decides
alone,
is sleeping,
husband
so she returns
is in the
her blackmailers
the next
Fortunately
8he decides
blackmaii
: an extortion
secrets, etc.
of payment
Z,
blackmailer:
somebody
who blackmails.
3.
attractive:
him) a lot.
(here) Holmes
4,
1 would
means
in retllrn
a photograph,
which
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while
her
That
to leave her
her
they probably
him (interests
disease:
illness caused by a germ (virus
conduction,
not by accident.
2.
3.
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is
information,
L
face attracts
telIs
of the night,
to go to the cottage.
her blackmailers.
she brings
or they
her husband
pounds,
of
asked.
was
disease. 1 That
gat a terrible
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This woman
or bacterial
or some environmental
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SHERLOCK
HOLMES
INVEST/GATES
from Mr Munro
saying,
'There
are people
in the
Mr Munro
said he
God's
appeared.
sake,
It
don't
trusted
you
sternly.
going
to
too
sol ve
and
this
mystery.'
We rushed
lighted
room.
up
In one corner
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there
to be alittIe
SHERLOCK
HOLMES
INVEST/GATES
THE YELLOW
FACE
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the
picture
of a very handsome
yellow
colour
absolutely
no
expression.
A moment
mystery
behind
there
'This
descent.
is John Hebron,
of Atlanta,'
Munro,
and
'and
the
Holmes,
wi th a laugh,
said Mrs
he was a very
marry
later
was explained.
was
and intelligent
coal-black
girl.
stood
staring
and
but
never regretted
for amoment.
She laughed,
him,
1
it
Unfortunately,
wi th his hand
rather
after
than
his
mine.
people
She is
very dark, but she is my dear little girl.' When the little girl
cried
face.4 'You have forced me, and now we must both accept the
situation. My husband died at Atlanta.
'Your child!' cried Grant Munro.
She pulled
aut a locket,
and inside
the locket
was the
'because
considered
abandoning
learned
with a trusted
servant,'
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and
5. locket:
but 1 never
very dark.
Mrs Munro
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SHERLOCK
HOLMES
THE YELLOW
INVEST/GATES
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We did not say another word about the case untillate that
night at Holmes' house in Baker Street, just before Holmes
went to bed.
'Watson,'
FACE
Th~~od
kissed
~:
her, and, wi th the li ttle girl in his arms, he gave his other
hand to his wife.
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1. gossip: talk about the private and personal affairs of other people, often not
based on fact.
1.
3.
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because she
because she
because she
her alone.
1.
fJ In
g. What did Holmes say about his theory after he discovered the
truth?
e. Why was Effie afraid to tell her husband about the little girl?
f. What was Grant Munro's reaction to the little girl before the
explanation? And after the explanation?
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REirB
1 T
TES
Read the text below and choose the correct word for each space.
A Case of Identity
A Case of Identity
a.
Author
b.
Characters
main
c.
minor
d.
place(s)
time
f.
Setting
from
A job
them
met
because
at meeting
in meet
comes
to
business
C
me
even
but
him
Duntil
B
fianc
brother-in-law
D
father
becomes
Bnever
o A
finishes
will
yearly
always
granny
is
C meets
rarely
D
hardly
B
weekly
money
monthly
profession
daily
you
begins
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e.
Short summary
This story is about
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