Unit 5
Lesson 2 and 3
SB page 56
*Before reading:
*Dear student ,before we start.Look at this picture.Do you know her?
The answer: Miss Jane Marple.
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For your information:
Miss Marple, original name in full Miss Jane Marple, fictional character, an English detective who is featured in a series of more than 15 detective novels by Agatha Christie. Miss Marple (as she is always called in the narration) is an elderly amateur sleuth who has always lived in St.
The key words:
| The word/phrase | The meaning | The part of speech |
| feather | Any of the flat appendages growing from a bird's skin and forming its plumage. | Noun |
| bow tie | A necktie in the form of a bow or a knot with two loops. | Noun |
| Magnifying | to enlarge in fact or appearance a microscope magnifies an object seen through it. | Noun |
| moustache | A strip of hair left to grow above the upper lip. | Noun |
| Knitting needles | A long,thin,pointed rod used as part of a pair for knitting by hand | Noun |
*While reading
| Sherlock Holmes is more famous than Poirot and Miss Marple. is more famous In fact, he’s the most famous detective of all time. The basis of his method was observation, observation and observation. After observing an object, he made logical conclusions. |
| Hercule Poirot rcule Poirot was less interested in details than Sherlock Holmes. He was more interested in studying the mind of the suspects. He thought that the best tools to solve a crime were the “little grey cells” in the brain. So, he sat quietly and thought. |
| Miss Jane Marple is less famous than Holmes or Poirot , but more pleasant than them. She didn’t look like a det ect ive at all. She lived in a small village in the country and she used her experience of life in her village to solve crimes . She was wiser than Holmes because she was older than him. In fact, she was the oldes t of the three. |
*After reading
1 Read and answer.
Do you know these characters? They are famous, professional detectives: Sherlock Holmes, Miss Jane Marple and Hercule Poirot. People all over the world read stories of their adventures or watch them on DVDs. These three detectives were very different.
a. How did Sherlock Holmes solve crimes?
b. According to Poirot, what are the best tools to solve a crime?
c. Why was Miss Marple unusual?
d. Which of the qualities listed in exercise 1 on page 55 describes the three detectives the best?
The answer:
a. Sherlock Holmes used observation and logical thought to solve crimes.
b. Poirot thought the best tools to solve a crime were the “little grey cells”: the brain.
c. Miss Marple was unusual because she didn’t look like a detective.
d. Holmes: famous, logical Poirot: intelligent Miss Marple: pleasant, wise
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*Extra question for you:
Put the words in the correct column about Sherlock Holmes, Miss Marple, Hercule Poirot.
The answer:
1. Sherlock Holmes: a magnifying glass
2. Miss Jane Marple: knitting needles and glasses
3. Hercule Poirot: a moustache, a bow tie and a walking stick.