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I gave a start of astonishment. Accustomed as I was to Holmes’s
curious faculties, this sudden intrusion into my most intimate thoughts was
utterly inexplicable.
“How on earth do you know that?” I asked.
He wheeled round upon his stool, with a steaming test-tube in his
hand and a gleam of amusement in his deep-set eyes.
“Now, Watson, confess yourself utterly taken aback,” said he.
“I am.”
“I ought to make you sign a paper to that effect.”
“Why?”
“Because in five minutes you will say that it is all so absurdly
simple.”
“I am sure that I shall say nothing of the kind.”
“You see, my dear Watson” — he propped his test-tube in the rack
and began to lecture with the air of a professor addressing his class — “it
is not really difficult to construct a series of inferences, each dependent
upon its predecessor and each simple in itself. If, after doing so, one
simply knocks out all the central inferences and presents one’s audience
with the starting-point and the conclusion, one may produce a startling,
though possibly a meretricious, effect. Now, it was not really difficult, by
an inspection of the groove between your left forefinger and thumb, to feel
sure that you did not propose to invest your small capital in the
goldfields.”
“I see no connection.”
“Very likely not; but I can quickly show you a close connection.
Here are the missing links of the very simple chain: 1. You had chalk
between your left finger and thumb when you returned from the club last
night. 2. You put chalk there when you play billiards to steady the cue.
3. You never play billiards except with Thurston. 4. You told me four
weeks ago that Thurston had an option on some South African property
which would expire in a month, and which he desired you to share with
him. 5. Your cheque-book is locked in my drawer, and you have not asked
for the key. 6. You do not propose to invest your money in this manner.”
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“How absurdly simple!” I cried.
“Quite so!” said he, a little nettled. “Every problem becomes very
childish when once it is explained to you. Here is an unexplained one. See
what you can make of that, friend Watson.” He tossed a sheet of paper
upon the table and turned once more to his chemical analysis.
I looked with amazement at the absurd hieroglyphics upon the paper.
“Why, Holmes, it is a child’s drawing,” I cried.
“Oh, that’s your idea!”
“What else should it be?”
“That is what Mr. Hilton Cubitt, of Ridling Thorpe Manor, Norfolk,
is very anxious to know. This little conundrum came by the first post, and
he was to follow by the next train. There’s a ring at the bell, Watson. I
should not be very much surprised if this were he.” A heavy step was
heard upon the stairs, and an instant later there entered a tall, ruddy,
cleanshaven gentleman, whose clear eyes and florid cheeks told of a life
led far from the fogs of Baker Street. He seemed to bring a whiff of his
strong, fresh, bracing, east-coast air with him as he entered. Having shaken
hands with each of us, he was about to sit down when his eye rested upon
the paper with the curious markings, which I had just examined and left
upon the table.
“Well, Mr. Holmes, what do you make of these?” he cried. “They
told me that you were fond of queer mysteries, and I don’t think you can
find a queerer one than that. I sent the paper on ahead so that you might
have time to study it before I came.”
“It is certainly rather a curious production,” said Holmes. “At first
sight it would appear to be some childish prank. It consists of a number of
absurd little figures dancing across the paper upon which they are drawn.
Why should you attribute any importance to so grotesque an object?”
“I never should, Mr. Holmes. But my wife does. It is frightening her
to death. She says nothing, but I can see terror in her eyes. That’s why I
want to sift the matter to the bottom.” Holmes held up the paper so that the
sunlight shone full upon it. It was a page torn from a notebook. The
markings were done in pencil, and ran in this way.
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S. Watching video and do the task:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJ12IGXMP742
The Lady killers
1. Work in pairs. Look at the photos and discuss the questions.
1. Do you ever watch old films? Do you have any favorites? What do
you like / dislike about them?
2. Have you heard of the film The Lady killers? If so, what do you
know about it? If not, what do you imagine it might be about?
2. Read the information below and answer the questions.
1. Were your ideas for question 2 in exercise 1 correct?
2. What do you think is happening in each of the photos from the
film?
3. Who do you think the people are that you can see?
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The Lady killers is a classic British comedy, originally made in
1955, in which an old lady (Mrs Wilberforce) takes in a lodger and then
finds out he has committed a robbery with four friends. When the
villains realize she knows everything, they plan to kill her. But this old
lady isn’t as harmless as she seems. This film was remade in 2004,
starring Tom Hanks.
3. Watch the video and answer the questions.
1. What are the five men pretending to be? What are they in fact?
2. What does Mrs. Wilberforce wish / regret?
3. What happens as the men are leaving?
4. Why do they go back to the house?
4. Work in pairs and discuss what you think happens next in the film.
Then tell another pair of students your ideas. Work in pairs and discuss
the questions.
1. Did you like the film extract? Did you find it funny? Why / Why
not?
2. Would you like to watch the rest of the film? Why / Why not?
5. Try and solve the lateral thinking problems above. Follow the
instructions.
Lateral-thinking puzzles are stories in which you have some basic
clues to a realistic scenario, but the clues don’t tell the full story. You need
to work out the full story using problem-solving that involves looking at
the situation from unexpected angles. You need to think outside the box.
1. Read each problem and make a note of any vocabulary which
stops you understanding them.
2. Ask other students and / or check in a dictionary to find out the
meaning of unknown vocabulary.
3. Work in pairs. Discuss ideas you have to explain each of the
problems.
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6. Work in six groups (1–6) and you may read the answers-
explanation for your story on page 98.
1. Make two Yes / No questions to ask about each of the other
problems.
Was the policeman asleep? Were the teenagers invisible in some
way?
2. Take turns to ask about and suggest explanations for the problems.
The teenagers might have been the policeman’s children.
Here is the following basic scenario to demonstrate a lateral thinking
puzzle:
E.g. Antony and Cleopatra die inside their house during a storm but
their bodies are never found. The only clues to what happened are a wet
patch of carpet, a cat and some broken glass. What happened?
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TEST № 2
1. There is one mistake in each sentence. Correct it.
a. If Dmitry has asked me to help, I would have.
b. If he hadn’t left so much evidence, the police wouldn’t caught
him.
c. I might have become a solicitor If I would work harder at school.
d. If you’d had listened to me, you wouldn’t have taken the job.
e. Sorry, but if the plane would had left on time, I wouldn’t have
been so late!
f. You could come if you had wanted to.
g. We wouldn’t have missed the deadline if everyone had been done
what they promised.
h. We wouldn’t have missed the deadline if everyone had been done
what they promised.
i. If I hadn’t had heard the news, I wouldn’t have known.
2. Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to
the first, using a modal perfect form.
a. The lock was smashed. I’m certain the thief did it.
The thief ... smashed the lock.
b. It’s possible that the owner forgot where he parked the car.
The car owner ... forgotten where he parked the car.
c. The lights weren’t on at the house. I’m certain they were still out.
They ... been home because the lights weren’t on.
d. It’s possible that they left a message on your voicemail.
They ... left a message on your voicemail.
e. The kids ate everything — they were really hungry.
The kids ... been really hungry because they ate everything.
f. There isn’t a door at the back. It wasn’t possible for the burglars to
get in from there.
They ... got in from the back because there isn’t the door there.
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g. It was wrong of them to take the book without asking me.
They ... taken the book without asking me.
h. The project went completely wrong. It wasn’t planned properly.
They ... planned the project properly because it went completely
wrong.
i. We didn’t take out insurance when we went on holiday and we had
a car accident.
We ... taken out insurance when we went on holiday.
3. Complete the sentences with the pairs of words in the box.
facts + case look + ways evidence + show find + client doubt + minds
you + defendant believe + innocent certain + guilty
1. The ... clearly ... that you were at the scene of the crime.
2. The ... of the ... are clear.
3. I ... he’s ... because the witness said he was in a different city at the
time.
4. I’m not ... she is ... .
5. You can ... at it in two ... .
6. I am confident that ... will find the ... innocent.
7. There should be no ... in your ... that this man is guilty.
4. Match the words to make phrases.
1) career
a) relationship
2) long
b) link
3) false
c) circle
4) antisocial
d) behavior
5) close
e) pretenses
6) genetic
f) tradition
7) vicious
g) decision
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5. Complete the sentences with the words in the box.
getaway fingerprints kidnapping lawyer
suspect investigate witness
1. You are accused of ... a ten-year-old boy.
2. The police are holding the ... for more questions.
3. The ... car was waiting outside for robbers.
4. I’d like to speak to my ... before I speak to the police.
5. The detective is trying to ... the disappearance of the jewels.
6. My first ... is a woman who was walking past the park at the time
of the murder.
7. The police found ... the thief’s left on the window.
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5. ETHICAL PROBLEMS
A. Work with a partner to discuss the following ethical dilemmas.
1. Your best friend gives you an expensive birthday present. You do
not like it. What do you do?
2. Your friend’s husband has lost his job — you’ve seen him at the
job center. His wife doesn’t know this. Would you tell her?
B. What ethical problems do people do people experience in their
life?
C. Read the three texts quickly and match them with the following
ethical problems.
1. You work in a clothing department of a store.
Your friend, Julia, works in the same department. She is a good
friend, who supported you when the two of you didn’t get a good bonus at
the end of the last year. There was a lot of shoplifting in the clothing
department then: people were stealing a lot of expensive items like
designer shirts and silk ties. Your boss said that you weren’t paying
enough attention to your work and didn’t deserve a good bonus.
Yesterday, you were having a drink with Julia after work in a local
café and you noticed that Julia had two new men’s shirts in her bag.
“Wow! They look expensive,” you commented. Julia Laughed. “You don’t
think I paid for them, do you? I take a few things from time to time to
make up for our rotten bonuses,”
2. You are an environmental manager for a chemical firm.
All last year, the company was looking for ways of reducing costs
because it was making a loss. It decided, therefore, to cut back on
investment in technology. As a result, the company did not spend money
on buying some expensive new equipment. This reduces a special toxin in
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