NOISES IN THE NIGHT(lesson58-59)

One day a young lady came to see the famous detective Sherlock Holmes. She asked him to her with her _________ problem. Her parents had died, ____________ her a lot of money.She was now living with her _______. Every night she heard some strange ______ and could not sleep well. Besides, she was not getting _____ well with her uncle. They even _________ sometimes. Having learned that the lady’s uncle was her only ________, Holmes decided to _______ a visit to her house. The next day, when the lady’s uncle was ______, Holmes and his friend Dr Watson went to her house. They ____________ both the lady’s and her uncle’ls bedrooms which were next to each other. Holmes saw a hole up in the wall between the two rooms, with a metal ________ on the floor of the uncle’s room From what he discovered, Holmes decided that the girl’s life was in ________. personal leaving uncle noises on quarreled relativepay away examined/checked chest danger

List the actions that Holmes did in the lady’s room. put out---, laidtalked---sat in silence waitsat (…..on) turn off---,listened smell---,heard--- metallic noise long low whistle jumped up, struck---hit …… cried out went on hittingstopped

Puzzles: 1.Why did the young lady open and shut her bedroom door without entering? 2.Why did Holmes and Watson sit with the light on for half an hour and then turn off the light? 3. Why do you think Holmes hit the bell rope again and again? 4. Why did the young lady hear a metallic noise first and then a long low whistle at night?

1.Holmes hit the bell rope with his stick again and again in order to _______________________________________. 2. The young lady was very lucky that night because __________________________. 3. Her uncle had kept a brown snake with which _______________________. 4. Her uncle attempted to kill his niece so that _____________________. drive the snake back into the uncle’s bedroom. she escaped death/being killed he wanted to murder her he could have her money

Mr Holmes and Dr Watson were waiting in the lady’s bedroom until her uncle came home. After _______ good night to her uncle, she went upstairs. She opened and shut her door, without __________. The detective and his friend kept the light _____ for half an hour. After that they waited in ________.Before long, they heard a _______ noise, and then a pale light came _______ the hole in the wall. As soon as Holmes saw a _____ appearing out of the hole, he used his stick to ______ the bell rope with heavy ________. The snake was ________ back to the uncle’s room. Soon, a terrible _______ was heard. Holmes, Watson and the girl rushed into the uncle’s room, and only found him already _______ lying on the floor with the snake around his head. saying entering on silencemetallic through snake hit blows driven scream dead

Retell 1. Suppose you are the young lady My father died quite a few years ago, and my mother died just three months ago. They left me a big house and lots of money. My uncle, the only relative of mine, came back from India not long ago. He did not seem to be kind to me, and sometimes we even quarreled… 2. Suppose you are Dr Watson. One day a young lady paid a visit to my friend Sherlock Holmes. She said that she needed his help with her personal problem. She told Sherlock that her parents were dead and… 3. Suppose you are Sherlock Holmes, the great detective. One day I was sitting at my desk and reading the newspaper when the doorbell rang. A young lady came in. She looked a bit worried. I asked her what I could do for her. Then she began to tell me her story…

Proverb （谚语） 1.Riches do not always bring happiness. 金钱不一定带来幸福。 2.Money is the root of all evil. 金钱是万恶之源。 3.Harm set, harm get. 害人终害己。 4.As you brew, so you must drink. 自己酿的苦酒自己喝。