(
课件网) The Mystery Writer Read the new words. create 创作，创造 fear 惧怕 pupil 学生,(尤指)小学生 translate 翻译 wealthy 富有的 actress 女演员 education 教育 perform 表演 intelligence 智力，才智 print 印刷；打印 cleverly 聪明地 career 生涯，职业 crime 犯罪活动； 罪行 sales 销售量 guilty 犯罪的；感到内疚的 Do you remember this writer Agatha Christie Which famous detective characters did she create Agatha Christie Read the article and match the main idea with each paragraph. Read the article and match the main idea with each paragraph. Paragraph 1 Paragraph 2 Paragraph 3 Paragraph 4 Paragraph 5 Read the main idea of each paragraph. Read and circle the pronouns. She has sold more than two billion books and her books have been translated into 103 languages. Her play, The Mousetrap, has run longer than any other play. It started in the West End of London in 1952. After more than 24,000 shows, actors and actresses still perform it there today. She is most famous for her very popular detective stories which made her wealthy. Her name is Agatha Christie. Who/What do the pronouns refer to She has sold more than two billion books and her books have been translated into 103 languages. Her play, The Mousetrap, has run longer than any other play. It started in the West End of London in 1952. After more than 24,000 shows, actors and actresses still perform it there today. She is most famous for her very popular detective stories which made her wealthy. Her name is Agatha Christie. Although she was never a pupil in a classroom, by age five, she learned to read by herself. She played the piano and loved music. Her father taught her maths with story problems. With this kind of education, it is no wonder she became such a fantastic mystery writer. Readers must pay close attention while reading her stories and she very cleverly made each one difficult to solve. Her most famous characters are Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple. Hercule Poirot is a foreign detective who lives and works in Britain. He is the main character in 33 of her books and 51 of her short stories. He usually uses his thinking skills to find the truth. He believes that guilty people always show themselves. Sometimes they do this by telling the truth. Sometimes they do this by lying. Hercule Poirot is a foreign detective who lives and works in Britain. He is the main character in 33 of her books and 51 of her short stories. He usually uses his thinking skills to find the truth. He believes that guilty people always show themselves. Sometimes they do this by telling the truth. Sometimes they do this by lying. Miss Marple appears in twelve books and twenty short stories. She seems to be a sweet, shy, old lady, but she actually has no fear. She uses her intelligence, her knowledge of human nature and memories of local history to discover the truth. She often beats the police by solving crimes before they do. Agatha Christie had a long and very act ... ...
