TAPESCRIPT 1

DON’T MISS!

Grammar focus: Dr.Watson says:

Give a comment on the usage of the definite article with the proper name.

Explain the meaning of the sentence.

V. Sherlock Holmes

L Where do we meet SH?

L Why does he start with a riding crop?

L How does SH surprise JW?

L What does SH learn about JW:

a)……………………………………………………

b)……………………………………………………

c) ………………………………………..................

d) ………………………………………………….

L What are your first impressions of SH? Did he surprise you?

VI. 221B & Mrs. Hudson

Vocabulary notes:

to skip sth.

to be on forensics – to do scientific tests when trying to solve a crime

L Why does Mrs. Hudson give SH a special deal?

L What are JW’s first impressions of the flat?

L What did JW learn about SH on the Internet?

L Why was the 4^th suicide different?

L What made SH excited & happy?

L How does Mrs.Hudson characterize JW?

VII. Sherlock Holmes and Dr.Watson

Reconstruct the dialogue between SH and JW in the cab:

Dr.Watson	Sherlock Holmes
Where’re we going?
Who are you? What do you do?
I’d say a private detective but …
The police don’t go to private detectives.
What does it mean?
The police don’t consult amateurs.
Yes. How did you know?

VIII. Sherlock Holmes’s detective skills

1. How did SH work out the following things about JW? Listen for details.

L MILITARY

L LIMP

L BROTHER

L CLARA’S MARRIAGE

L BROTHER’S DRINKING

2. Now read and listen to this part of the film (see Appendix 1) again. Check your answers.

3. The final question: What was JW’s reaction to SH’s detective skills?

4. HOMEWORK Review the tapescript for pronunciation and intonation features, tempo. Then read it trying to imitate the actor as much as possible. Look up unknown words in the dictionary.

IX. Crime Scene (21:12)

Vocabulary notes:

Going by

Adultery – sex between a married person and sb. Who is not their husband or wife

To get off on

1. What did SH get wrong?

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2. How is SH greeted?

3. What did you learn about the victim going by Lestrade’s words?

4. What annoys SH?

5. What do we learn about the victim from SH?

L …………………………………..

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6. What do we learn about the victim from JW?

7. What evidences does SH mention and what do they say about the victim:

EVIDENCE	INFORMATION
L clothes
L ring
L coat
L umbrella
L suitcase
L splash marks on her right heel and calf (not on the left)

8. What conclusion does SH make?

9. How does the police officer Donovan characterize SH?

X. An Interested Party (till 42:00)

1. Why doesn’t that man phone JW on his phone?

2. What does he want?

3. What’s this man’s connection to SH?

4. What does “an interested party” offer JW?

5. What does JW answer?

6. How did “the man” know that JW wouldn’t leave SH?

7. What’s that man’s connection to SH in your opinion?

TAPESCRIPT 1

“Your haircut, the way you hold yourself says military. But your conversation said trained at Barts – so Army doctor, obvious. Your face is tanned but no tan above the wrists. You’ve been abroad, but no sunbathing.

Your limp is really bad when you walk, but you don’t ask for a chair when you stand – like you’ve forgotten about it – so it’s at least partly psychosomatic. That says the original circumstances of the injury were traumatic – wounded in action then. Wounded in action, suntan – Afghanistan or Iraq.

(You said I had a therapist)

You’ve got a psychosomatic limp; of course you’ve got a therapist.

Then there’s your brother. Mm. Your phone. It’s expensive. E-mail enabled. MP3player. And you are looking for a flatshare. You wouldn’t buy this – it’s a gift. Scratches. Not one. Many over time – it’s been in the same pocket as keys and coins. You wouldn’t treat your one luxury item like this, so it’s had a previous owner.

Next bit’s easy. You know it already. (The engraving?) Harry Watson. Clearly a family member who’s given you his old phone. Not your father, this is a young man’s gadget. Could be a cousin, but you’re a war hero who can’t find a place to live – unlikely you’ve got an extended family, not one you’re close to. So brother it is.

Now, who’s Clara? Three kisses saus it’s a romantic attachment. The expense of the phone says wife, not girlfriend. Must have given it to him recently, it’s only six months old. Marriage in trouble then – six months on he’s given it away. If she’d left Him, he would have kept it. Sentiment. No. He wanted rid of it. He left HER. He gave the phone to you, so he wants you to stay in touch. You’re looking for cheap accommodation, but you’re not going to your brother for help – that says you’ve got problems with him. May be you liked his wife, or don’t like his drinking.

Drinking. Power connection – tiny little scuff marks round it. Every night he plugs it in but his hands are shaking. You never see those marks on a sober man’s phone, never see a drunk’s without them.

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