Suggested activities. aChoose the correct answers:

a Choose the correct answers:

		In what way was Mrs Parker murdered?	She was killed with a knife.
			She was killed with a hammer.
			She was shot down.
		Who saw Adams soon after the murder?	Only Mrs Salmon did.
			Mrs Salmon, Mr Weeler and one
			more witness did.
			Mrs Salmon, Mr MacDougall,
			Mr Weller and one more witness did.
		What did Adams drop in Mrs Parker's garden?	He dropped a knife.
			He dropped a gun.
			He dropped a hammer.
4 What alibi did Adams have?	His twin brother said that he was talking with him when Mrs Parker was murdered.
	His wife said that he was with her at that moment.
	His neighbour said that he saw Adams near his house at that moment.
5 What was the end of the trial?	Adams was found guilty.
	Adams was acquitted for the lack of evidence.
	The trial was postponed.
6 What happened after the trial?	One of the twin brothers died of a heart attack.
	One of the twin brothers was killed in an accident.
	One of the brothers committed suicide.

b Say if you agree or disagree and support your point of view:

1 Many people present at the trial believed that Adams had a chance of being acquitted.

2 Mrs Salmon was sleeping when she heard the gate shut.

3 Adams had a hammer in his hand and Mrs Salmon saw him drop it into the bushes.

4 Adams was quite a pleasant person.

5 Mrs Salmon was afraid of the judge who interrogated her.

6 Mrs Salmon's eyesight was bad and she had to wear spectacles.

7 Nobody knew which of the twin brothers was the murderer.

с Complete the following plan of the story:

• Mrs. Parker is killed in her house.

• There are a few witnesses who...

....................................................................

d Use the following words: chance, headlines, acquitted, found, dock, murder, dead, trial, attended, murderer.

It was a very strange murder.... I have never... such a strange trial. They named it the Northwood... in the..., because the house, where the old woman was found... at two o'clock in the morning, was in Northwood Street. The... was... immediately: no one present at the trial believed that the man in the... had any... of being....

e Paraphrase the following in English:

1 She was battered to death.

2 His luck was badly out.

3 There was no sense of importance in her.

4 Is your eyesight good?

5 I couldn't make out what he was at.

f Translate the following sentences using these nouns and adjectives: door, luck, certain, image, back.

Мистер Уилер жил по соседству от миссис Паркер.

Ему действительно не везло.

Вы вполне уверены?

Он был точной копией человека на скамье подсудимых.

Они могли выйти через черный ход.

g Translate the following sentences using these verbs: to make out, to depend, to dress, to wear.

Яне мог понять, куда он клонит.

От ваших показаний может зависеть жизнь человека.

Он был одет точно так же.

На нем были перчатки.

h Translate the following sentences into Russian paying attention to the verb to get:

1 Mr Weeler got up and looked out of the window.

2 I followed Mrs Salmon out of court and we got in the crowd who were waiting for the twins.

3 The police tried to get the twins to leave by a back way, but the twins did not want to.

4 The crowd moved and somehow one of the twins got pushed on to the road right in front of a bus.

5 There was the other Adams getting on his feet from beside the body and looking straight over at Mrs Salmon.

i Write all the words related to law and courts, out of the text. Compare your list with those of your group-mates.

j Think and answer:

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