КУЧИНА
MYSTERY GREATS
(Original mystery and crime stories)
Утверждено редакционно-издательским советом университета
в качестве учебного пособия
НОВОСИБИРСК
2010
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ББК 81.432.1-923
К 959
Рецензенты:
М. <...> Mystery Greats (original mystery and crime stories) : учеб. пособие /
С. <...> The course book consists of three chapters. <...> There you can find shot stories written by mystery and detective greats – Edgar Allan Poe, Arthur Conan Doyle and
Agatha Christie – and the authors‟ biographies. <...> Course book «Mystery Greats» (original mystery and crime stories) is for
students and English teachers who study and work with Intermediate and UpperIntermediate courses.
«Mystery Greats» (original mystery and crime stories) is not a highly tailored
training course so whether you are student or teacher you may use it as a main
course or a part of some special courses or for your own individual studying needs. <...> The course book gives you a great opportunity of mixing the text exercises, making different tests, and providing individual work and self-control tasks, because all
the chapters contain key sections at the end of the book that enables students to selfcontrol. <...> Mac – Macmillan English dictionary for advanced learners.
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History of the Mystery
M
ystery and crime stories as we know them today did not emerge until the
mid-nineteenth century when Edgar Allan Poe introduced mystery fiction's
first fictional detective, Auguste C. Dupin, in his 1841 story, "The Murders in the
Rue Morgue." The acknowledged father of the mystery story, Poe continued Dupin's
exploits in novels such as "The Mystery of Marie Roget" (1842) and "The Purloined
Letter" (1845).
"The Murders in the Rue Morgue" is the most famous example of a mystery style
known as the locked room, in which "a murder victim is found inside an apparently
sealed enclosure and the detective's challenge is to discover the murderer's modus
operandi."
Poe was one of the first to shift the focus of mystery stories from the aesthetics
of the situation to a more intellectual reality, moving the story from "a focus on the
superficial trappings of eerie setting and shocking event to a study of the criminal's
mind."
As important as his contributions were to the genre <...>
Комментированное_чтение._Mystery_Greats_(original_mystery_and_crime_stories)_.pdf
Министерство образования и науки Российской Федерации
НОВОСИБИРСКИЙ ГОСУДАРСТВЕННЫЙ ТЕХНИЧЕСКИЙ УНИВЕРСИТЕТ
С.А. КУЧИНА
MYSTERY GREATS
(Original mystery and crime stories)
Утверждено редакционно-издательским советом университета
в качестве учебного пособия
НОВОСИБИРСК
2010
1
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ББК 81.432.1-923
К 959
Рецензенты:
М.В. Влавацкая, канд. филол. наук, доцент НГТУ;
Н.В. Носенко, канд. филол. наук, доцент НГПУ
Кучина С.А.
К 959 Mystery Greats (original mystery and crime stories) : учеб. пособие /
С.А. Кучина. – Новосибирск : Изд-во НГТУ, 2010. – 150 с.
ISBN 978-5-7782-1307-4
Настоящее пособие представляет собой учебный комплекс по комментированному
чтению обучающего и контрольно-тренировочного характера. Пособие
содержит три раздела, включающие оригинальные тексты на английском
языке и учебные задания к ним, направленные на формирование и тренировку
лексических, грамматических и синтаксических навыков. Текстовый материал
и формы работы с ним ориентированы на специфику гуманитарных дисциплин.
Предназначено
для преподавателей английского языка, студентов языковых
специальностей вузов (уровни Intermediate, Upper- Intermediate), а также
для всех, кто интересуется английской литературой.
Автор выражает благодарность старшему преподавателю ИЯ ГФ Швецовой
Н.А. за помощь в подготовке издания к публикации.
Работа издается в авторской редакции
ББК 81.432.1-923
ISBN 978-5-7782-1307-4
© Кучина С.А., 2010
© Новосибирский государственный
технический университет, 2010
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СОДЕРЖАНИЕ
Introduction................................................................................................................ 4
Abbreviations ............................................................................................................. 5
History of the Mystery ............................................................................................... 6
Edgar Allan Poe 1809–1849 .................................................................................... 11
THE BLACK CAT. Part I ......................................................................................... 14
Vocabulary ................................................................................................................. 18
Exercises .................................................................................................................... 24
THE BLACK CAT. Part II ........................................................................................ 31
Vocabulary ................................................................................................................. 35
Exercises .................................................................................................................... 40
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle 1859–1930 ....................................................................... 50
Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson ............................................................................. 51
THE ADVENTURE OF THE YELLOW FACE. Part I ........................................... 52
Vocabulary ................................................................................................................. 59
Exercises .................................................................................................................... 62
THE ADVENTURE OF THE YELLOW FACE. Part II .......................................... 70
Vocabulary ................................................................................................................. 77
Exercises .................................................................................................................... 82
Dame Agatha Christie 1890–1976 .......................................................................... 93
THE ADVENTURE OF THE “WESTERN STAR”. Part I ...................................... 95
Vocabulary ............................................................................................................... 104
Exercises .................................................................................................................. 107
THE ADVENTURE OF THE “WESTERN STAR”. Part II .................................. 115
Vocabulary ............................................................................................................... 122
Exercises .................................................................................................................. 126
APPENDICIES ...................................................................................................... 136
KEYS TO THE EXERCISES............................................................................... 142
BIBLIOGRAPHY .................................................................................................. 148
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