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Sherlock Holmes. The Story of the Creeping Man. Can you solve the mystery?. A man goes into the bar. He says something to the barman. He turns his back to the barman and the barman takes a gun and fires at the ceiling. Why?.
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Sherlock Holmes The Story of the Creeping Man
Can you solve the mystery? A man goes into the bar. He says something to the barman. He turns his back to the barman and the barman takes a gun and fires at the ceiling. Why?
The man had hiccups (икота). One cure for hiccups is to give the person a shock, so that’s why the barman fired the gun.
Russian actors, who played parts of Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson I. Livanov V. Solomin
1. Why was the Professor’s trip unusual?2. Which three adjectives describe the Professor’s behaviour after his trip?3. In what way do you think the Professor’s behaviour might have been strange? What kind of things did he do?
The Professor first behaved strangely on the 2nd July. • The Professor behaved strangely every nine days. • The letter in the box was from Doctor Lowenstein. • The Czech scientist claimed to have found the secret of eternal youth. • The source of the drug was a black-faced monkey called Serum Langur.
6. The Professor’s fiancee was worried about the difference in age between herself and the Professor. 7. Professor Presbury believed that he had to turn himself into a younger man. 8. Presbury went to Prague to meet Doctor Lewenstein. 9. The change in the Professor was first noticed by the dog, Roy. 10. The dog’s behaviour was a clue that something was wrong / something had changed in his master.
Hometask: exercise 3 (1), page 73 to write.
