5 A Nose for Crime 55 Workbook bls. 72 1 Listen and answer Hlustið og merkið við rétt svör. Hlustunartextar Section 1 Read the question for section one. Now listen and choose the right answer. • Sherlock Holmes is a private detective created by the Scottish writer Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. He introduced Holmes in 1887 in the short story “A Study in Scarlet” and went on to write at least 50 more stories featuring the detective. The most famous story is The Hound of the Baskervilles. Some people believe that Sherlock Holmes was a real person. He wasn’t. He is fictional. However, the writer Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was inspired by one of his teachers from medical school when he described what Sherlock Holmes looked like. Section 2 Read the question for section two. Now listen and choose the right answer. • My best birthday present this year was a book called The Detective’s Handbook. I read the book to train myself to be a great detective. It’s a handy pocket guide packed with hints and tips on how to become a supersleuth. I have learned how to crack codes, discover how to identify people by their fingerprints or handwriting, find out how to examine witnesses and look for clues. I recommend this book to everybody who would like to be a detective one day. Section 3 Read the question for section three. Now listen and choose the right answer. • Alcatraz Island is a short but scenic boat ride from San Francisco. It’s the site of a former prison. In the 1930s, Alcatraz was turned into a maximumsecurity prison for tough criminals. It was famous for inmates such as Al Capone. It’s also famous for the fourteen escape attempts from the island. Alcatraz closed down in 1963. You can visit the prison. Go at your own pace, walk through the cell block, library, dining room, prison yard, and administrative wing. Doors of selected cells are open, so you can step inside and get an idea of what daily life for prisoners was like. Section 4 Read the question for section four. Now listen and choose the right answer. • Hello there, I’m Robin Stevens. I write crime fiction for children. Thank you for all your questions. I’ll try to answer as many as possible. Liza, who is from London, would like to know how my writing process works. Well, Liza, I’m always thinking about the stories I write – the characters and their plots go round in my head all day. I think that’s why, when I actually sit down to write, I can churn out words very fast. I write every weekday morning for an hour, while I’m sitting on the train on my way to work. In fact, that’s how I wrote most of this blog post! I have to write on my laptop. I have a very little one that fits in my handbag, although I do make a few scrappy notes on paper before I begin each book. I can type up to 1,000 words on one journey – and when it comes to revisions I can revise fast as well. The edits, once I get into them, are my favourite part of the process – altering facts about my plot and characters makes me feel like I’m doing a secret magic trick.
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