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1、LessonTwoWaitingforthePolicePartOneWarm-upI.JokeCanyouthinkasHolmesdoes?SherlockHolmesandDr.Watsonwentonacampingtrip.Astheylaydownforthenight,Holmessaid:“Watson,lookupintotheskyandtellmewhatyousee.”Watsonsaid:“Iseemillionsandmillionsofstars.”Holmes:“Andwhatdoesthattellyou?”Watson:“Astronomically,
2、ittellsmethattherearemillionsofgalaxiesandpotentiallybillionsofplanets.TheologicallyittellsmethatGodisgreatandthatwearesmallandinsignificant.Meteorologicallyittellsmethatwewillhaveabeautifuldaytomorrow.Whatdoesittellyou?”II.QuizMysteryandcrimestoriesareamongthemostpopularformsoffictiontoday,andth
3、epopularityofthegenreisnomysterytomillionsofreadersworldwide.HerearesomeMysteryGreats.Trytomatchtheirnameswiththeirworkstotestyourknowledgeaboutmysteryfictionsormovies.“TheMurdersintheRueMorgue”--EdgarAllanPoe“AStudyinScarlet”--SherlockHolmes“TheMurderattheVicarage”--AgathaChristie“TheRomanHatMys
4、tery”--ElleryQueen“The39Steps”--AlfredHitchcockIII.Quotations1.Educationneverends,Watson.Itisaseriesoflessons,withthegreatestforthelast.2.Allknowledgecomesusefultothedetective.3.Itisnotsoimpossible,however,thatamanshouldpossessallknowledgewhichislikelytobeusefultohiminhiswork,andthis,Ihaveendeavo
5、redinmycasetodo.I.AuthorThestory“WaitingforthePolice”waswrittenbyJ.JeffersonFarjeon,aBritishwriter.Heisbestknownforhismysterystoriesandisone1ofthefirstmodernauthorstomixromanceandhumorwithcrime.FARJEON,JOSEPHJEFFERSON(June4,1883—June6,1955)Englishnovelist,playwright,andjournalist,wasborninLondoni
6、ntoliterarycircumstances.Hisfather,BenjaminFarjeon,wasawell-knownnovelistandhewasthebrotherofthechildren’swriterEleanorFarjeonandtheplaywrightHerbertFarjeonAlthoughknownforhiskeenhumorandflashingwit,hewasnostrangertothesinisterandterrifying.ThecriticfortheSaturdayReviewofLiteraturepraisedDeathint
7、heInkwell,oneofhislaterbooks,callingitan“amusing,satirical,andfrequentlyhair-raisingyarnofanauthorwhogotdangerouslymixedupwithhisimaginarycharacters.Tricky.”detectivefictionthatentailstheoccurrenceofanunknowneventwhich
