Sherlock Holmes
Sherlock Holmes is the world’s most famous detective. Together with his friend Dr. Watson, Holmes
lived in a flat in 221 B Baker Street, London. Sherlock Holmes had known Dr. Watson- a police officer,
who loved fishing- for 15 years. They had met in a train and they were best friends. Dr. Watson was
never married and he had no children, but he had a dog called Charlie. Charlie was more important1
to Dr. Watson than anything else in the world. Sherlock Holmes was a very tall man –over six feet2and so thin3 that he looked even taller. But he was not beautiful or anything like that. He wasn’t even
married. He once fell in love with a beautiful young woman, called Lola, but Lola married someone
else. His hobbies were reading, smoking4 a pipe5 and playing the violin6, but his job was looking for
criminals7. When he tried to find one, he watched everybody and everything very carefully and after
some time he always found the person he was looking for, because he was a really clever. In his most
famous case8, Holmes had to go to Dartmoor in the west of England. In 1786, Sir Hugo Baskerville
was killed in the moor9 and since that time the Baskervilles knew that they mustn’t go to the moor at
night. Years later, after another person Sir Charles was killed by a huge black dog, Sherlock Holmes
was called. Sherlock Holmes was very frightened10 there because a terrible dog howled11 loudly12
every night. But after some time Holmes found out that the killer13 was not the dog but a man who
called himself Stapleton.
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Wichtiger
Fuß-Maßeinheit
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dünn
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rauchen
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Pfeife
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Geige
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Verbrecher
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Fall
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Moor
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Angst haben
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heulen
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laut
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Mörder
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Exercise 3: Hot Seat! Prepare four questions for each of the two characters:
– Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson=>If you need to look up some words, use the websites www. pons.eu or www.leo.org
=>Your questions:
My question is for Sherlock Holmes:
1) _________________________________________________________________________
2) _________________________________________________________________________
3) _________________________________________________________________________
4) _________________________________________________________________________
My question is for Dr. Watson:
1) _________________________________________________________________________
2) _________________________________________________________________________
3) _________________________________________________________________________
4) _________________________________________________________________________
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You could ask for:
feelings
hopes and dreams
information which is in the text
information which is not given
information about the life of the
character (age, job, where they live,
if they are married, …)
- how sb. looks (tall, thin, beautiful)
- things you want to know
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 That is how you ask:
- Could
you
tell
us
where/what/when/ who/ how …?
- Could you explain why you …?
- Have you ever …?
- What happened when/ after you
…?
- Why did/didn’t you …?
- How did you feel when …?
- What were you thinking when …?
- Do you like/hate …?
- If you could choose again, would
you …?
- Do you think you …?
- Do you think that …?
- Are you …?
Question
Helping
Subject
word
word
What,
Form of I,
where,
to
when,
have,
who,
do, will, you, say
you,
how….
can,
them
you, …
be, he, she,
it,
Verb
we,
Indirect
Direct
Object
object
Place
Time
me, your, …
at home, at at
him, her,
a party, …
it,
us,
eight
o’clock,
yesterday,
now, ….
must,
would,
could,
should,
….
Role Card „Sherlock Holmes“
This is your role for the Hot Seat. You should imagine that you are Sherlock
Holmes. Think about some of the following points, so you can feel, think and act
like your character. Make notes!
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How old are you?
Where do you live?
How would you describe yourself (characteristics)?
What is your hobby?
What do you like?
What do you hate?
What are you good at?
What are you afraid of?
What is your dream for the future?
Are you married?
Do you think you are a good detective? Why?
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Role Card „Dr. Watson “
This is your role for the Hot Seat. You should imagine that you are Dr. Watson.
Think about some of the following points, so you can feel, think and act like your
character. Make notes!
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How old are you?
Where do you live?
How would you describe yourself (characteristics)?
What is your hobby?
What do you like?
What do you hate?
What are you good at?
What are you afraid of?
What is your dream for the future?
Are you married?
Do you think you are a good police officer? Why?
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