LiteratureSpot8NoCrimeintheMountains.ppt

1、Dective Fictions - Evelyn Cheng,Literature Spot 8,Listen to the music and enjoy some pictures, then finding: Are you familiar with the music? Where is it from? Do you know what the films have in common? Have you ever read their original novels?,Warm up,Are you familiar with the music? Where is it fr

2、om? Do you know what the films have in common? Have you ever read their original novels?,Warm up,Sherlock Homles,Crimes and detectives,Detective Fictions,Detective Fiction is a branch of crime fiction in which a detective (or detectives), either professional or amateur, investigate a crime,usually m

3、urder. Detective fiction is the most popular form of both mystery fiction (推理小说）and crime fiction.,Detective Fictions,Early Chinese Detective Fictions,Bao Gong An（包公案） Di Gong An(狄公案） The hero of these fictions is typically a traditional judge or a similar official based on historical personages suc

4、h as Judge Bao and Judge Di.,Detective Fiction in West is more often considered to have begun in 1841 with the publication of The Murders in the Rue Morgue by Edgar Allen Poe.,Early Western Detective Ficions,Early Western Detective Fictions,Many western readers generally preferred a type of detectiv

5、e story in which an outsider-sometimes a salaried investigator or a police officer, but often a gifted amateur-investigates a murder commited in a closed environment by one of a limited number of suspects.,Sir Arthur Conan Doyle,Sir Arthur Conan Doyle(1859-1930) He was a British writer best known fo

6、r his detective fiction featuring the character Sherlock Holmes.In addition, Doyle wrote over fifty short stories featuring the famous detective. The Sherlock Holmes stories are generally considered milestones in the field of crime fiction.,Sherlock Holmes,Referring to himself as a consulting detect

7、ive in the stories, Holmes is known for his proficiency with observation, forensic science(法庭科学）, and logical reasoning, which he employs when investigating cases for a wide variety of clients. The original tales were adapted into stage and radio plays, television, films, video games, and other medi

8、a for over one hundred years.,What will be talked in the text according to the following picture?,Sherlock Holmes,Skim the text, check your prediction: What will be talked in the text ?,Sherlock Holmes,The meeting process of John Watson and Sherlock Holmes.,Read the text carefully and then answer th

9、e questions.,Sherlock Holmes,1. Why Dr.Watson went to meet Sherlock? 2. What does Sherlock do? A medical student? 3. What is the profound significance of Sherlocks finding? 4. Can you infer what kind of person Sherlock is? 5. Will Dr.Watson become the flatmate?,Sherlock Holmes,1. Why Dr.Watson goes

10、to meet Sherlock? 2. What does Sherlock do? A medical student? 3. What is the profound significance of Sherlocks finding? 4. Can you infer what kind of person Sherlock is? 5. Will Dr.Watson want the flatmate?,Because he is looking for a flatmate.,No, he may be a detective.,Hundreds of men will pay t

11、he penalty of their crimes.,He is exremely intelligent with strong obseravtion and logical reasoning.,Maybe, he is interested in Sherlock.,Read the text in groups, rewriting the text into a short script. Group 1: Scene 1. Group 2 and 3: Scene 2. Group4: Scene3,Sherlock Holmes,Rewrite and Discuss,2 to 4 members per group. Work in groups, discussing,remembering the lines and playing the roles.,Sherlock Holmes,Discuss and Role Play,Presentation,Which group is bette