Unit 1 Let's Step In 3e
From detective stories to thrillers
INTRODUCTION
Describe and situate the different elements of this montage.
Vocabulary : CSI (Crime Scene Investigator) – GLOVE (gant) – GUN (pistolet) – CLASSICAL PAINTING – SILHOUETTE – MAGNIFYING GLASS (loupe)
SHOW = série télévisée
"CSI'' = "Les experts" (also : "CSI:Miami" and "CSI:NY" – "Les experts : Manhattan") FAMOUS = célèbre
STUDY = étudier SMOKE = fumer HOLD = tenir CENTURY = siècle TIME (ici) = époque
At the top on the left we can see a casino in Las Vegas. On the right there are 2 people from the show "CSI". This show takes place in Las Vegas. We can see the famous character Gil Grissom working with another CSI : they are wearing plastic gloves and studying a gun.
At the bottom, we can see the silhouette of the famous detective Sherlock Holmes:
he's wearing a cap, smoking a pipe and holding a magnifying glass. In the background, there is a classical painting representing London in the 19th century .
These pictures represent 2 different
methods of investigation at 2 different
times.
STARTER : Solve a murder mystery !
The cook The daughter The gardener The maid The wife
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CHARACTERS COOK DAUGHTER GARDENER MAID WIFE
ACTIONS cooking getting the mail
planting seeds
cleaning the windows
reading a book
The DAUGHTER is lying because THERE IS NO MAIL ON SUNDAY MORNINGS.
The victim = the rich father / husband
Date of the crime = Sunday morning
Unit 1 Let's Step In 3e
STEP 1
: Je rédige une biographie
A. What do you know about Agatha Christie ?
WORD BANK : TYPEWRITER (machine à écrire) NICKNAME (surnom) NOVEL (roman) FAMOUS CHARACTERS (personnages célèbres) ADAPTED
HEADLINE (manchette de journal) MAYBE = PERHAPS I SUPPOSE... I GUESS...
Agatha Christie was a writer : her nickname was the Queen of Crime. She created 2 famous characters : Hercule Poirot is a Belgian detective and Miss Marple is an old lady.
2 of her novels were adapted for the cinema : Murder On The Orient Express in 1974 and Death On The Nile in 1978. Agatha Christie died in 1976.
B. Facts about Agatha Christie ?
Summary from the information collected in the workbook p. 14
Agatha Christie was born on 15th September 1890 in Torquay. She studied at home with her mother, then she studied piano and singing in Paris.
In 1914 she married Archibald Christie. She had one daughter in 1919. In 1928 she divorced and she married again in 1930. Her husband was an archaelogist.
She wrote her first detective novel in 1920 : its title was ''The Mysterious Affair at Styles''. In all she wrote more than 60 detective novels and more than 12 plays.
Agatha Christie died in 1976 of natural causes.
Look at the following documents and make sentences to say what you know or what you can guess about Agatha Christie.
Use the word bank.
STEP 1
: Je décris une scène dont j'ai été le témoin
A. Are you a good observer ?
Comparer ce qui se passe maintenant avec ce qui se passait à un moment donné
Utiliser le Présent Be-ING et le Prétérit Be-ING.
In the picture , the man was holding a hat ...WHEREAS...
in the workbook, he is smoking a pipe.
In the picture, the dog was sitting whereas in the workbook it is standing.
In the picture, the children were playing marbles whereas in the workbook they are playing with a ball.
In the picture, the man on the bike had a moustache whereas in the workbook he doesn't have one.
Le Présent et le Prétérit Be-ING ne sont utilisés que pour évoquer des actions ou des activités. Dans la dernière phrase, ''avoir une moustache" n'est pas une activité, mais plutôt une caractéristique physique. Dans ce cas ce sont les temps simples qui s'imposent : Présent et Prétérit Simples. WHEREAS = alors que, tandis que (mot de liaison)B. What kind of detective is Hercule Poirot ?
Read an extract from The Mysterious Affair at Styles, by Agatha Christie.1. Be logical and find the meaning of these expressions:
-HATLESS = sans son chapeau
(HAT + suffixe privatif –LESS)-GESTICULATING < GESTICULATE = gesticuler
(verbe de racine latine)-GESTURE OF DESPAIR = geste de désespoir -CARD HOUSES = châteaux de cartes
2. Find 4 synonyms for ''RUN'' in the text:
RUSH (l. 2) DASH (l. 4) HURRY (l. 5) TEAR (l. 5) 3. Who says what ? Match the sentences with the right character:
"And, before I could answer...into the street." Hercule Poirot
"For the love of Heaven, direct me to a garage." Captain Hasting
"There he goes, round the corner!" Mary Cavendish
STEP 2
: Je parle des habitudes passées 1 GET READY !
How did investigators solve crimes in 1900 ?
BULLETS FINGERPRINTS BLOOD SAMPLES
In 1835 Goddard MADE the first bullet comparison.
In 1880 Faulds IDENTIFIED a culprit with his FINGERPRINTS for the first time.
In 1910 Locard CREATED the first Crime Lab in Lyon.
In 1937 Specht first DETECTED blood traces by SPRAYING Luminol.
In 1986 Jeffreys first EXTRACTED DNA from blood SAMPLES.
Poser une question sur les techniques d'investigation en 1900;
Répondre par une réponse courte et donner une explication en précisant la date à laquelle cette technique a été créée.
1. Did investigators identify a culprit with his fingerprints in 1900 ?
2. Yes, they did because Faulds identified a culprit with his fingerprints for the first time in 1880.
1. Did investigators create crime labs in 1900 ?
2. No, they didn't because Locard created the first Crime Lab in 1910.
1. Did investigators extract DNA in 1900 ?
2. No, they didn't because Jeffreys first extracted DNA in 1986.
- Expression : FOR THE FIRST TIME = pour la première fois (en fin de phrase) - Adjectif : THE FIRST ... = le premier ... / la première ... (avant un nom)
- Adverbe : FIRST = en premier (avant un verbe)
2 STEP FORWARD !
A I used to be a forensic scientist.
Pour parler d'une habitude du passé, révolue aujourd'hui, on emploie l'expression USED TO + base verbale. Cette expression fonctionne comme un verbe au prétérit :Forme négative : SUBJECT + DIDN'T USE TO + base verbale Forme interrogative : DID + SUBJECT + USE TO + base verbale
Pour parler de ce qu'on ne fait plus, on emploie : Forme négative + ANY MORE en fin de phrase ouSujet + NO LONGER + verbe (forme affirmative)
B Write an article in a newspaper.
Réunir des infos pour écrire un résumé WB : Ex. B p. 23Donner son année et son lieu de naissance;
Parler de ses hobbies à l'école;
Dire qu'il ne vit plus à Bristol, et qu'il a déménagé* à Londres dans les années 60;
Dire quel était son métier, expliquer en quoi consistait ce métier;
Indiquer en quelle année il a changé de métier*;
Préciser ce qu'il fait à présent;
Dire qu'il ne s'occupe* plus de scènes de crimes aujourd'hui.
VOCAB.: MOVE = déménager, CHANGE JOBS = changer de métier, DEAL WITH = s'occuper de.
Gary Jenkins was born in 1955 in Bristol. At school, he used to play cards and detectives with friends. He no longer lives in Bristol : he moved to London in the 60s. He used to be a forensic scientist : he used to collect samples and detect blood traces. He changed jobs in 1989. Now he is a lecturer in forensic science at the university. Today, he doesn't deal with crime scenes any more.
USED TO : exprime une habitude du passé
NO LONGER / NOT... ANY MORE : ne ... plus
base verbale et marques du temps
C An unusual way to investigate.
Read an article about Frances Glessner Lee and answer the questions.
NUTSHELL = NUT + SHELL = + = "coquille de noix" in French.
2. Quote her motto and translate it :
"Convict the guilty, clear the innocent and find the truth in a nutshell !''
Confondre le coupable, disculper l'innocent et trouver la vérité dans une coquille de noix.
What's a motto in French ? DEVISE
3. What's the nature of her work ?
It consists of 19 miniature crime scenes. She called them "the Nutshell Studies of Unexplained Death", which is in French : les Etudes de Coquilles de Noix de la Mort Inexpliquée.
4. Find a synonym for ''CAUSE OF DEATH'' in the text (§ 2): MANNER OF DEATH
5. Quote a sentence from the text where the verb USE means ''UTILISER'':
"... she used her fortune to help establish Harvard's Department of Legal Medicine."
6. Quote another sentence where the verb USE expresses a habit from the past:
"...students used to train to examine all the clues..."
"They used to look at each crime scenario..."
WB 1 p. 23 : Now answer questions a to h in your workbook.
Make it yours !
WB p. 24
The following expressions are taken from the sequence : number them in the right order.
4-YEAR DEGREE 7-YEAR SERVICE CRIME LABS EXPERT WITNESSES
HIGHLY TRAINED IDENT OFFICERS IDENT SECTION JOB OPTIONS
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SUBMIT REPORTS
Now sum up what you have understood :
A CSI is a police officer working at crime scenes ; he collects evidence and takes photos.
A forensic scientist is a civilian : he analyses evidence in a laboratory and often testifies in court.
None of them interview suspects.
! NONE OF THEM est suivi du pluriel, car on considère un groupe de
personnes.
Unit 1 Let's Step In 3e
STEP 3
: Je relève des informations et prolonge un récit
1 GET READY !
Imagine a story from a sound sequence.
BARK (aboyer) – BLOW (souffler) ENTER – CREAK (grincer)
! context, situation ≠ event, action
GO UP (monter) – RING (sonner) OPEN – LIBRARY
FIND – SAFE (coffre-fort)
FORCE (fracturer) – STEAL SHOUT – RUN AWAY – ESCAPE The wind was blowing and the rain was falling. A dog was barking.
Suddenly a man entered a house when the door creaked.
Then the man was going up to the first floor while the bells were ringing.
He opened the door to the library and he found a safe.
When the man forced the safe, he stole the money, but a woman saw him. She shouted but he ran away and escaped.