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Источник: Демонстрационная версия ЕГЭ—2022 по английскому языку

Do you have students who are addicted to watching detective movies or reading them? If so, here is a worksheet that will definitely turn out to be helpful in terms of good vocabulary, listening and speaking practice. The worksheet is designed for Intermediate students.

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Some
people think that reading detectives is a waste of time.

     In today`s
world there are many different kinds of books and all

people can
find something suitable among the variety. However,

some think
that detectives are a useless and stupid genre of books,

whereas
others believe that there is no better way to spend time than

reading
detectives. So where is the truth?

     In my
opinion, reading crime stories brings any person many benefits

and
advantages. Firstly, detectives usually have cunningly devised

motives of
a crime and an investigation process. This characteristic

of the book
allows readers to develop logic, observation and

understanding
of human behavior, which can be very useful in real

life.
Secondly, it is the best way to deal with depression because the

world of
the book is able to capture and divert from real issues. As is

known, a
person a little distracted from any problem later find a

solution
quicker because of looking at the situation more objectively.

Moreover,
we should take into account that reading books enriches

the lexicon
and develops grammar skills.

     Nevertheless,
many people share the opinion that reading detectives

is
worthless activity. Nowadays this genre is made from a template,

so that
every book is of the same plot.

     This may be
true to some extent, but I assume that detectives of

different
authors are varied. They have their own inner world and

fantasy, so
plots of some books can be similar but it does not make

crime
stories less interesting.

     In
conclusion, I am firmly convinced that detectives are beneficial

books
because of their ability to give food for thought, distract from

reality and
develop logical thinking. I maintain that this genre cannot

be called
`useless`.

It’s true that many people believe that reading this kind of books isn’t really useful, and more than that, they consider it as a waste of time, but personally, I think it has many positive sides:

1. Developing our imagination

While reading a detective story, instead of waiting for the truth to be revealed at the end, the reader can take the place of the detective, start thinking like him and try to find out the guilty. It’s very funny and very useful because it makes our little grey cells work!!!

* Little grey cells: the famous sentence of Hercule Poirot, a fictional Belgian detective created by Agatha Christie.

2. Changing the mood

When we are used to reading serious books such as politics, history, NLP and Economy books, we can feel at one point that we need to relax, so why not to read something light and enjoyable? It’s better than stopping reading, because at least it will help us keep up our pace.

In my opinion, a detective story is the best choice we can make, because it’s very easy to read and doesn’t require a big effort. Even when we try to play the detective role, it remains very amusing!

3. Picking up new information

Furthermore, in some of their stories, crime writers provide an overview of the political, economical and historical environment where their characters live, this information is also inspired from reality, so I think it’s very interesting to know.

4. Discovering Human nature

In those novels, we learn not to trust appearances and not to judge people until we live with them and know them more closely.

Another little detail I’ve learned from Hercule Poirot is that people tend to talk about their problems, their thoughts and their pasts with strangers because they have no interests in common, so they won’t judge them or criticize them or use this information against them one day. This is how Hercule Poirot solves his cases; he knows how to talk to people and make them trust him.

Have a good week end all!

Amal.

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Agatha Christie’s secret life as an archaeologist

She is one of the best-known crime writers of all time, but few know the extent of Agatha Christie’s archaeological pedigree. What can we discover if we dig into her past?
Married in 1930 to Max Mallowan, an eminent archaeologist, Christie spent two decades living on excavation sites in the Middle East, writing her crimenovels and helping out with her husband’s work. Travel by boat and on the Orient Express to Cairo, Damascus and Baghdad provided ideas for some of Christie’s best-known works of detective fiction, including “Murder on the Orient Express”, “Death on the Nile”, and “Murder in Mesopotamia”.
Now, 3,000-year-old ivory artifacts recovered by Mallowan between 1949 and 1963 from the ancient city of Nimrud, in what is now Iraq, and likely cleaned by his famous wife using cotton wool buds and face cream, are currently on display at the British Museum in London. “Face cream in fact is quite a good thing to clean (artifacts) with. Obviously conservators now wouldn’t use that, but I don’t think it has done (the pieces) any harm,” he claimed, adding that in fact it was quite resourceful of Christie to think of applying her Innoxa face cream to the fragile, dirty pieces. “Agatha, who was very conscious of being fifteen years older than her husband, travelled everywhere with her moisturiser and it was just the right consistency for cleaning artifacts,” said Henrietta McCall, the author of “The Life of Max Mallowan: Archaeology and Agatha Christie.”
Christie’s interest in archaeology, according to McCall, went deeper than support for her husband’s work and even formed the backdrop to works such as “Murder in Mesopotamia”, in which the culprit turns out to be an archaeologist. Several of the characters in the book can be traced to the people Christie knew from a dig in Ur in what is modern Iraq, including the murder victim, which McCall believes is based on the wife of archaeologist Leonard Woolley. “She made a wonderful quote on archaeology and crime detection, that they are very similar because you have to clear away the debris to reveal the shining truth,” said McCall. And Christie’s elaborate plotting and clue building came in handy when piecing together broken artifacts.
According to the archaeologist Charlotte Trumpler, “Christie was of course fascinated by puzzles, using little archaeological fragments, and she had a gift for piecing them together very patiently.” Trumpler co-curated a 2001-2 travelling exhibition “Agatha Christie and Archaeology: Mystery in Mesopotamia” alongside Henrietta McCall.
Although Christie played an important role in her husband’s work, even financing many of his expeditions, she was, according to McCall, very modest about her contributions. She was fiercely proud of Mallowan, who is often referred to as one of the best-known archaeologists of the post-WWII period. However, Trumpler believes that though Christie never publically mentioned it, her contribution to archaeology was larger than she imagined. Her notes and black and white photographs of excavation sites are used by archaeologists and researchers even today, she said.
Christie’s readiness to muck in and help her husband, says Trumpler, stemmed from her desire to be a devoted wife but also from a fascination with the Middle East that stayed with her for many years. “Everyone thinks Agatha Christie was a bit like the character Miss Marple, that she lived in England and was into knitting and looking after the garden,” said Trumpler. “Actually, she wasn’t … she had such a fascinating life apart from being an author.”

40. 1 Imagine that you are doing a project on what book genres are popular among teenagers in Zetland. You have found some data on the subject – the results of the opinion polls (see the table below).

Comment on the data n the table and give your opinion on the subject of the project.

Write 200-250 words

Вступление

1. Общее предложение по теме проекта (teenage reading preferences) или по общей теме (reading).

! Нельзя писать здесь про важность/роль чтения, так как это спрашивается в 5 параграфе.

1. Готовлю проект по теме…
2. Нашел статистику по теме проекта
3. В эссе я собираюсь..

Teenagers= 13-19 year olds= teenage boys and girls= teenage readers*

Respondents // Those surveyed // Book lovers

It’s no secret that different age groups have different reading preferences. This project I am working on is aimed at establishing what book genres are popular among 13-19 year olds in Zetland. I have found some data on this issue and organized it in a table. In this essay I am going to analyse my findings.

Para 2

Пишем о первых двух показателях и о последнем.

55 percent of teenagers= more than half of teenagers=the majority of teenagers

As can be seen from the table, the majority of the respondents cited adventure stories as their preferred book genre, making this kind of books most popular with Zetland’s teenagers. Adventure fiction is very closely followed by detective, war and spy stories, which are also liked by more than half of teenage readers. Another key feature is that less than a fifth of the surveyed teenagers reported enjoying reading romances, putting this genre at the bottom of the table.

Para 3

Сравниваем 3й показатель с ранее данными показателями. Сравниваем 4й показатель.

The table also shows that sports stories, enjoyed by 49 percent of teenage boys and girls, are just slightly less popular than the first two most read genres. By contrast, animal stories with 27 percent are only half as popular as the two reading genres.

Para 4

Фраза-связка, проблема, решение.

While many teenagers cannot imagine their lives without books, there is an important problem associated with reading. It is known that prolonged reading can lead to eye strain and headaches. Fortunately, book lovers can effectively deal with this issue by taking regular breaks from reading and giving their eyes some rest.

Заключение

Фраза-связка, мое мнение.

In conclusion, although avid young readers can face some problems, I am convinced that reading is of crucial importance for every teenager.