¿Serías un buen detective?

¿Eres de esos que sabe quién es el asesino desde el principio de la película? ¿Has leído los relatos de Sherlock Holmes, o de Poirot, y crees que eso lo hace cualquiera?
Desde el Departamento de Inglés te proponemos unos pequeños acertijos para que saques al detective que llevas dentro. ¡Esperamos soluciones!

1. How could a child fall out of a twenty-story building onto the ground and live?

2. There are six eggs in the basket. Six people each take one of the eggs. How can it be that one egg is left in the basket?

3. Acting on an anonymous phone call, the police raid a house to arrest a suspected murderer. They don't know what he looks like but they know his name is John and that he is inside the house. The police find a carpenter, a lorry driver, a mechanic and a fireman all playing poker. Without hesitation or communication of any kind, they immediately arrest the fireman. How do they know they've got their man?

4. A man is wearing black. Black shoes, socks, trousers, coat, gloves and ski mask. He is walking down a back street with all the street lamps off. A black car is coming towards him with its light off but somehow manages to stop in time. How did the driver see the man?

5. A man walks into a bar and asks the barman for a glass of water. The barman pulls out a gun and points it at the man. The man says 'Thank you' and walks out.

Recomendaciones del Departamento de Inglés para la Semana de los Detectives

EOI  NAVALMORAL DE LA MATA

SEMANA DE LOS DETECTIVES

DEPARTAMENTO DE INGLÉS

NIVEL A1

Washington Irving: Rip Van Winkle and The Legend of the Sleepy Hollow.

Richard MacAndrew: Inspector Logan.

Raymond Candler: The Lady in the Lake.

John Escott: The Big Story.

NIVEL A2

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle: Sherlock Holmes. The Case of the Blue Diamond.

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle: The Hound of the Baskervilles.

Lesley Thompson: The Real McCoy.

NIVEL B1

Joseph Conrad: Secret Agent

Richar McAndrey: The Lahti File

Arthur Conan Doyle: A Scandal in Bohemia

Gillian Cross: On the Edge

Alexander McCall Smith: The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency.

John Buchan: The Thirty-Nine Steps

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle: Sherlock Holmes and the Mistery of Boscombe Poo

NIVEL B1+

John Escott: As the Inspector Said, and Other Stories

John Escott: Great Crimes

Agatha Christie: The Body in The Library

Sir Arthur Connan Doyle: The Hound of the Baskervilles

Richard Macandrew: The University Murders

Philip Prowse: The Woman Who Disappeared

John Buchan: The Thirty-Nine Steps

Magdalen Nabb: Death of An Englishman

NIVEL B2

Alan Battersby: East 43rd Street

Philip Prowse: L.A. Movie

Agatha Christie & Others: Stories of Detection and Mistery (en versiones libro y libro + CD)

Alan Maley: A Tangled Web

Lynda La Plante: Prime Suspect

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle: Sherlock Holmes Short Stories

Agatha Christie: A Murder is Announced

Ed McBain: King’s Ransom

NIVEL B2+

Various authors: American Crime Stories

Philip Prowse: The Woman who Disappeared

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle: The Speckled Band

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle: The Hound of the Baskervilles

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle: Three Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

Magadalen Nabb: Death of an Englishman

Agatha Christie: The Body in the Library

James Butler: Scoop or Scandal

MATERIAL REAL:

Patricia Cornwell: The Last Precinct

Various authors: Crime Never Pays (short stories)

Stephen White: Kill me