انجليزى – unit 5 للصف الثالث الثانوى 2016

Agatha Christie

Vocabulary

Listening

Presenter : Welcome to The Book Programme. Today , our subject is the queen of English crime fiction ,Agatha

Christie .You may never have read any of her books , but you probably know her name .To tell us more about her , we

?have Professor Dunn from London University .Professor , could you tell us about Agatha Christie’s life

Prof.Dunn : Well, Agatha Miller was born in 1890 and was the youngest of three children .She was a shy child who

was very close to her family .She didn’t go to school , but was taught at home by her mother .She started writing at a

.very young age and wrote all her life

?Presenter  : Was she only a writer

,Prof. Dunn: No, during the First World War she worked as a nurse, and while she was looking for wounded soldiers

.she learned about medicines and poisons , information that was later used in her writing

?Presenter : And when was her first novel written

Pro. Dunn : In 1920, soon after the war ended

Presenter : I remember reading that Agatha Christie was deeply affected by the death of her mother. Can you tell us

 ?about that

Prof .Dunn: Yes, when her mother died in 1926, Christie disappeared for about a week .Nobody knew where she was

.Later , she could remember nothing about the week and is thought to have suffered from amnesia .Soon after this,

Christie started travelling abroad .Her first journey on the Orient Express train , was to Baghdad and the ancient city

of Ur. On her second trip , she met the archaeologist Max Mallowan , whom she later married .She became very

interested in archaeology and worked with her husband on excavations around Iraq .It’s reported that she cleaned

.and repaired some of the things that were found herself

?Presenter : Some of her books are based on her travels to these countries , aren’t they

Prof. Dunn : Yes, including famous novels like Murder On the Orient Express , Death on the Nile and Death comes as

.the End , a dark story of a family in ancient Egypt

?Presenter : And she continued writing all her life didn’t she

Dun: Yes, she did. In all she wrote eighty crime stories , many of which were turned into films or theatre plays .Her

most famous play is The Mousetrap ,which was first performed in 1952 Since then , the play has been performed

.without a break and is the longest-running play in the world

 .Presenter : That’s incredible

Prof. Dunn: It is .Her best books have been published in over a hundred countries and translated into over forty

 .languages .Agatha Christie died, aged 85 in 1976

Reading

Language Notes

:Choose the correct answer

.Working as a secret ……………………… in a foreign country can be a very dangerous job -

( doctor – guide – engineer – agent )

.In many countries, people have to carry an identity ……………………. to prove who they are -

( card – letter – message – postcard )

.The Romans …………………… Britain in 43 BCE -

( faded – deviated – applied – invaded )

.We saw a lot of photographs, but we couldn’t …………………… the man we’d met -

( qualify – solidify – liquefy – identify )

?How did the man …………………….. his innocence -

( deprive – improve – prove – devote )

.The enemy used radios to ……………………. messages to their ships -

( transmit – spend – try – develop )

.They ………………….. that the driver had been going very fast at the time of the accident -

( inspected – respected – suspected – exerted )

.A …………………… is a person you think may have done a crime -

( suspect – detective – survivor – surgeon )

.A …………………… is equipment that sends radio signals -

( counter – interpreter – thermometer – transmitter )

………………………….. means entering another country to take control -

( Deviation – Confusion – Aviation – Invasion )

………………………. is the place from which a company is controlled -

( Headquarters – Headbands – Headlights – Headmasters )

.A ……………. is a person who finds out information about another country or organisation -

( director – producer – consumer – spy )

……………………….. is being unable to remember things -

( Depression – Amnesia – Fever – Anaemia )

.A ……………….. is equipment for catching and killing mice -

( trap – trick – truck – mousetrap )

………………………. The crime of killing someone is called -

( blender – border – murder – boiler )

.In his later life, he suffered from …………………… . He was unable to remember things -

( paralysis – amnesia – cancer – rheumatism )

…………………..He tried to kill himself by taking -

( vegetable – fruit – poison – protein )

.When the children met the queen, they were too …………………….. to speak -

( active – shy – lazy – helpful )

.He had lost his ……………………….. card and was being questioned by the police -

( honesty – enmity – identity – legality )

.She never went to school. ……………………….. she was taught at home -

 ( Included  – Instead – Installed – Indebted )

:Find the mistakes and write the sentences correctly

 We’ve locked themselves out.       ourselves -

   Could you give me a quick exploration of how this machine works?       explanation -

   They chose a famous lawyer to present them in court.      represent -

  They were arrested as breaking the law.          due to -

 He had to apologize owing to he made a shameful mistake.       because -

 المعلـوم و المجهــــول   Active&Passive 

( WB)

  .The Mousetrap ……………as a radio play in 1947 -

       a) wrote                           b) is written                    c) was written               d) was writing

   .Agatha Christie’s books …………..into more than 40 langauges -

       a) was translated            b) were translated         c) was translating         d) translated

  .2008 Olympic Games ………….by millions of people all over the world -

       a) was watched               b) were watched            c) are watched              d) watched

   .Petra ………..by the Romans in CE 106 -

       a) captured                      b) is captured                c) were captured           d) was captured

   .The Eiffel Tower in Paris …………….by Gustave Eiffel in 1889 -

       a) was designed             b) designed                    c) is designed                d) was designing

   .The Cairo Metro ……………by about two million passengers every day -

       a) are used                     b) is used                         c) was used                   d) is using

   .Many of Agatha Christie’s novels …………….into films and Tv Programmes -

       a) has made                   b) have made                   c) are made                   d) have been made

   .The last World Cup final onTV ………..by three hundred million people -

       a) saw                             b) are seen                      c) was seen                     d) seen

  ………………In most tourist offices Arabic and English -

       a) is spoken                   b) are speaking               c) have spoken              d) are spoken

  …………….One of the classroom windows -

       a) are broken                 b) has been broken        c) have been broken      d) was breaking

  .A famous tennis player …………….to be hurt after a city centre road accident -

       a) is believed                 b) is believing                 c) believed                       d) believes

  .It ……………that increasing number of tourists visited Egypt last year -

       a) knows                        b) knew                            c) has known                  d) is known

  .It …………….school teaches languages to younger pupils -

       a) is believed                b) believes                       c) believed                      d) believing

  .He was thought ………………the wallet -

       a) to stole                      b) to have stolen             c) to have been stolen    d) steals

  .The flat is believed to ………….last year to a very rich man -

       a) sell                            b) sold                               c) have been sold          d) have sold

  .Agatha …………at home by her mother -

       a) was taught               b) taught                            c) teaches                      d) is taught

  .She is thought ………….from amnesia -

       a) to suffered               b) to have suffered           c) has suffered               d) suffers

  .It ………..that she cleaned and repaired some of the things that were found -

       a) is reporting             b) is reported                     c) reports                        d) reported

 .Some of her stories ………….on her travels to these countries -

       a) based                      b) is based                          c) bases                          d) are based

Find the mistake in each of the following sentences and write it correctly

It is reporting that he took the money.          reported -

It is know that he can help us.                             known -

  He is said too be a thief.           to -

 She was believed to have stole the car.            stolen -

 It is fear that there are no survivors of the crash.          feared -

   It was believed that he rob the bank.            robbed -

   It is saying that many people are homeless after the floods.             said -

  Money is think to be the root of all evils.        thought -

  Lamia was said to had gone to Alex..          have -

Lander is said to is a swindler .           ,be -

Leila was arrest because the police found a gold rabbit among her clothes.             arrested -

Cotton grows in Egypt.                is grown -

The job is doing at the moment.              being done -

The injured man couldn’t walk and his friends had to be carried him.           carry -

A new hospital has built near the airport.             has been built -

Dangerous driving are caused a lot of accidents.                  causes -

A decision won’t be making before the end of the month.           made -

People are not allowing to park here.                                allowed -

All the questions must answer in order.                       must be answered -

Our products export to many countries.                           are exported -

Language function

Giving Advice

:Respond to the following situations

      A friend asks for your advice about keeping fit .Advise him -

     ?You want some advice from a friend about how you can eat more healthily .What do you ask -

    .A friend wants to meet new people ,but he/she is very shy .Make a recommendation -

   .Ask you teacher for advice about how to do well in the next English test -

Important Sentences

.Many children are shy about talking to their teacher when they first go to school -

.The little girl does not want to sing because she is shy -

.She was too shy to go to parties -

.All the fish in the river have died. Someone must have put poison in the water -

.A man has been found dead in the road. The police think it was an accident, not murder -

.He banged his head and is now suffering from amnesia -

.Her uncle can’t remember his accident. The doctor thinks he may have amnesia -

.After the accident, mother had amnesia, so she didn’t remember who we were -

.After they saw the mouse, they decided to put a mousetrap in the kitchen -

.Archaeologists are planning a new excavation in the south of the country -

.Police are looking for someone who stole a car yesterday. The main suspect is a man in his forties -

.The police think he did it. He is the main suspect -

.They are using a very powerful transmitter to send signals to the astronauts -

.The enemy used radios to transmit messages to their ships -

.Working as a spy in a foreign country can be a very dangerous job -

.In many countries, people have to carry an identity card to prove who they are -

.In Britain in the 1940s, people were afraid of an invasion by the enemy -

.The Romans invaded Britain in 43 BC -

.We saw a lot of photographs, but we couldn’t identify the man we’d met -

.I really enjoy reading Agatha novels. I particularly like her style -

.He did nothing wrong. He’s innocent -

?How did the man prove his innocence -

.The invasion of the bark beetle destroyed many trees -

.It is a time of war, there could be an invasion at any time -

.They suspected that the driver had been going very fast at the time of the accident -

.The Mousetrap was written as a radio play in 1947 -

.Millions of people all over the world watched the 2008 Olympic Games -

.Agatha Christie’s books have been translated into more than 40 languages -

.Petra was captured by the Romans in AD 106 -

.The Eiffel Tower was designed by Gustave Eiffel in 1889 -

.The Cairo Metro is used by about two million passengers everyday -

33. Many of Agatha Christie’s stories have been made into films and TV programmes.

34. English and Arabic are spoken in most tourist offices.

.It is believed that schools teach languages to younger students -

.It has been reported that archaeologists have found a new Pyramid at Saqqara-

.A famous tennis player is believed to be hurt after a road accident -

.Haqqi is still thought of as the father of the modern novel -

.Edison was thought to be stupid -

.This novel is interesting, so you can’t put it down -

.Christie’s books have been translated into more than 40 languages -

.The Romans captured Petra 2000 years ago -

.The walls of the castle were built to protect the town -

.It is thought that air travel will become more popular -

.The Mousetrap was written as a radio play in 1947 -

!Did you just see that? The car was being driven by a monkey -

             .Road safety can be improved if people just slow down -

.The captain’s hat was blown off by the helicopter -

.The monuments of Philae were moved to preserve our ancient heritage -

.He wasn’t set free till he had proved his innocence -

.The window was broken when the boy hit it -

.Neither of them got arrested last night -

 .On December 3, 1926, Agatha left home without telling anyone