Apr 07, 2005 14:20
Reading and vocabulary journal
Page number: 1 ~ 13
Book title : Sherlock Holmes - Short Stories
Rating : 9
Will you continue reading?
- Yes.
Why?
- The story is very exciting to me and I like a mystery novel.
Summarize what you read in five to ten sentences.
- Sherlock Holmes and his friend, Watson, stay Holmes's house. Very early one morning, a young woman, dressed in black, came to see them. She looked tried and unhappy and said that "Please help me! I'm not thirty yet and look at my grey hair! I'm so afraid!" Few minutes later, She tell them about the story. "I live with my stepfather and my sister. My stepfather is very violent, so everybody's afraid of him now.
My sister died two years ago, and that's why i'm here. One evening I heard my sister's scream, then I heard a whistle. I didn't what it was. My sister's face was white and she became died. Two days ago I had to move to my sister's bedroom, and I heard that whistle again! I'm so afraid!" Helmes visit the house in the dark. Suddenly, he saw a light and heard a sound from the stepfather's room. Holmes jumped up and hit something. Finally, he solve that problem.
What is your favorite part?
- Holmes hit the snake on the rope, it was angry and went back through the air-vent. And so it killed the stepfather.
Were there any interesting ideas or events?
- The stepfather killed his doughter. I don't know why? It is tragic.
What are some questions you have for the text?
- Why the stepfather kill his doughter
Do you have any answers for your questions last week? What are they?
Sorry~ I don’t have.
Vocabulary journal
- My stepfather got all her money.
He once got angry with his Indian servant.
- stepfather(의붓아버지)
: Someone's stepfather is the man who has married their mother after the death or divorce of their father.
servant(하인)
:A servant is someone who is employed to work at another person's home, for example as a cleaner or a gardener.
JAR(단지, 병)
: a round glass container, with a lid, used for storing food, especially jam, honey, etc