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CRIME WRITERS

Agatha Christie was a famous English crime writer who is best known for her detective stories featuring Hercule Poirot and Miss Jane Marple. Agatha was born in 1890 in the seaside town of Torquay in Devon, England to an American father and an English mother. Her family was well-to-do and conservative and she was the youngest of three children. Although Agatha never attended school, she didn't lack education. She taught herself how to read when she was only four and later her parents hired tutors to provide lessons in subjects such as music, dance, mathematics, and French. Agatha was a shy child and, having problems expressing herself verbally, she first turned to music and later to writing and became very good at making up stories. When she was eleven, her father died and she became very close to her mother with whom she started to travel a lot. During the First World War, Agatha worked as a nurse in a hospital and it was during this time that Agatha Christie got the idea of writing a detective novel. Although she finished the story in a year, it wasn't published until five years later. The Mysterious Affair at Styles introduced the retired Belgian police officer, Hercule Poirot, to the world and was a great success. Following this, Agatha would write more than 30 novels featuring Poirot. In all she wrote over 66 novels, the most famous being Murder on the Orient Express, and according to the Guinness Book of records, Agatha Christie is the best-selling writer of her time with over four billion books sold throughout the world. In 1971, she was awarded the high honour of Dame of the British Empire before passing away peacefully on 21st January 1976.

1 What do you know about Agatha Christie? What more would you like to know? Write three questions.

Listen, read and check. Did the text answer your questions?

1 What do you know about Agatha Christie? What more would you like to know? Write three questions.

Listen, read and check. Did the text answer your questions?

Что вы знаете об Агате Кристи? Что еще вы хотели бы узнать? Напишите три вопроса. Послушайте, прочитайте и проверьте. Ответил ли текст на ваши вопросы?

Ответ:

1 I know that Agatha Christie was a very famous British writer, especially known for her detective novels and short stories. Her most famous characters are Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple. She is one of the best-selling authors of all time.

Я знаю, что Агата Кристи была очень известной британской писательницей, особенно известной своими детективными романами и рассказами. Ее самые знаменитые персонажи — Эркюль Пуаро и мисс Марпл. Она является одним из самых продаваемых авторов всех времен.

I would like to know more about her personal life, how she came up with such complex plots, and what inspired her to create her famous detectives. Here are three questions:

Я бы хотел узнать больше о ее личной жизни, как она придумывала такие сложные сюжеты и что вдохновило ее на создание знаменитых детективов. Вот три вопроса:

• What was her childhood like?
• Какой была ее детство?
• Did she have any hobbies or interests outside of writing?
• Были ли у нее какие-либо хобби или интересы помимо писательства?
• How did she manage to write so many books and maintain such high quality?
• Как ей удавалось написать так много книг и при этом поддерживать такое высокое качество?