Compréhension écrite texte p 151
Open your book p151, read the text and answer the questions
in English in your notebook:
except
This text is an extract from user on thex mient Express.
written by Agathe Christie in 1.9.3.4
1) General comprehension.
a) Where?
b) Who (characters)?
c) What happened?
2) Detailed comprehension.
a) Pick out (relève) all the vocabulary related to crime.
b) Information on the victim (name + nationality)?
c) Information on the murder (weapon)?
d) Clue?
e) Approximate time of the body discovery?
f) Future steps of the investigation?
Agatha Chustic
MURDER
ON THE
ORIENT
EXPRESS
3) RIGHT OR WRONG? Justify your answer for each sentence
by quoting from (en citant) the text.
a) The scene takes place in winter.
b) They found footprints in the snow.
c) The open window is a right track (bonne piste) to follow.
d) M. Bouc is convinced by M. Poirot's methods to solve the case.
4) Find the English for:
une couchette / content
un rideau / se passer (=happen)
le coude/attaché
5) Why is Poirot speaking French? Use your detective
skills to find the answer on page 151!