Read the text "agatha christie".
agatha christie is known all over the world as the queen of crime. she wrote 78 crime novels, 19 plays and 6 romantic novels under the name of mary westmacott. her books have been translated into 103 foreign languages. she is the third best-selling author in the world (after shakespeare and the bible). many of her novels and short stories have been filmed. the mousetrap, her most famous play, is now the longest-running play in history.
agatha christie was born at torquay, devonshire. she was educated at home and took singing lessons in paris. she began writing at the end of the first world war. her first novel, the mysterious affair at styles, was published in 1920. that was the first appearance of hercule poirot, who became one of the most popular private detectives since sherlock holmes. this little belgian with the egg-shaped head and the passion for order amazes everyone by his powerful intellect and his brilliant solutions to the most complicated crimes. agatha christie became generally recognised in 1926, after the publishing of her novel the murder of roger ackroyd. it's still considered her masterpiece.
when agatha cristie got tired of hercule poirot she invented miss marple, a deceptively mild old lady with her own method of investigation. her last poirot book, curtain, appeared shortly before her death, and her last miss marple story, sleeping murder, and her autobiography were published after her death.
agatha christie's success with millions of readers lies in her ability to combine clever plots with excellent character drawing, and a keen sense of humour with great powers of observation. her plots always mislead the reader and keep him in suspense. he cannot guess who the criminal is. fortunately, evil is always conquered in her novels.
agatha christie's language is simple and good and it's pleasant to read her books in the original.
correct these phrases (there are some mistakes in them). write the correct phrase. don't use full stops:
1. off the world
2. autobiography were publiched
3. keep him in susspanse
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find the definitions (a-e) for the following words (1-5) and write down the combinations of numbers and letters with a comma
example answer: 1a, 2b, 3c, 4d, 5e
1. an encyclopedia a. a book about a particular subject, written for students
2. a textbook b. an invented story that is no more than about 10,000 words in length
3. a guidebook c. a very thin book with a small number of pages and a paper cover, giving information about something
4. a short story d. book or a set of books containing facts about a lot of subjects
5. a booklet
e. a book that gives information about a place, such as a city or country
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there are a lot of places of interest in london. among them there are: westminster abbey,the houses of parliament, buckingham palace, st paul’s cathedral, london bridge, the tower of london.
london stands on the river thames. crossing the river by the tower bridge you can see the tower of london. it is one of the oldest buildings of the city. many centuries ago it was a fortress, a royal palace and then a prison. now it is a museum of arms.
on the bank of the thames, not far from the tower of london, you can see westminster palace, or the houses of parliament. it is the seat of the british government and it is one of the most beautiful buildings in london. in one of its towers there is famous big ben, the largest clock of england. it strikes every quarter of an hour.
buckingham palace is the queen’s official london residence. tourists always go to see the ceremony of changing the guard there.
london has many fine squares. some of them are quiet, others are busy like trafalgar square. trafalgar square is the central square of the city. to the right of the square there is the national gallery which has a fine collection of european paintings.
st paul’s cathedral is the biggest english church. another famous church is westminster abbey where kings, queens, and many famous people are buried.
london is also famous for its beautiful parks. hyde park is the most democratic park in the world, as anyone can say anything he likes there. regent’s park is the home of london zoo.