Sherlock Holmes: The Blue Diamond
福尔摩斯探案故事：蓝色宝石
BEFORE READING
Encourage students to guess but do not tell them the
answers now. They will find out as they read that the
answers are:
1 Mr Peterson: a hotel doorman
Mr Baker: unemployed
James Ryder: assistant manager in a hotel
John Horner: workman
Catherine Cusack: lady’s maid
Mrs Hudson: housekeeper
Mr Windigate: pub owner (or landlord)
Mr Breckinridge: shopkeeper
Mrs Oakshott: goose farmer
2 The people who help steal the diamond are James
Ryder and Catherine Cusack.
pp. 8–9
READING CHECK
1 b T
c F (The tall man left a Christmas bird in the street.)
d T
e F (Holmes gave the bird to Peterson.)
f F (Peterson’s wife found a blue diamond in the
bird.)
WORD WORK
1 b brain f walking stick
c poor g birds
d newspapers h goose
e shoulder
2 The answer is ‘sapphire’.
3 b ADVERTISEMENT – Do you want to buy anew hat?
c He’s an intelligent man, with a red nose and grey hair.
d The crime didn’t happen in the sitting room.
e He tried to catch it before it fell.
f The doorman isn’t the owner of the hat.
g The story of the blue diamond is very interesting.
GUESS WHAT
Encourage students to guess but do not tell them the
answers now. They will find out as they read that the
answers are:
a Nobody d Holmes
b Holmes e Holmes
c Nobody f Holmes
pp. 14–15
READING CHECK
b It disappeared from the Countess’s hotel room.
c The police think John Horner took it.
d Holmes doesn’t understand how the diamond got
into the goose.
e Holmes wants to find the thief.
f Peterson leaves the goose with his wife. / Peterson
takes the diamond to Sherlock Holmes.
g Peterson must buy a goose for Henry Baker.
WORD WORK
1 b jewel d disappear, sir
c believe e thief
2 b court e Countess
c repair f High Court
d prison g report
3 The answer is ‘Morocco’.
GUESS WHAT
Encourage students to guess but do not tell them the
answers now. They will find out as they read that the
answers are:
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Answer key  答案
a Yes  b No  c Yes  d No  e No
pp. 20–21
READING CHECK
b 3  c 3  d 3
WORD WORK
b safe f housekeeper
c address g Museum
d innocent h pub
e already
GUESS WHAT
Encourage students to guess but do not tell them the
answers now. They will find out as they read that the
answer is ‘c’.
pp. 26–27
a 5  b 6  c 3  d 1  e 4  f 7  g 2
WORD WORK
b sell d page
c beer e winner
GUESS WHAT
Encourage students to guess but do not tell them the
answers now. They will find out as they read that the
answers are:
a Holmes feels happy about the case.
b Holmes and Watson to 221B Baker Street.
c They speak to the hotel’s assistant manager.
pp. 32–33
READING CHECK
Holmes and Watson talk in the street near
Breckinridge’s shop. Holmes is happy to get Mrs
Oakshott’s address. Behind them they hear Mr
Breckinridge talking in front of his shop with a little
man. This man is very interested in Mrs Oakshott’s
geese. Mr Breckinridge gets angry with him. Holmes
tells the man that he knows something about the case.
The man says his name is John Robinson, but his real
name is James Ryder. Holmes, Watson and Ryder go
back to Holmes’s house.
WORD WORK
b shouted d job
c cabs e real
GUESS WHAT
Encourage students to guess but do not tell them the
answers now. They will find out as they read that the
answers are:
a At home Holmes takes out the blue diamond.
b Ryder has a drink.
c We learn that Ryder was the diamond thief.
d In the end no-one goes to prison.
pp. 40–41
READING CHECK
b ‘Howdid you know about the diamond?’
c ‘The Countess’s maid told me.’
d ‘I put it in a goose at my sister’s house. But she had
two birds with black tails!’
e ‘Please don’t tell the police!’
f ‘Get out!’
g ‘Let’s have dinner!’
WORD WORK
Words across: feel sorry for, witnesses, neck, police
officers, solution, arrest
Words down: decide, floor, tail, truth, catch
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福尔摩斯探案故事：蓝色宝石

Answer key  答案
b feel sorry for g tail d He
c truth h arrest e it
d police officers i witnesses f me
e solution j floor g you
f catch k neck h me
GUESS WHAT i it
1 Encourage students to guess and to give reasons for j he
their answers before telling them the answers: k him
a The Final Problem l I
b The Sign of Four m you
c The Empty House
d The Dancing Men 4 b The police are going to go after John Horner.
2 Open answers. c The police aren’t going to catch us.
d The police are going to put John Horner in prison.
pp. 42 –46 e We aren’t going to go to prison.
PROJECT 拓展训练 f I’m going to sell the diamond for a lot of money.
1 Open answers. g We’re never going to work again.
2 Name: Sherlock Holmes h We’re going to buy a big house in France.
Home: Baker Street, London i We aren’t going to tell people about the diamond.
Appearance: tall and thin, can look very different when 5 b to buy
he wants c cleaning
Usual clothes: hat and coat d to think
Habits: smokes, lives with his housekeeper, Mrs Hudson e wearing
Hobbies: plays music in his free time f to put
3 Open answer. g working
4 Open answer. h drinking
6 1 e  2 c  3 f  4 d  5 a  6 b i to write
7 Goering buys a fake Vermeer! j to give
During the Second World War a Dutchman, Hans van
Megeeren sold a painting to a German called Herman 6 b into
Goering for $150,000. Goering thought the painting was c across
by a famous Dutch painter called Vermeer, but it was by d along
Van Megeeren. e into
Later police arrested Van Megeeren for selling a great f out of
Dutch painting, but when he painted another painting in g past
the style of Vermeer, they released him. h to
4 Open answer. i into
j to
pp. 47–53 k out of
GRAMMAR CHECK 语法充电 l up
1 b has got m into
c has got 7 b Who took the diamond?
d has got c Who did you see in the hotel room?
e has got d Who did the manager take to the Countess’s room?
f has got e What made Horner angry?
g hasn’t got f What did James Ryder do?
h hasn’t got g What did the police find in the room?
i has got h Who put an advertisement in a newspaper?
2 b There were some young men in the street in front i Who sold the owner of The Alpha twenty-four geese?
of them. 8 b After I left the hotel,
c Holmes gave the advertisement to me. c when I got to her house.
d They say a young man, John Horner, took it. d before my sister came into the garden.
e Shall I leave the diamond with you, sir? e Before I went to see my friend,
f Then Mr Ryder told us the true story. f when I got to his house.
g Please don’t tell her! I never did anything wrong g After I told my friend about the diamond,
before! h when I ran back to my sister’s house.
3 b it i after I left with the dead goose.
c him j before I arrived at his shop.

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