Introduction
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D I laving ascertained that the deceased had been sea~ed at table 13. a window seat equidistant between the kitchen door and the ladies' toilet s. I proceeded to question th: manager about the waiting stalT. li e replied that Mr Ball s tahle had been attended hy ~I r Tntckle. ami that m the norm al course of events neith er of the tw o wait resses , Miss Lee and Miss Fairfax, wo uld huvc had cause to serve at that table . He suggeste d that I question the \\'ait~esses them seh"e s, hut re grett ed that ~ I r Tmcklc was un available, ll<l\;ng phoned in to say he had to take his dog to the vet.
Mr Stefan Ban, m anaging direct or of the L eicest er company, Internation al D efence Sy st em s, died in hospi t al at midday yeste r day. H e h ad compl ai ned of stomach pai ns after eating i n a r est au r ant on Monday even ing, an d was r ushed to hospital after being found unconscious i n the morning . Mr K evi n Truckle a waiter at t he r est aurant where Mr Ban h ad ea ten , wa s also admitte d t o hospi t al w ith suspecte d food poiso ning, bu t h as now been di schar ged.
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Words cannor desc ribe how I feel when I think back to Friday night. And I do think of it, all the t une , and of the look in your eyes when we said good n igh t. O h S tefan, say we can meet again so on!
But we must be very careful, darl ing. M y husband m ust ne ver find our. Max has suc h a fiery tempe r, and so man y sha rp kn ive s in h is kitche n!
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It' s a recipe fo r murder when the sinister Colonel Lamont dines wi th brilliant young scientist Stefan Ball. But w hich of his many enem ies puts paid to Stefan' s career on his own expen se account ? And who is the mysterious Henry Hungerfo rd? Stefan won't be eating at Maximilien 's again, but Holmes fi nds t his men u very much to his taste . and present s the solution on a plate.
2 Identify the murderer by filling in the grid and making your own deductions. Na me a nd joh
Motiv e
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Oppnr-t unity
Mis s Lee
Job: (\I axi mi lien Job:
His wife was ha\; ng an afI lir
with Stefan (text II )
Co lonel Lamont
Co uld eas ily have poisoned Stefa n's food while din ing with him (text p
Job: Ke-vin T ruckl e
Was himself poisoned (text C)
Joh: l leurv 1I1I IIge rfo rd Job:
1.1 Spot the mistake Making a mistake with register can have unintentionally comic results. With a partner, write a dialogue containing register errors. Some suggested situations: • a politician speaking to a close personal friend or family as if (s)he was addressing a political meeting or giving a press conference. • a 1V game show host conducting a job interview, • a primary school teacher or a football coac h advising the President of the USA on foreign policy. When you have finished, swap your dialogue with another pair. Underline the register errors in their dialogue. Can you suggest a more appropriate word or phrase? Or is the whole phrase so out of place and irrelevant that it should be deleted? Writing sub-s kills •
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