1、Group 41And Then There Were None (Or “Ten Little Indians” )23You are surrounded by the tense atmosphere. You can feel the smell of nervous fear .That is one of Agatha Christies best-known mysteries: And Then There Were None. (Or “Ten Little Indians” )4Ten peopleTen soldier boy figurines（小雕像）A gramop
2、hone record（留声机）A little rhyme（童谣）Ten little Soldier boysThey died one by one.The figurines missed one by one.The record told the rhyme.The rhyme predicted the mens death.?5The first three victimsThe first victim is Marston, who chokes to death when his drink is poisoned. Ten little Soldier boys wen
3、t out to dine; One choked his little self and then there were nine.That night, Mrs. Rogers dies peacefully in her sleep.Nine little Soldier boys sat up very late; One overslept himself and then there were eight.) Then at lunch General Macarthur is found dead from a blow to the back of his skull（头骨）,
4、 after predicting that no one will leave the island alive . Eight little Soldier boys traveling in Devon; One said hed stay there and then there were seven.6Panic grew.The search for the murderer had been tried,It ends with another two figures missing, as well as the two people died, Rogers and Emil
5、y Brent .The fourth and the fifthOnly to find the names of their hosts: U.N. Owen“,just like a joke.Six little Soldier boys playing with a hive; A bumblebee stung one and then there were five. Five little Soldier boys going in for law; One got in Chancery and then there were four. 7Frightened and pa
6、ranoid(猜疑,妄想)Just as the noose(绞索) tightens,Both mentally , physically and emotionally.A variety of preventive measures(预防措施),But again in vain,The murderer always seems to be faster and more cunning(狡猾). One by one ,they all died.Finally the last one dies, fulfilling the final verse of the rhyme On
7、e little Soldier boy left all alone; He went out and hanged himself and then there were none.The final one8A bloody, violent horror fiction（恐怖小说）?NO!Full of gripping（扣人心弦的） mysteries Always have logical explanationsOne follows oneMore and more incredible（难以置信的）You can hardly stop reading it!9Agatha
8、ChristieThe author of the bookQueen of Crime (推理小说女王)Dramas, plays, films,TV series and video games,A series of success101112 artificial（艺术加工的）but neat Merely impossible and utterly (完全的) fascinating（令人神魂颠倒的）but reasonable and convinced Each unbelievable death makes you breathless and eager for the
9、next episode（情节）.Remarks13ex：General Macarthur（麦克阿瑟将军）, a retired World War I hero; Mrs. Rogers, a pale-faced, ghostlike woman；Emily Brent, a rigid and repressed(压抑的) elderly woman；Justice Wargrave(沃格雷夫法官), a retired strict judge, well known as a “hanging judge”etc.The use of twists, turns, and surp
10、rise endingsStorytelling and characterization（人物塑造） Analysis14Who is the murderer？What has happened on the island? No one can touch Agatha Christie for ingenious(巧妙的) plot and surprise ending.All these are left to you to find.15Thank you for listening.By Group 416Ten Little Indians （ Ten Little Nigg
11、ers） Ten little Soldier boys went out to dine; One choked his little self and then there were nine. Nine little Soldier boys sat up very late; One overslept himself and then there were eight. Eight little Soldier boys traveling in Devon; One said hed stay there and then there were seven. Seven littl
12、e Soldier boys chopping up sticks; One chopped himself in halves and then there were six. Six little Soldier boys playing with a hive; A bumblebee stung one and then there were five. Five little Soldier boys going in for law; One got in Chancery and then there were four. Four little Soldier boys goi
13、ng out to sea; A red herring swallowed one and then there were three. Three little Soldier boys walking in the zoo; A big bear hugged one and then there were two. Two Little Soldier boys sitting in the sun; One got frizzled up and then there was one. One little Soldier boy left all alone; He went ou
14、t and hanged himself and then there were none. 十个印地安小男孩，为了吃饭去奔走；噎死一个没法救，十个只剩九。九个印地安小男孩，深夜不寐真困乏；倒头一睡睡死啦，九个只剩八八个印地安小男孩，德文城里去猎奇；丢下一个命归西，八个只剩七。 七个印地安小男孩，伐树砍枝不顺手；斧劈两半一命休，七个只剩六。 六个印地安小男孩，玩弄蜂房惹蜂怒；飞来一蛰命呜呼，六个只剩五。 五个印地安小男孩，惹是生非打官司；官司缠身直到死，五个只剩四。 四个印地安小男孩，结伙出海遭大难；青鱼吞吃血斑斑，四个只剩三。 三个印地安小男孩，动物园里遭祸殃；狗熊突然从天降，三个只剩两。 两个印地安小男孩，太阳底下长叹息；晒死烤死悲戚戚，两个只剩一。 一个印地安小男孩，归去来兮只一人；悬梁自尽了此生，一个也不剩。 17
