Let’s investigate Sherlock Holmes!
A valuable painting was stolen from a museum /mjuˈziəm/ at around ten o’clock. Detective Sherlock Holmes and his friend/partner Dr. Watson came to investigate the case/ˈkeɪs/. They questioned different suspects who gave their alibis. William Mc Kenzie who was known as æz a burglar and Ben who was called one-eyed /ˈaɪd/ Ben and who was a former captain ˈkæptɪn/, were chatting.
- Sam Sulky was performing "Hamlet" on stage in front of hundreds of peopleˈpiːpəl/. /Sam Sulky was seen, performing "Hamlet"on stage in front of hundreds of people.
- Jim and Josie were spectators /spɛkˈteɪtər/, watched Hamlet at the Royal Theatre and were disappointed ˌdɪsəˈpɔɪntɪd/ with the performance of Sam Sulky/Sam’s performance.
- George Moneybag, a bank director /dɪˈrɛktər and his wife /ˈwaɪf/ Gina, were having dinner at the Mirage. Her husband told her about the bankruptcy /ˈbænkrʌptsi/ of an actor and that was a boring story.
- Tom Talent was an unknown /ˌʌnˈnəʊn understudy; he was waiting behind /bɪˈhaɪnd/ the stage, ready to play Hamlet if anything happened to Sam.
- Lucy Talent, Tom’s wife, was waiting for him in the kitchen. She said that Tom came home excited /ɪkˈsaɪtɪd/ because he played Hamlet. She also /ˈɔːlsəʊ/ found a bundle of money in his coat/a bundle of money was also found in his coat /ˈkəʊt/
Sam Scully stole the painting because he had money problem. He paid Tom Talent / Tom Talent was paid to take his place in "Hamlet" to get an alibi. That information was given/revealed by Tom’s wife. Sam was guilty, he had a false alibi.
More about Sherlock Holmes
* Les migrants construisent la nouvelle gare (voix active)
* La nouvelle gare est construite par les migrants. (voix passive)
La construction du passif est ainsi: Auxiliaire Être (conjugué) + Participe Passé du Verbe
En Anglais, nous avons la même construction: Be + Past Pariciple, sauf que la forme passive est plus utilisée.
* Le Participe passé d'un verbe régulier est régulier comme le Prétérit, on ajour ED, si le verbe est irrégulier, il faut apprendre par cœur, c'est la troisième colonne du tableau des verbes. Moved (prétérit & participe passé)
* Verbe irrégulier sera toujours donné ainsi: see (saw, seen)↳saw/prétérit; seen/participe passé)
Expl: *Regular Verb
Somebody cleans the kitchen ↳The kitchen is cleaned by somebody. (present)
avec un modal ↳ The kitchen may be cleaned by somebody.
↳ The kitchen is being cleaned by somebody. (present continuous)
l'auxiliaire renseigne sur le temps ↳ The kitchen was cleaned by somebody. (preterit)
↳ The kitchen was being cleaned by somebody. (preterit continuous)
↳The kitchen has been cleaned by somebody. (present perfect)
↳The kitchen will be cleaned by somebody. (future)
↳The kitchen would be cleaned by somebody. (conditional)
*Irregular verb
The company threw out two hundred people↳Two hundred people were thrown out by the company.
forme négative: Two hundred people were not thrown out by the company.
forme interrogative: Were two hundred people thrown out by the company?
*La voix passive peut aussi servir à ne pas donner l'identité de celui qui fait l'action,soit parce que ce n'est pas l'information principale, soit parce que l'identité n'est pas connue; on ne peut vérifier l’information.
⇰- My car was stolen.
⇰- Breakfast is served at 7.
⇰- London was partly destroyed during the World War II.
⇰- The murderers were arrested.
L'agent passe au deuxième plan, on laisse les autres deviner ou alors il est évident.
* Des constructions à la voix passive d'un usage fréquent pour traduire: " ON DIT QUE", " ON PENSE QUE", " ON CROIT QUE" / IT IS SAID/THOUGHT/BELIEVED
1/ Formes impersonnelles ➡ It is said that the night brings good advice.
2/ Formes personnelles, Sujet + is said/ thought / believed to be...
➡Kim is thought to be a criminal. (on pense que Kim est un criminel)
RECAP
I've been told to mind my back. ( On m'a dit de rester sur mes gardes!)
I was told not take photos in that museum, last year.
A ladybird is said to be lucky. (on dit qu'une coccinelle porte chance)
Rumour has it that Mary is expecting a baby.( le bruit court que Mary attend un enfant)
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