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Lesson 16 A Young Detective’s Adventures: The Deaths of the Three Mrs. Fitches

Lesson 16 A Young Detective’s Adventures: The Deaths of the Three Mrs. Fitches. Distant Education College, Jilin University. 1. Background Knowledge. 2. Text Analysis. 3. Exercises. 4. Questions For Discussion. Extensive Reading II. Distant Education College, Jilin University.

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Lesson 16 A Young Detective’s Adventures: The Deaths of the Three Mrs. Fitches

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  1. Lesson 16A Young Detective’s Adventures:The Deaths of the Three Mrs. Fitches Distant Education College, Jilin University 1.Background Knowledge 2.Text Analysis 3.Exercises 4.Questions For Discussion Extensive Reading II

  2. Distant Education College, Jilin University Background Knowledge 1.Detective Fiction: Detective fiction usually involves a crime which is committed and a criminal who is discovered at last by a detective. Some of the earliest examples of detective fiction were written by Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849). He wrote Murders in the Rue Morgue (1841). But the most famous early Victorian detective-hero was Sherlock Holmes, the character created by the British writer Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. The Holmes stories set a fashion that was followed by many writers. The traditional detective stories usually present a sort of puzzle for the reader to solve. The modern ones are somewhat more tough and are more concerned with exciting action. Some writers prefer psychological analysis of the criminal. More

  3. Distant Education College, Jilin University Background Knowledge 2.Rockefeller: Rockefeller, family of the U.S. financiers. John Davison Rockefeller (1839-1937) was the president of Standard Oil, which controlled 90 percent of oil refining in the U.S. He founded the University of Chicago in 1892, and the philanthropic Rockefeller Foundation in 1913. His son John Davison Rockefeller, Jr. (1874-1960) followed his father’s business and charitable interests. He founded the Rockefeller Center in New York City, which became a vast business and entertainment center. His son Nelson Aldrick Rockefeller (1908-1979), entered politics as a Republican and became Governor of New York State in 1958. He failed to win the presidential nomination in 1964 and 1968, but became vice president in 1976. Nowadays, Rockefeller is frequently used as a figurative term to refer to a very rich and powerful family. Return

  4. Distant Education College, Jilin University Exercises 1. True/False Questions 2. Multiple-choice Questions 3. Translation Return

  5. Distant Education College, Jilin University True/False Questions 1.At the beginning of the story, Smith’s Chief did not wish to meet the new detective. 2.Mrs. Munsing was Smith’s landlady. 3.Mrs. Munsing became extremely nervous and dropped her shopping sack when she saw Smith racing towards her. 4.The first Mrs. Fitch’s father did not like Fitch and tried to disinherit his daughter. 5.It was said that the Police Chief determined that the second Mrs. Fitch died of drinking poisoned lemonade. 6.Beyond the obvious causes of the deaths of the three Mrs. Fitches, Smith wondered whether some stranger things had happened. Answer

  6. Distant Education College, Jilin University True/False Questions 1.At the beginning of the story, Smith’s Chief did not wish to meet the new detective. F 2.Mrs. Munsing was Smith’s landlady. 3.Mrs. Munsing became extremely nervous and dropped her shopping sack when she saw Smith racing towards her. 4.The first Mrs. Fitch’s father did not like Fitch and tried to disinherit his daughter. 5.It was said that the Police Chief determined that the second Mrs. Fitch died of drinking poisoned lemonade. 6.Beyond the obvious causes of the deaths of the three Mrs. Fitches, Smith wondered whether some stranger things had happened. Answer

  7. Distant Education College, Jilin University True/False Questions 1.At the beginning of the story, Smith’s Chief did not wish to meet the new detective. F 2.Mrs. Munsing was Smith’s landlady. F 3.Mrs. Munsing became extremely nervous and dropped her shopping sack when she saw Smith racing towards her. 4.The first Mrs. Fitch’s father did not like Fitch and tried to disinherit his daughter. 5.It was said that the Police Chief determined that the second Mrs. Fitch died of drinking poisoned lemonade. 6.Beyond the obvious causes of the deaths of the three Mrs. Fitches, Smith wondered whether some stranger things had happened. Answer

  8. Distant Education College, Jilin University True/False Questions 1.At the beginning of the story, Smith’s Chief did not wish to meet the new detective. F 2.Mrs. Munsing was Smith’s landlady. F 3.Mrs. Munsing became extremely nervous and dropped her shopping sack when she saw Smith racing towards her. F 4.The first Mrs. Fitch’s father did not like Fitch and tried to disinherit his daughter. 5.It was said that the Police Chief determined that the second Mrs. Fitch died of drinking poisoned lemonade. 6.Beyond the obvious causes of the deaths of the three Mrs. Fitches, Smith wondered whether some stranger things had happened. Answer

  9. Distant Education College, Jilin University True/False Questions 1.At the beginning of the story, Smith’s Chief did not wish to meet the new detective. F 2.Mrs. Munsing was Smith’s landlady. F 3.Mrs. Munsing became extremely nervous and dropped her shopping sack when she saw Smith racing towards her. F 4.The first Mrs. Fitch’s father did not like Fitch and tried to disinherit his daughter. T 5.It was said that the Police Chief determined that the second Mrs. Fitch died of drinking poisoned lemonade. 6.Beyond the obvious causes of the deaths of the three Mrs. Fitches, Smith wondered whether some stranger things had happened. Answer

  10. Distant Education College, Jilin University True/False Questions 1.At the beginning of the story, Smith’s Chief did not wish to meet the new detective. F 2.Mrs. Munsing was Smith’s landlady. F 3.Mrs. Munsing became extremely nervous and dropped her shopping sack when she saw Smith racing towards her. F 4.The first Mrs. Fitch’s father did not like Fitch and tried to disinherit his daughter. T 5.It was said that the Police Chief determined that the second Mrs. Fitch died of drinking poisoned lemonade. F 6.Beyond the obvious causes of the deaths of the three Mrs. Fitches, Smith wondered whether some stranger things had happened. Answer

  11. Distant Education College, Jilin University True/False Questions 1.At the beginning of the story, Smith’s Chief did not wish to meet the new detective. F 2.Mrs. Munsing was Smith’s landlady. F 3.Mrs. Munsing became extremely nervous and dropped her shopping sack when she saw Smith racing towards her. F 4.The first Mrs. Fitch’s father did not like Fitch and tried to disinherit his daughter. T 5.It was said that the Police Chief determined that the second Mrs. Fitch died of drinking poisoned lemonade. F 6.Beyond the obvious causes of the deaths of the three Mrs. Fitches, Smith wondered whether some stranger things had happened. T More

  12. Distant Education College, Jilin University True/False Questions 7.Mrs. Munsing came to the Police Chief to tell him that she had nothing to do with the deaths of the three Mrs. Fitches. 8.The Police Chief was interested in Mrs. Munsing’s talk and promised to send someone to look into the matter immediately. 9.Smith thought that his boss was old-fashioned, conservative and conceited. 10.Smith met Mrs. Munsing in the street quite by chance and asked her about the deaths of the three women, but she pretended not to know him at all. Answer

  13. Distant Education College, Jilin University True/False Questions 7.Mrs. Munsing came to the Police Chief to tell him that she had nothing to do with the deaths of the three Mrs. Fitches. F 8.The Police Chief was interested in Mrs. Munsing’s talk and promised to send someone to look into the matter immediately. 9.Smith thought that his boss was old-fashioned, conservative and conceited. 10.Smith met Mrs. Munsing in the street quite by chance and asked her about the deaths of the three women, but she pretended not to know him at all. Answer

  14. Distant Education College, Jilin University True/False Questions 7.Mrs. Munsing came to the Police Chief to tell him that she had nothing to do with the deaths of the three Mrs. Fitches. F 8.The Police Chief was interested in Mrs. Munsing’s talk and promised to send someone to look into the matter immediately. F 9.Smith thought that his boss was old-fashioned, conservative and conceited. 10.Smith met Mrs. Munsing in the street quite by chance and asked her about the deaths of the three women, but she pretended not to know him at all. Answer

  15. Distant Education College, Jilin University True/False Questions 7.Mrs. Munsing came to the Police Chief to tell him that she had nothing to do with the deaths of the three Mrs. Fitches. F 8.The Police Chief was interested in Mrs. Munsing’s talk and promised to send someone to look into the matter immediately. F 9.Smith thought that his boss was old-fashioned, conservative and conceited. T 10.Smith met Mrs. Munsing in the street quite by chance and asked her about the deaths of the three women, but she pretended not to know him at all. Answer

  16. Distant Education College, Jilin University True/False Questions 7.Mrs. Munsing came to the Police Chief to tell him that she had nothing to do with the deaths of the three Mrs. Fitches. F 8.The Police Chief was interested in Mrs. Munsing’s talk and promised to send someone to look into the matter immediately. F 9.Smith thought that his boss was old-fashioned, conservative and conceited. T 10.Smith met Mrs. Munsing in the street quite by chance and asked her about the deaths of the three women, but she pretended not to know him at all. F More

  17. Distant Education College, Jilin University True/False Questions 11.Smith learned from his landlady that Mr. Fitch had three rich wives, all of whom died mysteriously. 12.What Smith heard aroused his interest in the mysterious case. Answer

  18. Distant Education College, Jilin University True/False Questions 11.Smith learned from his landlady that Mr. Fitch had three rich wives, all of whom died mysteriously. T 12.What Smith heard aroused his interest in the mysterious case. Answer

  19. Distant Education College, Jilin University True/False Questions 11.Smith learned from his landlady that Mr. Fitch had three rich wives, all of whom died mysteriously. T 12.What Smith heard aroused his interest in the mysterious case. T Return

  20. Distant Education College, Jilin University Multiple-choice Questions 1.According to Smith, Chief Hutch ________. A)preferred wearing a uniform to plainclothes B)liked old things C)was inclined to listen to different opinions from his officers D)insisted on holding his own view Answer

  21. Distant Education College, Jilin University Multiple-choice Questions 1.According to Smith, Chief Hutch ________. D A)preferred wearing a uniform to plainclothes B)liked old things C)was inclined to listen to different opinions from his officers D)insisted on holding his own view More

  22. Distant Education College, Jilin University Multiple-choice Questions 2.Mrs. Munsing went to the Police Chief in order to _____. A)talk about her suspicions about the deaths of Mrs. Fitches B)prove that she was innocent C)cause further confusion D)accuse Mr. Fitch of murder Answer

  23. Distant Education College, Jilin University Multiple-choice Questions 2.Mrs. Munsing went to the Police Chief in order to _____. A A)talk about her suspicions about the deaths of Mrs. Fitches B)prove that she was innocent C)cause further confusion D)accuse Mr. Fitch of murder More

  24. Distant Education College, Jilin University Multiple-choice Questions 3.“You’re going to get pretty hot in that neck choker.” “Neck choker” refers to ________. A)Smith’s neat white shirt B)Smith’s coat and tie C)Smith’s shirt collar and tie D)Smith’s uniform Answer

  25. Distant Education College, Jilin University Multiple-choice Questions 3.“You’re going to get pretty hot in that neck choker.” “Neck choker” refers to ________. C A)Smith’s neat white shirt B)Smith’s coat and tie C)Smith’s shirt collar and tie D)Smith’s uniform More

  26. Distant Education College, Jilin University Multiple-choice Questions 4.Smith’s landlady told of the story of the Fitches in a/an ________ tone. A)sad B)matter-of-fact C)sympathetic D)excited Answer

  27. Distant Education College, Jilin University Multiple-choice Questions 4.Smith’s landlady told of the story of the Fitches in a/an ________ tone. B A)sad B)matter-of-fact C)sympathetic D)excited More

  28. Distant Education College, Jilin University Multiple-choice Questions 5.Smith first heard about the cases of the death of the Mrs. Fitches from ________. A)the newspaper article he read before leaving New York B)Chief Hutch C)his landlady Mrs. Johnson D)his sister Answer

  29. Distant Education College, Jilin University Multiple-choice Questions 5.Smith first heard about the cases of the death of the Mrs. Fitches from ________. A A)the newspaper article he read before leaving New York B)Chief Hutch C)his landlady Mrs. Johnson D)his sister More

  30. Distant Education College, Jilin University Multiple-choice Questions 6.What can you infer from this part of the story? A)Chief Hutch was old-fashioned and unfriendly to Smith. B)The death of the three Mrs. Fitches had attracted the new detective’s attention. C)Mrs. Munsing’s behavior was suspicious. D)Smith’s landlady knew what had happened to the three Mrs. Fitches. Answer

  31. Distant Education College, Jilin University Multiple-choice Questions 6.What can you infer from this part of the story? B A)Chief Hutch was old-fashioned and unfriendly to Smith. B)The death of the three Mrs. Fitches had attracted the new detective’s attention. C)Mrs. Munsing’s behavior was suspicious. D)Smith’s landlady knew what had happened to the three Mrs. Fitches. Return

  32. Distant Education College, Jilin University Translation 1.We’ll get someone on it for you. 2.“Thank you very much for coming in here today and sharing your concerns with us.” 3.He didn’t invite me to sit down nor did I ask if I could. 4.The cardinal rule was DON’T MAKE TROUBLE. Don’t look for trouble. Don’t make waves. Answer

  33. Distant Education College, Jilin University Translation 1.We’ll get someone on it for you. 我们将派人对此事进行调查。 2.“Thank you very much for coming in here today and sharing your concerns with us.” 3.He didn’t invite me to sit down nor did I ask if I could. 4.The cardinal rule was DON’T MAKE TROUBLE. Don’t look for trouble. Don’t make waves. Answer

  34. Distant Education College, Jilin University Translation 1.We’ll get someone on it for you. 我们将派人对此事进行调查。 2.“Thank you very much for coming in here today and sharing your concerns with us.” “非常感谢你今天来这里，并把你对此事的关注告诉我们。” 3.He didn’t invite me to sit down nor did I ask if I could. 4.The cardinal rule was DON’T MAKE TROUBLE. Don’t look for trouble. Don’t make waves. Answer

  35. Distant Education College, Jilin University Translation 1.We’ll get someone on it for you. 我们将派人对此事进行调查。 2.“Thank you very much for coming in here today and sharing your concerns with us.” “非常感谢你今天来这里，并把你对此事的关注告诉我们。” 3.He didn’t invite me to sit down nor did I ask if I could. 他既没有请我坐下，我也没有向他征求我是否能坐下。 4.The cardinal rule was DON’T MAKE TROUBLE. Don’t look for trouble. Don’t make waves. Answer

  36. Distant Education College, Jilin University Translation 1.We’ll get someone on it for you. 我们将派人对此事进行调查。 2.“Thank you very much for coming in here today and sharing your concerns with us.” “非常感谢你今天来这里，并把你对此事的关注告诉我们。” 3.He didn’t invite me to sit down nor did I ask if I could. 他既没有请我坐下，我也没有向他征求我是否能坐下。 4.The cardinal rule was DON’T MAKE TROUBLE. Don’t look for trouble. Don’t make waves. 基本原则就是：不要惹麻烦，不要找麻烦，不要引起风波。 Return

  37. Distant Education College, Jilin University Questions for Discussion 1.Can you guess from the ending of this part what Smith was going to do next? 2.Can you guess what his Chief was going to say to him? 3. Smith, the detective, is the main character in the story, but his Chief, Mr. Hutch, is also a very vivid character. Can you analyze their characteristics by contrasting Mr. Hutch with his recruit, Smith? Return

  38. Distant Education College, Jilin University Text Analysis Smith, a new detective, wanted to investigate the deaths of the three Mrs. Fitches. However, he was stopped by his chief, Hutch. Why did Chief Hutch do this? Does Smith investigate successfully? Does he find out whether murder has been committed? My Chief was very old-fashioned. He dressed in a uniform rather than in plainclothes as we did during our training. He was very conservative and did not like the officers on his force to have opinions that differed from his. As I was waiting to meet him for the first time, I could hear the voice of a hysterical woman coming through the thin walls. Next

  39. Distant Education College, Jilin University Text Analysis “But, Chief Hutch, I know it was no accident…none of them were, sir.” “Well, we have no proof, Mrs. Munsing, and we don’t work here on suppositions and guesses, you know. We have to have facts in order to act.” “Yes, I know, sir, but I think that if you would just ask some questions…” Previous Next

  40. Distant Education College, Jilin University Text Analysis “Thank you, Mrs. Munsing, we’ll get someone on it for you. Thank you very much for coming in here today and sharing your concerns with us.” He showed her to the door, and as he passed me, he stopped and looked at my white shirt and tie. A smile crossed his face. “We’re in Flagstaff, Detective Smith, not on Fifth Avenue. You’re going to get pretty hot in that neck choker.” “Yes, sir.” “Now, Mrs. Munsing, you just go on back to Mr. Fitch’s house, and my advice to you is not to mention that you came down here to see me.” Previous Next

  41. Distant Education College, Jilin University Text Analysis “Oh, I wouldn’t, sir. I wouldn’t. And I don’t want you to tell anyone that I came here. I might lose my job.” The Chief sat behind a very small desk which made him look much bigger than he was. He didn’t invite me to sit down nor did I ask if I could. I stood in front of his desk while he began to yell the rules of the office. The cardinal rule was DON’T MAKE TROUBLE. Don’t look for trouble. Don’t make waves. Previous Next

  42. Distant Education College, Jilin University Text Analysis I was glad to get back to Mrs. Johnson’s (my landlady’s) house that night. I wondered if she would be glad to have me, knowing that I was a low man on the totem pole at the police station. I sat on the porch and watched the traffic in the street. It was a side street, so only a few cars would pass. More people walked here than drove. One of the pedestrians was the woman I had seen in the police station that afternoon. She was carrying a huge sack of groceries. “Hello!” I yelled to her from the porch. Previous Next

  43. Distant Education College, Jilin University Text Analysis She dropped her sack and looked around. She saw me and nervously bent over to pick up the groceries that had fallen all over the sidewalk. I raced to her side to help her. “I’m so clumsy,” she offered as an excuse. “I’m sorry I frightened you.” “Oh, my nerves have been on edge ever since Mrs. Fitch was killed. I mean, ever since she had the accident.” Previous Next

  44. Distant Education College, Jilin University Text Analysis I stopped picking up oranges and looked at her. She met my eyes. “I shouldn’t have said that. I have no right to say that. Excuse me. I must be going.” She had not remembered me from the police station that afternoon; she was too concerned about her job and the possibility of being seen talking to a total stranger. She gathered her bags and hurried up the street. I returned to the porch and began thinking about the newspaper article that my sister had shown me before I left New York: ARIZONA HEIRESS KILLED IN FALL. Previous Next

  45. Distant Education College, Jilin University Text Analysis That evening at dinner I casually asked Mrs. Johnson about the Fitches. I especially wanted to know about the stepdaughter and the three wives. Previous Next

  46. Distant Education College, Jilin University Text Analysis “Yes, indeed, Mr. Fitch had three wives all richer than Rockefeller, they say. When he married his first wife, he didn’t have a penny. Her father was dead set against her marrying that no-good Fitch. He tried to keep them apart. He even sent her to a girls’ school in Switzerland or some place like that. But when she became twenty-one, she inherited her grandfather’s money; and when she came back to Flagstaff, she had married Fitch. She also came back from Switzerland with a daughter. It almost killed the old man. He was in the hospital for weeks. He was going to have his lawyers cancel the marriage or disinherit the daughter. But he died in his sleep one night … and you know, she, the first Mrs. Fitch, died shortly thereafter, too. She was flying a plane that disappeared in the mountains. It was never found again.” Previous Next

  47. Distant Education College, Jilin University Text Analysis “Well, who was the second Mrs. Fitch?” “She was a wonderful woman; she loved children and took them for rides on her horses into the hills. It was just after one of those rides that she died. Yes, she was really thirsty and Mrs. Munsing brought her out some nice lemonade. Well, she drank that lemonade and never got up from her chair. I tell you, no one felt like having lemonade for a while.” “Did no one think that the drink may have been poisoned?” Previous Next

  48. Distant Education College, Jilin University Text Analysis “Well, of course we did. But Mr. Fitch and the Police Chief determined it was some food poisoning from the little sandwiches that she had taken on the trip with her. You know they got really bad from the heat.” “And Fitch inherited her money, too?” “Yes, indeed. She had lots of money. She owned practically the whole town. There wasn’t anyone growing up who wasn’t paying rent to her family. And since she was the only child, her husband got it all. The same thing with the third wife who fell to her death. Previous Next

  49. Distant Education College, Jilin University Text Analysis “Clever, isn’t he? Always marrying these rich women who have no other relations. Seems kind of strange that they all died, but I guess stranger things have happened.” The next day at noon, I went again to the local newspaper office and asked to see the newspapers from the time of the deaths of the three Fitch wives. That afternoon I was called into the Chief’s office. (to be continued) From The Great Preposition Mystery, ed., Lin Lougheed, Washington, D.C., 1981. Approximately 1,000 words. Previous Return

  50. Distant Education College, Jilin University old-fashioned [9EJld5fAFEnd] a. 笃信旧的生活方式（思想，习惯）=outdatede.g. His parents are quite old-fashioned. 他的父母很守旧。 Words to Know Return

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