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A tale of two little engines

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How to Think Like Sherlock Holmes: Lessons in Mindfulness and Creativity from the Great Detective

 by Maria Popova

“A man’s brain originally is like a little empty attic, and you have to stock it with such furniture as you choose.”

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ENIGMA & DILEMMA

 Read the text and find all the Greek words.

The tragedy of the seven astronauts over the Atlantic Ocean emphasized once again the basic characteristic of Eric Dawson’s theory. Eric Dawson is a historian of Technology in the School of Aeolian Energy and Aeronautics and for almost a decade now he has criticized the phenomenon of an illogical enthusiasm for those gigantic astroprogrammes which are based on a myth rather than a systematic policy. For Eric Dawson, the dilemma of our period should not be the crisis of technology but the tyranny of it. For him our planet has now a plethora of the characteristic symptoms of a Biblical catastrophe. We are now before a logical enigma: is Dawson’s diagnosis a prophecy or the systematic analysis of a theoretician?

Reading-Using contextual clues

The use of contextual clues can be one of the best ways to improve your reading skills. Unfortunately, students often insist on understanding each word when reading. Realizing that a text can be understood in a general sense by using contextual clues can go a long way towards helping you cope with increasingly difficult texts. At the same time, the use of contextual clues can also provide a means by which you can rapidly increase your existing vocabulary base.

Make logical guesses about the meaning of the unknown words in the following paragraph.

Jack quickly entered the didot and cleaned the various misturaes he had been using to repair the wuipit. He had often thought that this job was extremely yullning. However, he had to admit that this time things seemed to be a bit easier. When he finished, he put on his redick and went back to the study to relax. He took out his favorite pipe and settled into the beautiful new pogtry. What a fantastic schnappy he had made when he had bought the pogtry. Only 300 yagmas!

What could a 'didot' be?

What part of speech is 'misturaes'?

If Jack used the 'misturaes' to repair the 'wuipit' what do you think the 'mistraes' must be?

What could 'yulling' mean? - What part of speech is often used with an ending '-ing '?

Which synonym could be used for ' yulling '?

• fun
• difficult
• expensive

What type of things do you put on?

Based on the above question, what kind of thing must a 'redick' be?

Is a 'pogtry' used inside or outside?

Which words let you know that the 'pogtry' was cheap?

What must 'yagmas' be?

• Clothes
• Cigarette type
• Type of money