阿瑟·柯南·道尔爵士（1859—1930），出生于苏格兰的爱丁堡，因在作品中创造了夏洛克·福尔摩斯这一人物形象而闻名。他原为医生，后开始写作，并很快成为世界上最著名的作家之一。“书虫”系列另有四本柯南·道尔的作品，其中三本讲述夏洛克．福尔摩斯的故事：《绿玉王冠》、《诺伍德谜案》和《四签名》，另外一本为探险故事《失落的世界》。

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AUTHOR 关于作者
ACTIVITIES BEFORE READING
CHAPTER 1 An old hat 第一章 一顶旧帽子
CHAPTER 2 The Blue Diamond 第二章 蓝色钻石
CHAPTER 3 Mr Henry Baker 第三章 亨利·贝克先生
CHAPTER 4 To Mr Breckinridge's 第四章 到布雷肯里奇先生的店铺去
CHAPTER 5 A weak little man 第五章 瘦弱的小个子男人
CHAPTER 6 One or two questions 第六章 一两个问题
PROJECT 拓展训练
GRAMMAR CHECK 语法充电
TRANSLATION 译文

　　CHAPTER 1　 An old hat 第一章　一顶旧帽子
　　My name's Dr Watson, and I'm a good friend of the famous detective Sherlock Holmes. Two days after Christmas last year I went to his house – 221B Baker Street. I wanted to say 'Happy Christmas!' to him. When I arrived, I found him in the sitting room. He was by the window with some newspapers next to him. There was an old hat on a chair near him, and he had a magnifying glass in his hand.
　　'You're working on something,' I said. 'Shall I go?'
　　'No,' said Holmes. 'Sit down and look at that interesting old hat over there.'
　　I sat down. It was cold out in the street, but it was nice and warm in Holmes's sitting room.
　　'Why are you interested in that old hat? Is it something to do with a crime?' I asked.
　　Holmes laughed. 'Not a crime, no,' he said. 'I got it from Peterson, the doorman at the Baker Street Hotel.