watson and holmes camping

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Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson were going camping partir en camping . They pitched their tent ont monté leur tente under the stars and went to sleep.

Sometime à un moment in the middle of the night, Holmes shook secoua Watson, woke him up le réveilla , and said, “Watson, look up at the stars and tell me what you see.”

Watson replied, “I see millions and millions of stars.” Holmes said, “Yes. And what do you deduce que déduis-tu from that?”

Watson replied, “Well, if there are so many stars, and if even only a handful une poignée of them have planets, it’s quite likely probable there are some planets like Earth. And if there are a few planets like Earth, there might also be il pourrait aussi y avoir life.”

Holmes said, “Watson, you idiot — it means somebody has stolen a volé our tent.”

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Vocabulary

pitch a tent: to set up a tent

deduce: to reach a conclusion from evidence

a handful: a small number or amount

They pitched their tent ont monté leur tente before sunset.

Holmes asked Watson what he could deduce déduire from the stars.

Only a handful une poignée of stars are visible with the naked eye.

Grammar

Direct speech: The joke uses quotation marks to show exact words spoken.

“What do you see?” asked Holmes.

Past simple: Used for completed actions in the story.

Holmes shook secoua Watson awake.

Logical deduction: Watson uses “likely” and “might” to express probability.

Synonyms & Alternatives

likely: probable, expected

deduce: conclude, infer

has stolen: has taken, has pinched (informal BrE)

Mini Dialogue

Alice: Look at the sky — what do you think it means?

Ben: Probably that it will rain.

Alice: Or that we should pack up quickly.

Ben: Or that someone has already taken our tent!

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