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BERLIN EXPRESS

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Created on March 20, 2024

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Berlin Express

Michael Austen
Made by: - Sara Guerra - Carmen Metro - Diana Izquierdo Class B1 Teacher: Emma

Index

Featured themes in history

Who is Michael Austen?

Summary and explanation of the book

Vocabulary

Questions about the book

Character characteristics

Who is Michael Austen?

  • Teacher, headmaster and teacher trainer
  • He has worked in Senegal, West Africa, Finland and Portugal
  • He worked for a long period of time in Norwich
  • Currently, he lives there and he works in INTO UEA and Cambridge ESOL
  • Enthusiastic writter, fiction genre
  • 2 books: A dangerous sky and Berlin Express.

Summary and explanation of the book

Hiro is a Japanese student who is going to go to Berlin.

He knowed a special man who is Eric and he tried to kill him. Also Hiro saw a special message

Hiro went to police but they don´t believe him.

Finally, Hiro was a right

Character's characteristics

HIRO ADACHI: He is the protagonist of the book, is a young Japanese student who is in England with a study abroad program. He's a Curious, imaginative and distrustful boy who is involved in a dark affair. AKIKO: HIRO´S JELOUS EX- GIRLFRIEND ERIK BJÖRNSON/ THE SHARK: THE MAN WHO HIRO KNEW ON THE TRAIN AND WHO PLANNED TO COMMIT MURDER KARL MEIER: THE SHARK´S FRIEND AND CRONIE WHO TRIES TO KIDNAP HIRO herr fischer the duty manager of the adlon hotel FRANZ SCHUBERT THE BODYGUARD WHO HELPS AND SAVES HIRO mr schmidt an importan guest staying in room 319 whom Hiro suspected was going to be murdered

Featured themes

  • Hiro's breakup with Akiko and his trip to Berlin
  • The suspicious "Shark" and cronies
  • The bodyguard Schubert and his frienship with Hiro

Vocabulary

Odd

Feeling sorry

Assigment

Is similar to strange

Is a aim

Feel compassion for someone

Fee

To narrow

is similar to deal

To reach out

When there is a person who can´t go out

Weak

When one person gives you his hand

Homesick

Is a person isn´t strong

Keep close

When is a situation which produce pain

When a person is near to yours

Questions about the book

  • Would you have been suspicious of the shark as Hiro did when he read his message?
  • What would you have done instead?
  • Do you think Hiro would have been saved without the bodyguard?
  • What do you think Hiro's call with his ex Akiko would be like? Would they reconcile?
  • Did you like it? Would you make the second part of the story?

THE END

Thank you for your attention