John Doe

by Antoinette Moses, Qin Yi

In the hospital comes a patient who has amnesia and advises others to call himself John Doe, the name of a movie hero. Doctor Cox agrees his request and then begins his holiday, asking the nurse Angela to take care of this special patient. In another city, a case of murder happens and detective Jenny finds that the murderers name is Robert John. The patient John Doe falls in love with the nurse Angela, following her to her home and making her a call. Angela finds John Doe behavior very strange. With the help of Doctor Cox, she deal with Don patiently and finally waits until the police come and arrest the psychopathic murder.

62 pages, Paperback

First published May 28, 1999

Reviews

[Stephanie ((Strazzybooks))]

3.5/5

“I’m waiting for Nurse Angela now. Nurse Angela is going to die today.”

John Doe is a short thriller in accessible language (a Cambridge level 1 story).
A man wakes up in a hospital with alleged amnesia. Thrills follow.

This was a read-along with a favorite student, as she read it in her native school’s English class.

This is a cool series with appropriate-English, interesting stories for different levels and ages of English language learners.
And if anyone from the Cambridge English Readers series is reading this, I’ll totally write the next one 🙃.

[Satomi Ito]

1. ANTOINETTE MOSES, CAMBRIDGE, Level1

2. 50min.

3. name/doctor/nurse/memory/lie/question/hospital

4. How many hospitals does your city have？
There are 10 hospitals in my city.

5. This book, "John Doe", is a suspense story.One day in a hospital there is a man who seems to forget himself. So his doctor, Doctor Cox, and his nurse, Angela, asked him for himself. But he could not answer. Then Dr.Cox knew that he was okay except losing his memory. So Dr.Cpx sent him to the house where people who didn't have theiuse lived.But the man, "John" went to the Angera's house, not the house introduced in the hospital. He wanted to kill her. In the same time, Dr,Cox watched TV. He saw the man who really resembled John on TV. People on TV seemed for the man as a cromer who killed another woman. So the doctor phoned police and Angera. But she had already been with John. So Angera threw a cup of hot coffee to John's face and go out of the house. Then police came into her house and caught him.

This book is very interesting for me. Why do I read this book, I listen to same name music. John Doe is person Who doesn't have real name. I am interested in this!

[Ceylin]

Dün kütüphaneme bir bakayım dedim ve 5 yıldır kütüphanemde olan bu kitabı buldum. Çok (çok çok) basit bir İngilizce'si olan ama okurken de sıkmayan çerezlik bir kitaptı. Zaten 32 sayfa

[Ross (LibrosconRoss)]

it is very easy and great for beginning to read in english. the history is well and honestly it is entertaining

[Iza Zawiślak]

Zaczynam czytać po angielsku, na razie się rozgrzewam 🫶

[Lourdes]

2,5/5⭐
Un thriller interesante, pero nada del otro mundo. Igual me hubiera gustado que fuese más largo

[Clau🙂‍↔️]

comienza mi andadura en libros en inglés, fácil d leer muy muy corto -tanto como 30 pág- y ameno!! es de cambridge b2 😁

[Pertinacia]

"When we find a man and we don't know his name," said Doctor Cox, "we call him John Doe. Can I call you John?"

Anglicky už čtu velmi slušně, ale s porozuměním mluvenému slovu je to stále bída. Porozhlédla jsem se tedy v oddělení anglických audioknih v naší knihovně a našla přesně to, co jsem hledala.

John Doe je krátký příběh s jednoduchým dějem, psaný jednoduchým jazykem. Přesto si po celou dobu udržuje přiměřenou dávku napětí, takže čtenáře (posluchače) nenudí. Zajímavým prvkem je použití různých forem vyprávění - pohled vševědoucího vypravěče střídají vnitřní monology titulní postavy. Je pravda, že příběh samotný je poměrně prostý a v rozuzlení hraje velkou roli náhoda, ale v rámci jednoduchých textů pro studenty angličtiny jde stále o nadprůměr. K mé spokojenosti přispěla i kvalitní audionahrávka.

U edice English Readers rozhodně zůstanu a mohu ji doporučit i dalším zájemcům o zdokonalení své angličtiny.

[Shunta Kawakata]

1)Antoinette Moses ,Cambridge,Level 1

2)6/5=62minutes

3)1.the man 2.the doctor 3.amnesia 4.kill 5.TV program 6.photograph 7.coffee

4)Do you have amnesia? Are you a forgetful person?
-I don't have amnesia. But I think I'm a forgetful person.

5)I was charmed by this cover. This story didn't suit for me. But I could learn something from this. 'John Doe' is used for unidentified person. We say "How are we today?" when they mean "How are you today?". That's what you say to very small children.

[ゆきてぃ]

Cambridge level1
11/4=45min.
Seven words summary / a man, hospital, doctor, nurse, amnesia, murderer, lie
Q Have you ever told somebody a lie?
A Yes, I have. I think sometimes to tell a lie is not bad for someone. But I don’t want to tell a lie as much as possible.

It was easy to understand this story, so I was able to read this book soon! The ending of this book was exciting and I really enjoyed it!

[たつあき]

2013/10/23

Cambridge level1 90minutes

name hospital secret man kill murder scare

Have you ever been to hospital?
I have never been to hospital.

This book was really interesting. When I finished reading this book, I was really surprised. I like this kind of story.

[Atsushi]

I like this story because it's so exciting.
Main character is John Doe who is scary and funny.
But, it's easy for me to read because a word was simple.

[Linh Tran]

2024 English Reading

A reread. The story is about a murderer who pretended suffering from amnesia and tried to kill another woman.

[Carlos Rojas]

What did you think.

[Denicemarcell]

not as interesting as her other title i read today. good quick read