- •Федеральное государственное бюджетное образовательное учреждение
- •Введение
- •Vocabulary
- •1. Answer the questions:
- •2. Give definitions of the following words:
- •3. Read the text and do the tasks.
- •4. Answer the question about the British police.
- •5. Finish the following sentences, using tail questions.
- •6. Find equivalents to the following Russian words and phrases in the text above:
- •7. Read the interview with a police officer. Dramatize it. Then sum up the information you learnt from the interview about the British police.
- •9. Master your vocabulary in the topic “Crime and Criminals”
- •10. Read the text and explain why a police officer has to ‘caution’ the person who is being arrested.
- •11. Complete the article with words from the box.
- •12. Match the words in bold in the previous task to the definitions 1-7.
- •13. Use the words from the box in the text:
- •14. Read the newspaper article below and think of a headline for it. Answer the questions:
- •Vocabulary
- •1. Answer the questions:
- •2. Read the following verbs:
- •15. Make a survey of the crimes and court cases that are reported in the news in one week.
- •16. Read the conversation between Nancy Bryant, a fraud prevention officer, and a journalist. Answer the questions:
- •Vocabulary
- •1. Answer the questions:
- •2. Explain what the following words and expressions mean:
- •5. Find in the text above the English equivalents for the following words and expressions:
- •6. Fill in the gaps in the text below with the words and expressions from the box:
- •7. Fill in the gaps in the sentences using the sentences below the text.
- •9. Use one word in each gap. You’ve been framed!
- •11 Points
- •6 Points
- •12 Points
- •6 Points
- •5 Points
- •Vocabulary
- •10. Match each of the following verbs with a word or phrase on the right. They are all connected with a British court of law.
- •11. Interview your partner using the questions below:
- •12. Read the text below and think of the word which fits best for each gap. Use only one word in each gap.
- •13. Read the text below and decide which answer (a, b, c, or d) best fits each gap.
- •14. Study the authentic cases given below. Discuss each in pairs and decide the following:
- •15. People say that children today are growing up more quickly. The law sometimes makes this possible. Look at the information below. How these laws are different in Russia?
- •16. Read the article and complete it with the words from the box.
- •17. Translate into English.
- •18. Translate into English.
- •Vocabulary
- •1. Which of the actions or procedures above are carried out by each of the following people?
- •2 . Match each word below with the definition.
- •7. Complete these sentences using the pairs from the exercise above. You may have to make changes to fit the grammar of the sentences. The first one has been made for you as an example.
- •8. Put each of the words in the box in its correct place in the passage below:
- •10 Read the four articles below.
- •11. Work in pairs. Discuss these questions.
- •13 Work in pairs. Read the information below and decide how much money the woman should receive.
- •14. Why do you think people commit crimes? Discuss the problem of the causes of crime.
- •15. Discuss these questions:
- •17. Read the newspaper extract below, and discuss the question that follows.
- •Vocabulary
- •4. Fill in the gaps.
- •5. Translate from Russian into English.
- •6. Complete the following text using the words from the box:
- •7. Translate into English.
- •8. Discuss the items below:
- •9. Translate into English.
- •10. What is your opinion about the trial jury?
- •Grammar
- •8 Points
- •8 Points
- •7 Points
- •8 Points
- •7 Points
- •12 Points
- •Vocabulary
- •1. Before you read the text discuss the following points:
- •2. Read the text.
- •2. Find in the text above the English equivalents for the following words and expression:
- •3. Write out all kinds of punishments from the text and put them in order from the most serious ones to the lightest.
- •4. Answer the questions about the text:
- •5. Match to make sentences.
- •6. A. Use a word in each gap to complete the text.
- •7. Use one word in each gap.
- •8. Use the word given in capitals to form a word that fits in the gap.
- •9. Read the text below and think of the word which fits best in each gap. Use only one word in each gap.
- •Identity theft
- •10. Translate the following text into English:
- •11. Discuss the following issues:
- •12. Read the following text.
- •Vocabulary
- •3. Answer the following questions:
- •4. Find English equivalents for the following words and phrases in the text:
- •5. Match the following English expressions with their Russian equivalents:
- •6. Translate the following text into English:
- •7. Study the following phrasal verbs:
- •Vocabulary
- •3. Which sentences are true and which ones are false?
- •4. Complete the sentences.
- •5. Match the verbs with the nouns. Use the phrases in the sentences of your own:
- •10. Translate into English.
- •11. Read the following newspaper stories. How do you feel when you read them? Work in groups. Discuss each case in turn.
- •Grammar
- •Infinitive. Complex Object. Complex Subject.
- •15 Points
- •Insert the words from the box:
- •10 Points
- •Vocabulary
- •6. Below are the main areas of commercial law. Match each branch to the contents it covers. The first one is done for you.
- •Vocabulary
- •5. Say whether the statements are true or false.
- •7. Translate into English.
- •8. Read the text ‘Women in Politics’ and answer the questions:
- •9. Speak on the topic “Law of property, natural resources and the environment”.
- •Victims of oil shortage.
- •It’s an ill wind…
- •13. A) Work in pairs. Take it in turns to react to the statements below. Use the expressions for expressing opinion from the previous exercise.
- •Vocabulary
- •4. Are these statements true or false?
- •6. Find the best equivalent for the words below.
- •7. Give the English equivalents for the following:
- •8. Work in pairs. Which of the following freedoms is the most important to you? Why?
- •9. Choose the correct word to complete sentences. How strongly do you agree or disagree with the following statements?
- •It happened on December 1
- •12. Read the text below and answer the question: what does the law of your country guarantee to disabled people? What is the attitude to people with limited abilities?
- •13. Translate into English.
- •14. Read the text below and discuss with your class mates how much privacy we have these days.
- •10 Points
- •10 Points
- •7 Points
- •Основная литература
12. Read the following text.
The US government issued a report on the hazards of drunk driving. According to the report, half of the 50,000 highway deaths last year involved intoxicated drivers. Annually, drunk drivers cause 80,000 accidents, 750,000 serious injuries, and 5 billion dollars in economic losses. Federal studies show that on weekend nights one out of ten motorists is intoxicated but just one in 2,000 is arrested. The government has proposed to strengthen laws against drunk driving.
Compare the problem of the hazard of drunk driving in the USA and Russia.
Do you think that laws against drunk driving should be strengthened?
What is the usual punishment for drunk driving in Russia?
Listening: Don’t do it! I’m too young to go to court!
Listen the information about juvenile crime and choose the correct answer.
1. What is the purpose of the “dialogue”?
A to help parents whose children have committed crime
B to deter young people from committing crimes
C to advise judges on how to sentence young people
D to show disapproval of juvenile crime
2. What happens if children commit very serious crimes?
A They are taken to a correctional facility.
B They stand trial like an adult.
C They receive a lecture from the judge.
D They must attend counseling sessions.
3. Which of the following is NOT true?
A All juvenile crimes are recorded for life.
B Minors can be taken into police custody.
C 7-year-olds cannot appear in juvenile courts.
D Parents of juvenile criminals may be fined.
Fill in the blanks with the correct words from the word bank:
waived detained expunged off-the-record liable juvenile lecture
1. The judge spoke to the teenage girl _____.
2. The boy’s parents were _____ for the damage.
3. Tom received a _____ about obeying the law.
4. A fifteen-year-old boy is due in a _____ court tomorrow.
5. The judge _____ the crime to an adult court because it was serious.
6. His criminal record was _____ when he was 18 years old.
7. The police _____ the juvenile at the station.
Match the words (1-7) with the definition (A-G).
1 ___ criminal record
2 ___ minor
3 ___ correctional facility
4 ___ community service
5 ___ probation
6 ___ victim
7 ___ counseling
A someone who is too young to be treated as an adult
B a place where young people are detained
C the process of helping someone with their problems
D a document showing any crimes you have committed
E a person who suffered as the result of someone’s crime
F a punishment in which the person works to help local people
G a situation in which the person must behave well to avoid further punishment
Listen to a conversation between a judge and a juvenile court officer. Mark the following statements as true (T) or false (F).
1. ___ The offender is currently in custody.
2. ___ The officer thinks the offender should go home.
3. ___ The judge will make the offender’s parents to pay for the damage.
Listen again and complete the conversation:
Officer: The girl’s name is Leanna Parks. She broke into an elderly woman’s house, threatened her, and stole some money and 1_____.
Judge: That’s pretty serious. Is she being 2_____ now?
Officer: Yes, she is. She’s in the 3_____ correctional facility.
But this is her first offence.
Judge: How old is she?
Officer: She’s _____.
Judge: We might be able to handle it 5_____ _____ _____ since this is her first offence.
Officer: But surely not without punishment?
Judge: Oh no. We could give her some 6_____ _____.
Officer: What about 7 _____?55
Writing
Write down advantages and disadvantages of each alternative to imprisonment. Make up your own list of prison alternatives.
Topic 2. Rehabilitation of criminals