- •Н.В. Елисеева, т.А. Шкуратова crime and criminal actions part I
- •Crime and criminal actions part one study the vocabulary on the topic
- •Financial wrongdoings
- •Penalties
- •Part two practise your vocabulary
- •1 Classify the list of crimes from the topical vocabulary into
- •2 How many different types of crime can you think of? Match the crimes given below with their definitions and then classify each crime as violent (V) or non-violent (nv).
- •3 Which crimes are being described in the following situations? Fill the gaps with the words from the list.
- •4 Match each person in the list with the description given.
- •5 Match the criminal with the definition.
- •6 While describing crimes and criminal behaviour you may find the following words useful. Match the words with their definitions.
- •7 Considering some details of financial wrongdoings, answer the questions.
- •8 Which of the crimes might each of these people be charged with?
- •9 Match two parts of the sentences and translate them.
- •10 Fill in the gaps with the appropriate word(s) from the topical vocabulary and then translate the sentences into Russian.
- •11 Translate the following sentences into Russian.
- •12 Study the headlines and match them with the first lines of the stories that follow.
- •13 There can be different types of theft, for example:
- •15 Getaway scenarios. Match the two parts of these extracts.
- •Packing a piece
- •18 Translate the interview with a fraud squad detective and explain in English the meaning of the words and phrases in bold type. Fraud and embezzlement
- •19 Complete the table below using information from the interview in Exercise 18. The first line gives an example. Refer to a dictionaryif necessary.
- •21 Complete each sentence by writing in the gap a word formed from the verb given in brackets.
- •22 In each of the numbered lines (1-5) there is one word which is wrong. Circle the mistake and write the correct word at the end of the line.
- •25 Fill in the blanks. The first letter of each missing word has been given.
- •It’s a crime
- •26 Put each of the following words and phrases into its correct place in the passage below.
- •Abolished deported neglected rioted cheated dispersed pardoned squatted swindled
- •28 Choose the most suitable word or phrase underlined in each sentence.
- •29 Choose the best alternative to fill the gaps in the following sentences.
- •30 Choose the correct answer.
- •32 Choose the most suitable word or phrase to complete each sentence.
- •33 Choose the most suitable word or phrase.
- •34 Translate the sentences into English, using the topical vocabulary.
- •Part three practice your integrated grammar and vocabulary skills
- •1 Complete the sentences with the correct form of the word given in the right-hand column.
- •2 Complete each sentence with a word or compound word formed from the word in capitals.
- •3 Choose the most suitable word or phrase underlined in each sentence.
- •6 Decide which answer a,b,c or d best fits each space.
- •Inspector crumb investigates
- •Keeping your car safe
- •9 For questions 1-15, read the text below and think of one word which best fits each space. Use only one word in each space. There is an example (0) at the beginning. Going missing
- •10 Complete each part sentence a) to j) with one of the endings 1) to 10). Use each ending once only.
- •11 Match the sentences on the left with the most suitable response on the right. Use the words and expressions in bold to help you. There is an example at the beginning (0).
- •Iscuss with your partner which of the solutions 1) to 10) suits each problem a) to j) or offer your own one(s).
- •Part four practise your listening skills
- •2.1 Fill in the table individually.
- •3.2 Discuss the following statements.
- •4.1 Listen to the tape for the first time and explain the meaning of the following numbers mentioned in the story.
- •4.2 Listen to the tape for the second time, arrange the key words and phrases given below in the order you hear them in the text and summarize the story using those as an outline.
- •4.3 Read the following story. Circle the correct answers. Explain your choices.
- •4.5 Listen to the text “the police commissioner's advice” for the first time and answer the following questions:
- •4.6 Listen to the text for the second time and mark the statements as True or False according to the text.
- •4.7 Write your idea on fighting crime in fifty words or less. Students will vote on which suggestion is best. Try using causative verbs in your response.
- •4.8 Discuss the following questions with group members:
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32 Choose the most suitable word or phrase to complete each sentence.
1 Most schools in my country no longer have ____ punishment.
a) physical B) capital C) bodily D) corporal
2 The policemen following the robbers were in ____ clothes.
a) plain B) ordinary C) normal D) simple
3 The two old ladies were ____ of their purses.
A) stolen B) attacked C) robbed D) snatched
4 At the end of the story, the hero manages to arrest the ____.
A) offenders B) villains C) wrongs D) evils
5 I had to answer question A because it was ____.
A) compulsory B) necessary C) a must D) an obligation
6 Charles could not ____ having been at the scene of the crime.
A) refuse B) object C) deny D) alter
7 As there was no evidence, the judge dismissed the ____.
A) trial B) witness C) court D) case
8 If your dog damages your neighbour's property, you could be ____.
A) guilty B) liable C) payable D) illegal
9 After ten years in prison, Stephen was ____ and set free.
a) pardoned B) released C) innocent D) forgiven
10 The detective inspector told the young ____ to make some tea.
A) officer B) official C) guardian D) police
33 Choose the most suitable word or phrase.
1 All the classroom windows were broken, but nobody knew who the ____ was.
A) victim B) culprit C) guilty D) responsible
2 Seven vehicles were involved in a ____ in thick fog on the M2.
A) jam B) congestion C) stoppage D) pile-up
3 Mr. Baxwell threatened to ____ the newspaper for libel.
A) sue B) arrest C) blackmail D) enforce
4 Police have ____ off the town centre and are searching for the bomb.
A) withdrawn B) surrounded C) sealed D) assembled
5 The death ____ in the weekend's traffic exodus has risen to sixteen.
A) score B) rate C)toll D)mark
6 After the collision, two seamen were slightly injured in the ____ explosion.
A) following B) ensuing C) aftermath D) consequential
7 The police are concentrating on arresting drug ____ rather than casual users.
A) traffickers B) agents C) merchants D) entrepreneurs
8 The railway station was full of ____ asking passengers for money.
A) wanderers B) beggars C) penniless D) petitioners
9 More than £100 000 went up in ____ in a fire at Bingley's Bank.
A) burns B) ashes C) soot D) smoke
10 The whole building collapsed, but fortunately there were no ____.
A)wounded B) hurt C) casualties D) victims
34 Translate the sentences into English, using the topical vocabulary.
Преступления, совершаемые т.н. «белыми воротничками» и связанные непосредственно с их профессиональными знаниями и умениями, включают прежде всего преступления в экономической сфере, например, мошенничество с ценными бумагами, незаконное лоббирование и финансирование избирательных компаний, нелегальный перевод денег со счета на счет по компьютерным сетям и т.д.
Эмили понятия не имела о тех незначительных административных правонарушиях, в которых обвинили ее мужа.
По показаниям с чужих слов становится очевидно, что подозреваемый преступник явно действовал не один, но полиция пока не может назвать имя сообщника.
В каких странах отменена смерная казнь?
По закону вооруженное нападение считается серьезным преступлением.
Анна рассказала, как по дороге домой на нее сзади совершенно неожиданно напал мужчиа.
Кассир, который попытался в одиночку противостоять преступникам, получил по голове рукояткой пистолета.
Малолетние преступники в теперь все чаще конкурируют со своими взрослыми «наставниками».
Некоторые из этих драгоценностей были провезены контрабандой.
У меня было такое чувство, что если бы в тот момент в руках у нее оказался нож, она , ни на секунду не задумываясь, воткнула этот нож ему в сердце.