- •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:
- •Список рекомендуемой литературы
3.2 Discuss the following statements.
Crime is international.
Crime is only detected among the less well-off members of society.
Crime exists on every social level.
Economic recession contributes to the rise in crime.
In the UK people are encouraged to be more conscious of security.
SECTION 4
GRAMMAR THROUGH STORIES
4.1 Listen to the tape for the first time and explain the meaning of the following numbers mentioned in the story.
1) 2 2) 4 3) 4 4) 6 5) 33 6) 77 7) 44,000.
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.
was indicted for murder |
drank at a bar |
rate of car accidents
|
was found guilty |
drove off |
die on the highways |
was sentenced |
ran through a stop sign |
arrested for drunk driving |
crashed into another car |
drunk drivers |
stricter laws have been passed |
had his driver’s license suspended |
passengers were killed |
while driving intoxicated |
license has been revoked |
brought to court |
a murderer in the eyes of the law |
4.3 Read the following story. Circle the correct answers. Explain your choices.
The United States has one of the lowest (rate, rates) of car accidents in the world. Yet, every year about (44,000, 44.000) people (die, died, are dying) on the highways in (cars, car) accidents in the United States. Half of (this, these) (dead, deads, deaths) are (causing, cause, caused) by (drunk, drunks) drivers. Because of this, (strictest, stricter, more strict) laws (are passed, are passing, have been passed) recently. California has one of the (most strict, strictest) laws. This law states that if you kill someone while you are driving (intoxicate, intoxicated), you will (consider, be considered, be consider) a (murder, murderer) in the eyes of the law. This is a story about what happened to (a, the, -) thirty- (years, year) -old man in California.
One afternoon this man (drinks, drank, drunk, drunken) four bottles of beer at (a, the, -) bar. After (to finish, finished, finishing) his drinks, he got (into, onto, on) his car and (drive, drove) (of, off). He was speeding. He (run, ran) (through, into, at) a stop sign and crashed (through, into, to, at) another car (crossed, crossing, cross) the intersection. He didn't have enough time (to stop, for stopping). The car that was (strike, struck, stricken) was (been, being) driven by a mother; inside were her four children. All of the passengers (was killed, were kill, were killed). However, the drunk driver (didn't injure, wasn't injured) at all. When (a, the, -) police (was, were, -) arrived, (he, they) arrested the driver and (bringing, brought) him to court. There he was (indict, indicted) for murder. After a (two-months, month) trial, he was (found, find, founded) guilty of murder. He was (sentence, sentenced) to seventy-seven years in prison. While some (feel, fell, feels) his sentence was (justify, justified, justifying), others feel he was (sentence, sentencing, sentenced) (to, too) harshly because he had not planned the accident. However, those (in, on) favor of the sentence said this was not (the, -) first time he (has been, had been, was) arrested for drunk driving. (The last, Last) time he had his (driver, driver's) license (suspending, suspend, suspended) for six (months, month). This time his license has been (revoke, revoking, revoked) for life.
4.4 Discuss the following questions with group members.
1 What would have happened to the thirty-year-old drunk driver if he had had the accident in your country? Would his license have been revoked or suspended? Would he have been arrested? Would he have been given a heavy or light sentence? Would he have been looked down upon by society? Use passive voice in your answer.
2 How should the thirty-year-old driver have been sentenced? Explain why. Use passive voice in your answer.
3 Have you or anyone you know ever been in a car accident? Was your car damaged? Were you injured? Was anybody else hurt? Were you fined? Were you arrested? Was there any other property damage? Was your license taken away? Explain what happened.
4 In Maine, a passenger who allowed a drunken person to drive his truck was convicted as an accomplice to the crime of driving under the influence of alcohol. What do you think of this ruling?
5 In Florida, a mother won an $800,000 suit against an employer who allowed her son to drive home after serving him alcohol at a business social gathering. He died in a car accident. What do you think of this ruling?