9 Match two parts of the sentences and translate them.

1 He began his life of crime 2 The young Sinead was even taken out by her mother 3 Bank robberies, burglaries and muggings are 4 Two-thirds of 11 to 15 year olds admitted 5 My son had just been introduced to violence, armed robbery and gun 6 It has been estimated that between £1 billion arid'-£2 billion are stolen from shops 7 A small number of muggers — perhaps no more than 60 — are responsible 8 The police recommend drivers not to stop at red lights, 9 Banks offered a £10,000 reward for information leading to the capture of two armed raiders 10 The driver of the taxi has been robbed at both

a. crimes from shoplifting to housebreaking. b. every year — equivalent to a Brinks-Mat bullion robbery every two days. c. who held up and kidnapped two female staff. d. on shoplifting expedition. e. for 95 per cent of all street robberies. f. culture all at the same time. g. such is the risk of an armed hold-up. h. pickpocketing at the age of four. i. gunpoint and knifepoint. She loves her job. j. reported almost daily in the press.

10 Fill in the gaps with the appropriate word(s) from the topical vocabulary and then translate the sentences into Russian.

1 Thieves broke into the Gardner museum in Boston and stole about a dozen objects worth an estimated $200 million. It was the biggest art ____ in the history of the country.

2 In the south-east there has been a series of ____ where high-powered cars were driven into shop windows.

3 She can earn more from mugging, shoplifting and ____ than she ever would from a job.

4 The British Crime Survey found that 116,000 of total ____ and 180,000 thefts from cars occurred in carparks.

5 On November 8, 1983 a masked gang forced their way into the Brinks-Mat warehouse at Heathrow and coolly ____ with 6,800 gold bars worth more than £126 million. The police and the public were stunned at the size of their ____.

6 A band of youths ran over a policewoman while ____ in stolen cars, and police say she was murdered.

7 He rewarded four 'have-a-go heroes’ as they became known, who ____ a gang of robbers. One of the four, aged 12, got £25 for calling the police, his father and another man got £200 each and a third £100. They had grabbed a robber and his £7,000 haul, forcing his three accomplices to ____.

8 Exactly what kind of protection was being provided is hard to tell, from the picture. If the officers have ____ at the ready, the ____ are well-hidden.

9 Not that any old ____ will do. ____ the right ____ matters as much as wearing the right athletic shoes. Semi-automatics are the guns of choice now.

10 Eight shots were fired from an automatic pistol in a ____.