- •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
11 Translate the following sentences into Russian.
1 In the words of a union official, bank raid stress has become a family illness.
2 Paintings worth £150,000 which were stolen in a smash-and-grab raid from a gallery in London's West End two years ago have been found by the police.
3 More women are becoming involved in serious theft and fraud.
4 The image of art theft as a gentleman's crime is outdated; violence is increasingly common.
5 Mr Rudolf telephoned a newspaper last week to say his organisation had carried out the arms theft.
6 The increasing sophistication of car alarms has prompted thieves to take up carjacking, stealing cars while their owners are still in them.
7 The gunmen managed to escape. One hour later, the empty getaway car was found abandoned on the edge of a nearby village.
8 After collecting the cash, the kidnapper made his escape by disappearing down the disused rail line. The gunmen got away after a high-speed car chase by German police.
9 A detective's wife was snatched by a bank robber yesterday after her off-duty husband tried to stop his getaway. The gunman dropped his loot and forced the 42-year-old mother of three into her car.
10 A spokesman said, 'We are treating the attack as attempted murder. We are now waiting to speak to the victim in hospital! Last year FBI statistics found that Washington had a homicide rate of almost 78 per 100,000 residents, the highest of any city in the United States. Almost every day reports of shootings and stabbings, even of young children, read like a casualty report from a war zone.
11 That had followed a knifing incident in which a Romanian was killed.
12 Study the headlines and match them with the first lines of the stories that follow.
1 SURVEY PINPOINTS BURGLARY BLACKSPOTS
2 PC CLINGS FOR HIS LIFE TO JOYRIDER CAR
3 CITY MUGGER
4 PICKPOCKETS CLEANING UP
5 HIT AND RUN ROBBERY
6 BOY, 9, IN GUN HOLD-UP
7 RAM-RAID ON HOME
8 JCB RAIDERS PULL OFF HOLE IN THE WALL HEIST
9 COP'S SON RAIDED SHOPS
10 FRENCH GANG ROBS BRITONS ON TRAIN
A |
Pickpockets “accidentally” smear visitors with ice-cream or ketchup, then insist on wiping them down. |
B |
A joy-rider sped off with a policeman desperately clinging to his windscreen, a court heard yesterday. |
C |
A gang used a bulldozer to steal a hole-in-the-wall cash dispenser yesterday. |
D |
A pedestrian was left badly bruised after he was run over by a car and robbed. |
E |
A schoolboy was robbed at gunpoint by a 9-year old bandit. |
F |
Burglars smashed their way into a family home by driving through the patio windows. |
G |
Fourteen British tourists have been robbed of cash and jewellery worth thousands pounds by a gang of French train thieves who sprayed them with a powerful sleeping gas |
H |
London's financial centre, the City, has issued an alert to banks and financial institutions around the world after a robbery in which nearly £300 million pound of financial documents, or bonds, were stolen. |
I |
The son of a top Scotland Yard commander took part in smash-and-grab raids which netted a £20,000 haul. |
J |
You are six times more likely to return from holiday to find your home has been broken into if you live in a top-storey flat in Glasgow than a five-bedroomed detached house in Aberdeen. |