Vocabulary

to trace a criminal confession to try a case in court testimony of a witness to prove the guilt the accused a missing person a wanted person tracing a charge confidential informants

выслеживать преступника признание рассматривать дело в суде свидетельские показания доказать вину обвиняемый без вести пропавший разыскиваемый полицией для ареста выслеживание преступника обвинение тайные осведомители

II. Answer the following questions.

1. What are the 3 phases of investigation?

2. How can a criminal be identified?

3. What is the second phase of investigation?

4. Is locating the criminal always an easy matter?

5. What unofficial sources of information are often used by investigating officers?

6. What is the most difficult phase of investigation?

7. What are the tasks of the investigator at this stage?

8. Where is the case tried after the investigation is completed?

9. Is every crime soluble?

10. Are there any criteria of success?

11. Is obtaining evidence as easy as identifying and locating the criminal?

III. Match the following.

witness conclusive evidence a search investigator to obtain evidence phase investigation convincingly to leave traces the charge records the defendant

a) обвинение b) убедительно c) оставлять следы d) расследование e) следователь f) неопровержимые доказательства g) поиск h) обвиняемый i) письменный след j) свидетель k) собрать доказательства l) этап

Part II Lesson 1. History of Law Text 1. A letter from Steve

I. Read the letter and do the task following it.

Hello, Alex,

Thanks for your last letter. I hope you received the texts about physical evidence, fingerprints, and the nature of investigation. It seems as if a lot of time has passed since the summer examination period was over. Yet, it was only a month and a half ago!

Well, my holidays were a combination of work and rest. I lived with an Italian family in Naples and my duty was to teach 2 school-age children conversational English. At the same time, I was learning spoken Italian from them.

We spent a lot of time together, swimming in the sea, sunbathing, playing with a ball and moving a lot. We also went to museums, to the Zoo, watched cartoons, sang children’s songs and read easy-reading stories. By the end, my pupils’ knowledge of English had greatly improved, and so also my Italian speaking skills. There were no problems with behaviour, the children were lovable and the parents were nice to deal with.

Now I am in my second year at the University, and I want to improve my knowledge of Russian, so let’s communicate in Russian, too, if you have nothing against it, of course.

I know that you are studying the history of law this term and that you need some material on the most important facts and events. I am sending you some short texts which I borrowed from my previous year’s notes and manuals.

I hope you had a good time, too.

All the best,

Steve.

II. Find in the text of the letter equivalents to the following.

1. кажется, что

2. всё же

3. разговорный английский язык

4. загорать

5. смотреть мультфильмы

6. к концу

7. разговорные навыки

8. учебное пособие

9. быть приятным в общении

10. учиться на втором курсе