2. Read the text again to answer the following questions:

1. What did arson consist of in common law?

2. What is now arson in English law?

3. What may the gravity of the crime depend on?

4. What act may arson be committed as?

5. Whom may arson be commit­ted by?

6. When do pupils usually set schools on fire?

7. Who may set fire to a house to conceal the evidence of the crime?

8. Who may be an­xious to conceal accounts from an auditor?

3. Translate the following words and word combinations from English into Russian:

setting fire, to rubbish, motivation, premises, act of revenge against an employer, burglar, to steal things, auditor, to make a fraudulent insurance claim, resentment, a feeling of anger, deliberately damaging things, the law may distinguish.

4. Find the English equivalents to the following words and phrases:

ревнивый, возбуждение, патологический, побуждение, чувст­во обиды, разумно, вор-взломщик, феномен, поджог, влечение к самоубийству, жилище, тяжесть, степень, подвергать опасности, месть, мошеннически, иск по страхованию, забава, нелепость, бо­лезненные фантазии.

5. Match the words from the left column with their definitions from the right column.

1. arson	a. the way that somebody behaves, especially towards other people
2. revenge	b. the crime of destroying or damaging something, especially public property, deliberately and for no good reason
3. burglar	c. something that you do in order to make somebody suffer because they have made you suffer
4. phenomenon	d. a sudden strong wish or need to do something, without stopping to think about the results
5. vandalism	e. a fact or an event in nature or society, especially one that is not fully understood
6. behaviour	f. the crime of deliberately setting fire to something, especially a building
7. impulse	g. a person who enters a building illegally in order to steal

6. Fill in the gaps using the necessary words from exercise 5.

1. He swore to take his … on his political enemies.

2. … broke into the gallery and stole dozens of priceless paintings.

3. Globalization is a … of the 21st century.

4. His … towards her was becoming more and more aggressive.

5. He had a sudden … to stand up and sing.

6. … is the behaviour attributed originally to the Vandals, by the Romans, in respect of culture: ruthless destruction or spoiling of anything beautiful or venerable.

7. Although fire caused by accident or ordinary carelessness is not … , a person may be guilty of … if he causes a fire in reckless disregard of the consequences of his actions.

7. Choose the correct word to make the sentence complete.

1. Elderly people/pupils/ babies out of resentment or simple vandalism sometimes set schools on fire.

2. Burglar/ swindler/ criminal is someone who gets into houses, shops etc. to steal things.

3. Barbarity /vandalism/ murder is the crime of deliberately damaging things, especially public property.

4. Resentment is a feeling of anger because something has happened that you think/consider/conceive is unfair.

5. In common law, arson consisted of setting fire to the dwelling/ house/ mansion of another person.