8. Decide which sentences are true and which are false? Make the false sentences true.

1. In common law, arson consisted of setting fire to the dwelling of another person.

2. Swindler is someone whose job is to officially examine a company's financial records.

3. Another phenomenon is setting fire to premises belonging to the fire setter in order to make a fraudulent insurance claim.

4. Some arson are more rationally motivated - a burglar may set fire to a house to conceal the evidence of his crime, as may an employee who is anxious to conceal accounts from an auditor.

5. Pathological behaviour or feelings happen regularly, are reasonable, and impossible to control.

6. Resentment is a feeling of anger because something has happened that you think is unfair.

7. In English law any kind of damage deliberately caused by fire - even setting fire to rubbish - is now murder, but generally setting fire to a building is necessary.

8. The motivation of those who commit arson differs - arson may be committed as an act of revenge against an employer or by a jealous lover, for example, or by persons who find excitement in fires or have pathological impulses to set fires.

9 . Make up dialogues about the consequences of arson. Use the information given below:

Depending on the degree of arson and the prevailing state law, possible consequences of arson could include:

• A felony charge

• A misdemeanor charge

• Jail or prison time

• Homicide charges, if anyone was killed by the fire

Focus on Grammar

10. Translate from Russian into English, using the Subjunctive Mood.

1. Если бы все соблюдали законы, преступность была бы давно ликвидирована. 2. Он выглядел так, будто ему вынесли смертный приговор. 3. Некоторые журналисты освещали процесс так, будто заранее знали, каков будет вердикт. 4. Если бы вы не были так ко всему равнодушны, то смогли бы предупредить преступление и этот человек был бы сейчас жив. 5. Обвиняемый вел себя так, будто не имел ко всему этому никакого отношения. 6. Если бы не среда, в которой он вырос и не ряд неблагоприятных обстоятельств, то кто знает, возможно, он и не стал бы преступником.

11. Open the brackets using the necessary form of the Subjunctive Mood.

1. If the old judge (to wear) glasses, he (to see) everything with his own eyes! 2. They (to keep silence) if he (to pay) money. 3. John (to promise) to give the evidence if he (to be sure) about it. 4. If you (to read) a book last week, you (to describe) the life of this outstanding lawyer. 5. If the accused (to want) to commit a burglary, he (to break) into the house through the kitchen-window. 6. If the juvenile (to cross) the street in the wrong place, he (to strike) by a car. 7. If the doing act (to define) as a crime, he (to be end) to prison.

12. Answer the questions using the information given in brackets. Use the Subjunctive Mood, as in the example:

Example: How did the criminal behave? (nothing extraordinary to happen).

The criminal behaved as if /as though nothing extraordinary had happened.

1. How did the victim look? (to be frightened by something). 2. How did you feel? (to lose the case already). 3. How does the witness answer the questions? (to hesitate about every word). 4. How did the defendant behave? (to be already acquitted). 5. How did the counsel for the prosecution speak? (to deal with serial murderers). 6. How did he answer the questions? (to know everything not well). 7. How did the judge pass the sentence? (to present at the scene of crime).

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