3. Write a word which has the same meaning as the definitions in 1-6. The first letter of each word is given.

1. Breaking in to steal something b___________

2. Driving more quickly than the speed limit s____________

3. Killing unintentionally m___________

4. Killing intentionally m___________

5. Attacking and robbing violently m___________

6. The act of stealing t____________

7. Taking someone away by force k____________

8. Deceiving people in order to get money f____________

9. Parking where it is not allowed parking il_____

4. What types of crime are described in these situations?

A.

1. He threatened to send the love letters to her husband unless she gave him £500.

2. The telephone box had been smashed and there was graffiti all over the walls.

3. An old man has been attacked and robbed in a city street. Now he is recovering in hospital.

4. Department stores lose millions of pounds each year through goods being stolen off the shelves.

5. Thieves broke into the house while the family was away on holiday.

6. The young woman was sexually attacked as she walked across the dark park late at night.

7. He watched with satisfaction as the fire he lit burnt down the factory. “That’ll make them wish they’d never given me the sack (увольнять с работы),” he thought.

8. It was a perfect copy. It was so good, in fact, that it could even fool an expert.

9. The bank believed her to be trustworthy. They had no reason to suspect that she had transferred thousands of pounds to false accounts.

10. “If you want to see your child again, put £50,000 in an old suitcase and wait for further instructions.

11. George gave the man £50 in return for a small packet of heroin.[ʹhero(u)in]

12. It was a beautiful day. The sun was shining and people were sitting outside the café enjoying the sunshine. Then the bomb went off.

13. “If only I hadn’t brought these watches through customs,” she thought as she sat crying in the police station.

B.

1. A gang took a rich man’s son and asked the family for money.

2. She went to her ex-husband’s house and shot him dead.

3. A passenger on a flight made the pilot land in a desert.

4. After the party the man made the woman have sex against her will.

5. We came home from holiday and found that our TV had gone.

6. Someone tried to sell me some marijuana [͵ma:riʹ(h)wa:nə] during a concert.

7. When the border police searched his car, it was full of cigarettes.

8. Someone threw paint on the statue in the park

9. He said he’d send photos to a newspaper if the actress didn’t pay him a lot of money.

10. An armed man walked into a bank and shouted, “Hands up!”

11. A man transferred company money into his own bank account.

12. A builder offered a mayor (мэр) a free flat in return for a favour.

13. Two men left a bomb in the supermarket car park.

14. Someone stole my car last night from outside my house.

15. A man held out a knife and made me give him my wallet.

5. Complete 1-9 in the dialogue using these phrases.

would be enough prison sentence I think it’s

do you think would be I’m not sure does it mean

much more serious don’t you first offence

Ted You see this word “fraud”? What (1) ……?

Sally (2) …… getting money illegally.

Ted Actually, I think robbery’s a very serious crime, (3) ……?

Sally (4) …… . Surely fraud is (5) …… than robbery.

Ted Well, what (6) …… a suitable punishment for robbery?

Sally Perhaps a long (7) ……. .

Ted Don’t you think a short one (8) ……?

Sally Well, maybe for the …… .