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8.Interviewing a witness and suspecting him of lying or withholding information, the investigator may interrogate this witness.

9.Basing on all the data the investigator analyses the situation and tries to explain the relationship between the events under examination.

10.When searching the crime scene and interviewing eyewitnesses the detective discovered valuable clues.

11.Releasing the offender the officer cautioned him not to drive too fast.

12.Fearing that the police would recognize him the criminal never went out in daylight.

Упражнение 5. Объедините предложения с помощью причастного оборота.

1.The woman was driving along. She was listening to her car radio.

The woman was driving alone listening to her car radio.

2.I arrived at the examination hall. I was feeling very nervous.

3.He came into the room. He was carrying a suitcase.

4.I arrived at the interview. I was feeling confident.

5.I dropped my bag. I was running for a bus.

6.We got lost. We were driving through Paris.

7.I locked the car. I was afraid of burglars.

8.She concealed some facts. She gave evidence.

Упражнение 6. Поставьте глагольные сочетания, данные справа, в форму причастия I и закончите предложения, подобрав подходящие по смыслу компоненты.

Упражнение 7. Прочитайте и переведите следующие предложения, обращая внимание на Причастие II в функции определения.

1.At the conference they discussed new methods used in criminalistics.

2.In the USA there are eleven federal courts located in ten circuits and one in the District of Columbia.

3.A British police officer is subject to the law and may be responsible for any wrongful act committed in carrying out duties.

4.The evidence gathered by the investigator must establish the elements of the offence.

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5.A treaty concluded last month is of great importance.

6.The driver saw an injured man lying on the road.

7.The evidence found at the crime scene proved the suspect‟s guilt beyond any doubt.

8.A Constitution is a body of rules designed to organize and control governmental action.

9.Crime rate statistics reported last week was incorrect for our locality.

10.In England and Wales the police may arrest a suspect without a warrant issued by a magistrate.

11.The improved methods of work in the field of crime detection brought good results.

12.The law deserves your respect because it is the best protection you have against the uncontrolled actions of others.

Упражнение 8. Объедините предложения с помощью причастного оборота.

1.The lecture deals with some issues of forensic. The cadets attended the lecture.

The lecture attended by the cadets deals with some issues of forensic.

2.The police officer apprehended the person. The policeman suspected the person of committing an offence.

3.A new committee will start its work early next week. The committee was set up to examine the causes of crime in locality.

4.The lawyer informed about the contents of the document. Both parties signed the document.

5.The witnesses reproduced for the judge the events. These events are connected with the robbery.

6.We have a system of supervision over the legality of police actions. The Law on Police guarantees the system of supervision over police actions.

Упражнение 9. Прочитайте и переведите следующие предложения, обращая внимание на Причастие II в функции обстоятельства:

1.If passed by both Houses of Parliament, the bill is signed by the Queen.

2.Explained again, the law became quite clear to everybody.

3.When asked to testify, the witness refused to do it.

4.When organized, the police became an effective instrument in fighting against criminality.

5.If convicted, a serviceman has the right to appeal to a military tribunal.

6.When carefully examined, the crime scene is under the protection of police officers.

7.Equipped with a pair of binoculars, the detective saw everything clearly.

8.If done thoroughly and properly, a primary crime scene investigation will be successful.

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9.Transported to the hospital after the traffic accident, the people got the proper medical aid.

10.Warned about the bandits, he left his valuables at home.

11.Although interviewed, the witness did not give any useful information.

12.Convinced that they were trying to poison him, he refused to eat anything and appealed to the police.

Упражнение 10. Найдите в составе предложений причастие I и

IIформы и укажите выполняемую функцию.

1.Not knowing the language and having no friends in the country, he found it impossible to get a job.

2.The policemen fired wounding one of the bandits.

3.An arrest is a written order directing law enforcement officers to arrest a person.

4.Mr. X was the first witness called on to give evidence.

5.Fearing that the police would recognize him he has never left his home.

6.Having failed twice he didn't want to try again.

7.Being his own boss he needn‟t accept orders from others.

8.The crime presented by the media is usually more sensational than the crime routinely committed.

9.Criminal justice agencies follow procedures permitted by the United States Constitution.

10.Established customs are difficult to change.

Упражнение 11. Заполните пропуски одной из форм причастия, данных в скобках.

The man _______ (standing / stood) at the window is my uncle John. He is rather an unusual person. He has got five pets _______ (living / lived) in the house. One of these pets _______ (calling / called) Greeny is a young crocodile. It lives in the bathroom _______ (allowing / allowed) only his master to come in. The other pet is a parrot _______ (teaching / taught) to speak. He says rather strange things sometimes. The other two pets are bulldogs _______ (barking / barked) at everybody _______ (coming / come) to the door of the flat . It is not surprising that uncle John lives alone _______ (leaving / left) by his wife two years ago when his fifth pet – a large snake _______ (presenting / presented) to him by a famous traveler

– appeared in his flat.

Упражнение 12. Заполните пропуски причастиями первой или второй формы, образованными от глаголов:

add, arrive, block, own, play, take, tell, watch, wear.

1.A competitor is someone _______ part in a competition.

A competitor is someone taking part in a competition.

2.Your property is everything _______ by you.

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3.Baseball is a game _______ mainly in the US.

4.A wrist-watch is a watch _______ on your wrist.

5.A latecomer is a person _______ late.

6.An instruction is a statement _______ you what to do.

7.A spectator is someone _______ a game or an event.

8.An extension is a new part _______ on to a building.

9.An obstacle is something _______ your way.

Упражнение 13. Объедините предложения с помощью причастного оборота, образованного от предложения, данного в скобках.

1.A new motorway is planned. (It will cost $500 million.)

A new motorway costing $500 million is planned.

2.Some weapons belong to IRA*. (They were found at a flat in Bristol.)

3.Families have been evicted. (They were living in an empty office building.)

4.A chemical company has gone bankrupt. (It employed 4,000 people.)

5.A bridge has been declared unsafe. (It was built only two years ago.)

6.People have marched to London. (They are protesting against pollution.)

7.Tennis fans have been queuing all night at Wimbledon. (They hope to buy tickets.)

8.A new drug may give us eternal youth. (It was developed at a British

University.)

*Irish Republican Army – ирландская военизированная группировка.

Упражнение 14. Переведите следующие предложения на английский язык с помощью любой компьютерной системы перевода (например,

Prompt или Translate). Отредак-

тируйте компьютерный перевод.

1. One of the characteristics of modern criminal investigation is extensive use of recording devices, and the recorded is estimated as the best evidence of an interview.

2.The behavior exhibited by the subject during the period in question is an open book to the police.

3.If injured, the person has the right to full compensation for his injuries.

4.Tracing a missing person the investigator should telephone the home of the missing person, his friends and relatives, make inquiries.

5.Every method has a corresponding set of applicatory marks which you can reveal in the changed surroundings at the scene of a crime.

6.An arrested person has a statutory right to consult a solicitor and ask the police to notify a named person.

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7.Suggested to carry out an investigative experiment, the criminal denied it flatly.

8.A witness is a person who gives evidence before a court that will reproduce for the judge and the jury the conditions and events connected with a criminal prosecution.

9.If handled properly, the apparatus can transmit photographs of fingerprints into another state.

10.The new supervisor will be in the neighborhood talking to people, taking reports, and meeting with policing team members regularly.

11.Forensic scientists have certain ways to enhance the quality of a photographed print.

12.Passed by both houses of legislature, the bill is signed by the Governor and becomes law.

13.An experienced investigator never forgets that his attitude to the subject of interrogation may be the key to the solution of the crime.

14.When a criminal has to tie a knot while perpetrating a crime he unintentionally ties the one he is used to tying.

15.Having access to the property of his relatives the accused defrauded his cousin of some articles of value.

16.Sentenced to strict imprisonment, he appealed to a higher court.

17.The marks reflecting some specific smoking habit can determine approximately how long the person in question was present at the crime scene.

18.Gangs – now numbering nearly 5,000 in the nation‟s 79 largest cities with a quarter million members – and street violence will also continue to pose major challenges.

19.The criminal jurisdiction Act 1975 makes it possible to try in Northern Ireland a person accused of certain offences committed in the Irish Republic.

20.The investigation is the inquiry into the facts surrounding the commission of the criminal offence.

21.Arresting a sleeping subject the investigator must be alert as the subject may have a concealed weapon.

22.It is hardly possible or desirable to record absolutely everything revealed at the scene of a crime.

23.When striking students entered the courtyard of a neighboring school, a detachment of more than 50 riot police, wearing helmets and carrying batons and shields, surrounded them.

24.Interpol notices give information about fugitives wanted for serious crimes, missing persons, unidentified bodies, potential security threats and the modus operandi of known criminals or criminal groups.

25.The interviewing officer must state names and addresses and caution the interviewee before the interview.

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§ 2. Конструкция there be

Конструкция there be указывает на наличие (или отсутствие) чего-либо или кого-либо и, как правило, переводится на русский язык глаголами быть, иметься, находиться, существовать, стоять, лежать, висеть, располагаться и т.п.

Конструкция there be употребляется в Present Simple (there is/are), Past Simple (there was/were), Future Simple (there will be)

и других глагольных формах с существительными в единственном или во множественном числе.

Перевод предложения с этой конструкцией следует начинать с обстоятельства, если оно есть в предложении.

There is a policeman at the door.

У двери находится/стоит полицейский.

There was a police station over there.

Вон там находился полицейский участок.

There are different types of crime.

Существуют различные виды преступности.

There will be some reports referring to crime prevention.

Будет несколько докладов на тему предотвращения преступлений.

Отрицательные предложения с конструкцией there be могут быть построены при помощи отрицательной частицы not или местоимения no:

There wasn‟t a car near the place of burning.

Рядом с местом возгорания не было машины.

There isn‟t any evidence at the crime scene.

На месте преступления нет улик.

There will be no limits of time.

Не будет никаких ограничений по времени.

В вопросительных предложениях глагол be ставится перед there. Если глагол be употреблен в сложной глагольной форме, то перед there ставится вспомогательный глагол:

Is there a Home Ministry Law Institute in your town?

В вашем городе есть юридический институт МВД?

Will there be many exams this term?

В этом семестре будет много экзаменов?

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Краткие ответы на вопрос с конструкцией there be состоят из

yes или no и конструкции there be в утвердительной или отрицательной форме:

Is there a Home Ministry Law Institute in your town?

Глагол be в конструкции there be может употребляться также в сочетании с модальными глаголами can, must, may, ought и т.д.:

There can be no doubt about it.

В этом не может быть никакого сомнения.

There must be special methods of crime solution.

Должны существовать особые методы раскрытия преступлений.

В конструкции there be после there может употребляться не только глагол be, но и некоторые другие непереходные глаголы, приближающиеся по значению к be: live (жить), exist (существовать), stand (стоять), lie (лежать) и др.:

There exist different opinions on this case.

По этому судебному делу существуют различные мнения.

There lived an experienced judge in this town some years ago.

Несколько лет тому назад в городе жил опытный судья.

Упражнение 1. Прочитайте и переведите предложения, обращая внимание на конструкцию there be.

1.There is a very good reason for my decision to stay here.

2.There are a lot of things you can do here

and there are things you can‟t do. One of them is to interfere with criminal investigation.

3.There is time for you to go home and come back before we start.

4.There was no evidence to suggest kidnapping.

5.There are many differences between the two languages: English and Russian.

6.There was a murder in a flat in central London last week.

7.Is there any proof that the accused man was at the crime scene?

8.I can‟t contact him. There must be something wrong with his phone.

9.There can be not much doubt about his guilt.

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10. There will be no cause for panic if you do you work on time.

11.Will there be a new traffic system in the town center?

12.There have been some burglaries recently.

Упражнение 2. C помощью конструкции there be расскажите

отом, что вы видите на фотографиях.

Упражнение 3. Заполните пропуски соответствующей личной формой глагола be.

1.There _______ thirty days in April.

2.There _______ an important meeting at work yesterday.

3.There _______ a new motorway next year.

4.There _______ no issues to discuss and we left for work.

5.There _______ a separate process for juvenile offenders.

6.There _______ an unfortunate shooting at the police station last week.

7.There _______ three general conditions under which the officer may search the property of another person.

8.Tomorrow is Saturday. There _______ not much street traffic .

9.There _______ a traffic accident on the central road.

10.There _______ some protests against street violence in May.

11.There _______ too great danger in reckless driving.

5.______ only one way out. Есть только один выход из положения.

6.______ another reason. Должна быть другая причина.

7._____no doubt about it. В этом не может быть никакого сомнения.

8._______ no hurry. Некуда спешить.

9._______ no need. Нет необходимости.

10._______ no question about it. Об этом не может быть и речи.

14._______ nothing to fear. Нечего бояться.

15.What _______ to explain? Что тут объяснять?

Упражнение 5. Перефразируйте предложения, используя в каждом из них с конструкцию there be.

1.Crime rate is high in your locality.

There are many crimes in your locality.

2.The roads were busy today.

3.The shops are crowded on the weekend.

4.I like this town – it‟s lovely.

5.The film was very violent.

6.The case of murder remained unsolved.

7.The guilt of the defendant was not proved.

Упражнение 6. Переведите следующие предложения на английский язык с помощью любой компьютерной системы перевода (например,

Prompt или Translate). Отредак-

тируйте компьютерный перевод.

1.There is a strict system of supervision over the legality of decisions taken by courts.

2.The interviewing officer can stop the interview if there is an emergency.

3.There are no normative criteria for judging the success or failure of an investigation.

4.There are perhaps no other spheres in the country currently attracting as much attention as those of justice and legality.

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5.There is already some evidence that offenders who complete a community service punishment are less likely to re-offends than those who go to prison.

6.There‟s been a lot of bad publicity about crime in the city recently, so it‟s important we get results fast.

7.There was trouble in the city center today as riots broke out after the government announced tax increases.

8.Nobody there was really satisfied with the Elwood and Lucas confessions either – there hadn‟t been any concrete evidence at the time, but then there wasn‟t any evidence pointing to anyone else either.

9.There is an automatic life sentence for a second serious sexual or violent offence. There must be a life sentence for murder, either.

10.There is a minimum five-year prison sentence for possession and distribution of weapons or ammunition.

§ 3. Безличное местоимение it

Announcer:

And now the weather.

In Scotland it‟s snowing.

The temperature‟s around minus one degrees.

In the Midlands it‟s windy. Temperatures are around nine degrees.

In Bristol in the west it's raining.

Temperatures are around twelve degrees.

Finally in Brighton the weather‟s fine.

It‟ll be sunny but cold all day.

1. При сообщениях о явлениях природы:

It is cold. – Холодно.

It was warm last spring. – Было тепло прошлой весной.