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    1. Imagine you are Andrew Foster (ex. 14) and you are looking for a new position. Fill in the job application form below. Job application form Private and Confidential

Please complete this form and return it to the Personnel Director.

Which post are you applying for?

How did you hear about it?

Surname

Forenames Mr/Mrs/Miss

Permanent home address

Telephone

Permanent home address

(if different from above)

Telephone

Date of birth

Nationality

Place of birth

Marital status

Number of children (sex and age)

Maiden name (if applicable)

Name and address of next of kin (please state relationship)

Have you ever been employed by us before? (If so, please give details)

Please list schools, colleges, universities attended

Date

Name

Subjects taken

Results

What training courses or further studies have you undertaken?

Languages (state proficiency)

Technical or professional qualifications

Give names and addresses of previous employers, working backwards from present/last

job.

Dates

Name and address

Salary

Job title and duties

Reason for leaving

What is your general state of health?

How much time have you had off work, through illness, in the last five years?

What are your main current interests, hobbies, membership of clubs, etc?

Names and addresses of two referees (References will not be taken up without your prior consent)

I believe the information given to be true

I understand that I may be required to undergo a medical examination

Applicant’s signature Date

FOR PERSONNEL DEPARTMENT USE

    1. Choose one of the following statements as your opening sentence, write about your attitude towards careers advice, explaining your reasons.

    1. Careers advice is waste of time and effort because I know what I want to do when I graduate from the University.

    2. Careers advice could be useful to me for the following reasons…

Unit 8. Crime and punishment

TOPICAL VOCABULARY

-escape;

-try (investigate);

-trial;

-guilty (innocent);

-prison (US. penitentiary,

jail);

-imprisonment;

-justice;

-evidence;

-abundant evidence;

-convict;

-conviction;

-alibi;

-witness;

-court;

-inquire;

-inquiry;

-release (on bail);

-charge;

-on a charge of;

-accomplice;

-complicity;

-accuse (the accused);

-attorney;

-case;

-examine (hear, close) a

case;

-take a matter to court;

-summon smb to court;

-court hearing;

-plead guilty (not guilty);

-jury (members of the

jury);

-foreman of the jury;

-keep (break) the law;

-commit a crime;

-cause a disturbance;

-get publicity;

-make official complaints;

-identification parade;

-incite (encourage) smb to do smth;

-resort to (violence, etc);

-generate fear;

-be at war;

-a grave (serious, petty)

crime;

-prevent crime;

-criminal;

-custody;

-be in (take into) custody;

-the defence;

-defence counsel (lawyer);

-defendant;

-the dock (be in the dock);

-give evidence;

-plant evidence on smb;

-frame a person;

-bribe;

-tax evasion;

-battery;

-maim;

-rob;

-plunder;

-loot;

-steal;

-burglarize;

-kidnapping;

-murder;

-blackmail;

-rape;

-serve a term in prison;

-sentence (verdict);

-pass sentence on smb;

-commute a sentence;

-commute a death sentence

to life imprisonment;

-the trail of;

-at a trail;

-(punishable) offence;

-suspended (nominal)

sentence;

-go on trial;

-put smb on trial;

-commit smb for trail;

-bring in a verdict;

-witness for the prosecution

(the defence);

-a false witness;

-swear in a witness;

-cross-examine (a witness);

-community service (public works);

-dismiss the case;

-Department of Justice;

-Attorney General;

-Procurator General;

-Supreme Court;

-Circuit Court;

-District Court;

-Court of Appeal;

-Grand Jury (US);

-Magistrate;

-Solicitor (Barrister);

-Investigating Judge;

    1. Which is the odd word out?

- to steal, to pilfer, to filch, to purloin, to rob, to smuggle, to thieve, to plunder;

- to chase, to trace, to pursue, to follow, to seek, to be after, to hunt;

- a scoundrel, a robber, a thief, a burglar, a murderer, a killer, a gangster, a bandit, a crook, a swindler;

- a prisoner, a defendant, a prosecutor, an eyewitness, a judge, an attorney, a sheriff, a lawyer, a barrister;

- blackmail, smuggling, theft, robbery, burglary, felony, bribery, swindling, drug addiction, kidnapping, fraud, infidelity.

    1. Choose the right word.

      1. guilt – blame – fault.

1) You want Alan to take the ***.

2) They say it was the boy’s ***.

3) To my horror in the public prosecutor’s office Oscar’s *** was said to be known and classified.

4) The evidence against him was so incontrovertible that the defendant had to admit his ***.

5) John’s attempt to shift the ***for his defeat on his companion met no response.

6) He could not prove my *** for the accident.

7) He acknowledged his ***.

      1. to rob – to plunder – to loot – to steal – to burglarize.

8) The bank was *** today by two masked gunmen.

9) Invaders *** and *** throughout the entire country.

10) Can’t you see how the great trusts have *** your treasures?

11) The house of Julia Murton was *** on Wednesday night.

12) His mail was repeatedly ***.

13) He gathered a small army and descended upon the Big House which he *** and distributed the spoils among the poor people.

14) The thief ***the drawers of the contents.

15) You’ve … me of my ideas

16) The maid was accused of having … her mistress’ jewelry.

17) The villa must have been *** by some teenagers.