- •Федеральное государственное бюджетное образовательное учреждение
- •Введение
- •Vocabulary
- •1. Answer the questions:
- •2. Give definitions of the following words:
- •3. Read the text and do the tasks.
- •4. Answer the question about the British police.
- •5. Finish the following sentences, using tail questions.
- •6. Find equivalents to the following Russian words and phrases in the text above:
- •7. Read the interview with a police officer. Dramatize it. Then sum up the information you learnt from the interview about the British police.
- •9. Master your vocabulary in the topic “Crime and Criminals”
- •10. Read the text and explain why a police officer has to ‘caution’ the person who is being arrested.
- •11. Complete the article with words from the box.
- •12. Match the words in bold in the previous task to the definitions 1-7.
- •13. Use the words from the box in the text:
- •14. Read the newspaper article below and think of a headline for it. Answer the questions:
- •Vocabulary
- •1. Answer the questions:
- •2. Read the following verbs:
- •15. Make a survey of the crimes and court cases that are reported in the news in one week.
- •16. Read the conversation between Nancy Bryant, a fraud prevention officer, and a journalist. Answer the questions:
- •Vocabulary
- •1. Answer the questions:
- •2. Explain what the following words and expressions mean:
- •5. Find in the text above the English equivalents for the following words and expressions:
- •6. Fill in the gaps in the text below with the words and expressions from the box:
- •7. Fill in the gaps in the sentences using the sentences below the text.
- •9. Use one word in each gap. You’ve been framed!
- •11 Points
- •6 Points
- •12 Points
- •6 Points
- •5 Points
- •Vocabulary
- •10. Match each of the following verbs with a word or phrase on the right. They are all connected with a British court of law.
- •11. Interview your partner using the questions below:
- •12. Read the text below and think of the word which fits best for each gap. Use only one word in each gap.
- •13. Read the text below and decide which answer (a, b, c, or d) best fits each gap.
- •14. Study the authentic cases given below. Discuss each in pairs and decide the following:
- •15. People say that children today are growing up more quickly. The law sometimes makes this possible. Look at the information below. How these laws are different in Russia?
- •16. Read the article and complete it with the words from the box.
- •17. Translate into English.
- •18. Translate into English.
- •Vocabulary
- •1. Which of the actions or procedures above are carried out by each of the following people?
- •2 . Match each word below with the definition.
- •7. Complete these sentences using the pairs from the exercise above. You may have to make changes to fit the grammar of the sentences. The first one has been made for you as an example.
- •8. Put each of the words in the box in its correct place in the passage below:
- •10 Read the four articles below.
- •11. Work in pairs. Discuss these questions.
- •13 Work in pairs. Read the information below and decide how much money the woman should receive.
- •14. Why do you think people commit crimes? Discuss the problem of the causes of crime.
- •15. Discuss these questions:
- •17. Read the newspaper extract below, and discuss the question that follows.
- •Vocabulary
- •4. Fill in the gaps.
- •5. Translate from Russian into English.
- •6. Complete the following text using the words from the box:
- •7. Translate into English.
- •8. Discuss the items below:
- •9. Translate into English.
- •10. What is your opinion about the trial jury?
- •Grammar
- •8 Points
- •8 Points
- •7 Points
- •8 Points
- •7 Points
- •12 Points
- •Vocabulary
- •1. Before you read the text discuss the following points:
- •2. Read the text.
- •2. Find in the text above the English equivalents for the following words and expression:
- •3. Write out all kinds of punishments from the text and put them in order from the most serious ones to the lightest.
- •4. Answer the questions about the text:
- •5. Match to make sentences.
- •6. A. Use a word in each gap to complete the text.
- •7. Use one word in each gap.
- •8. Use the word given in capitals to form a word that fits in the gap.
- •9. Read the text below and think of the word which fits best in each gap. Use only one word in each gap.
- •Identity theft
- •10. Translate the following text into English:
- •11. Discuss the following issues:
- •12. Read the following text.
- •Vocabulary
- •3. Answer the following questions:
- •4. Find English equivalents for the following words and phrases in the text:
- •5. Match the following English expressions with their Russian equivalents:
- •6. Translate the following text into English:
- •7. Study the following phrasal verbs:
- •Vocabulary
- •3. Which sentences are true and which ones are false?
- •4. Complete the sentences.
- •5. Match the verbs with the nouns. Use the phrases in the sentences of your own:
- •10. Translate into English.
- •11. Read the following newspaper stories. How do you feel when you read them? Work in groups. Discuss each case in turn.
- •Grammar
- •Infinitive. Complex Object. Complex Subject.
- •15 Points
- •Insert the words from the box:
- •10 Points
- •Vocabulary
- •6. Below are the main areas of commercial law. Match each branch to the contents it covers. The first one is done for you.
- •Vocabulary
- •5. Say whether the statements are true or false.
- •7. Translate into English.
- •8. Read the text ‘Women in Politics’ and answer the questions:
- •9. Speak on the topic “Law of property, natural resources and the environment”.
- •Victims of oil shortage.
- •It’s an ill wind…
- •13. A) Work in pairs. Take it in turns to react to the statements below. Use the expressions for expressing opinion from the previous exercise.
- •Vocabulary
- •4. Are these statements true or false?
- •6. Find the best equivalent for the words below.
- •7. Give the English equivalents for the following:
- •8. Work in pairs. Which of the following freedoms is the most important to you? Why?
- •9. Choose the correct word to complete sentences. How strongly do you agree or disagree with the following statements?
- •It happened on December 1
- •12. Read the text below and answer the question: what does the law of your country guarantee to disabled people? What is the attitude to people with limited abilities?
- •13. Translate into English.
- •14. Read the text below and discuss with your class mates how much privacy we have these days.
- •10 Points
- •10 Points
- •7 Points
- •Основная литература
9. Speak on the topic “Law of property, natural resources and the environment”.
The main objective of this area of law is to ensure that the environment is protected against both public and private actions that fail to take account of costs or harm inflicted on the eco-system.
The major concerns are listed in two columns. Match a word on the left with the word on the right to form 13 phrases related to the law of property.
atomic waters
clean water
clean species
endangered sources
energy resources
natural pollution
navigable pollution
noise forests
ocean energy
oil dumping
pesticide disposal
tropical control
waste air
Now answer the following questions using the appropriate phrase from the above list.
Which legislation prevents the destruction of large areas of trees in the equatorial areas?
Which legislation protects the quality of the water that we drink?
Which legislation controls the application of chemicals in farming?
Which legislation prevents the disposal of rubbish at sea?
Which legislation protects our ears?
Which legislation protects those animals which are in danger of extinction?80
Read the messages from the webpage and complete the stories 1-6 with the sentences a-f.81
A series of underwater turbines are to be installed in the River Thames.
And none of these people was actually born here.
Even the car dealers are refusing to take them in part exchange.
I’m trying to cut down on my energy consumption.
The black carbon powder that is normally used is refined from pure oil and the end product costs more than vintage champagne.
This causes wide scale water pollution, chronic illness in farm workers and devastating effect on wildlife.
How green is your T-shirt?
Unless it’s made with organic cotton – not very. Cotton is one the most environmentally damaging crops grown in the world. In developing countries, more than 50% of all pesticides used in agriculture are sprayed onto cotton fields. (1) ______ In the USA cancer rates in cotton-producing states is considerably higher than in neighbouring states. And as it wasn’t enough, the final fabric is bleached, dyed and sprayed with a fire retardant before it is converted into the fashion item you buy in the shops. Organic cotton is grown without using any chemical pesticides or fertilizers and the final cloth is unbleached and dyed with natural plant dyes.
Cheap printer ink?
All lovers of creative recycling will be happy to hear about a new use for used car tires. A group of British inventors have found a way to extract the carbon from used car tires to make print ink. (2) ___ With more than one million tires being dumped every year, this new system should open the way to cheaper, greener printer ink.