WARM-UP
Please, look through the pictures. What are these cars used for? What is the difference between them?
PRONUNCIATION
Read the following words and check your pronunciation:
fleet [fliːt], cruiser ['kruːzə], squad car [skwɔd kɑː], lights [laɪts], siren [saɪərən], patrol car [pə'trəul kɑː], traffic car ['træfɪk kɑː], unmarked [ʌn'mɑːkt], modification [ˌmɔdɪfɪ'keɪʃ(ə)n], equipment console [ɪ'kwɪpmənt 'kɔnsəul], barrier ['bærɪə], suspect enclosure ['sʌspekt ɪn'kləuʒə], mobile data terminal ['məubaɪl 'deɪtə 'tɜːmɪn(ə)l]
KEY WORDS:
Try to remember the words below, please:
а cruiser – поліцейський |
аn unmarked traffic car – |
а squad car – патрульна |
позашляховик |
поліцейський автомобіль |
машина |
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a fleet – автопарк to go from zero to sixty – |
to switch on lights and sirens – |
розігнатися від 0 to 60 км/г |
вмикати маячки та сирену |
a modern interior equipment – an equipment console – |
a mobile data – terminal – |
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сучасне внутрішнє |
пульт керування |
портативна база даних |
обладнання |
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to input data – |
a suspect enclosure – |
а barrier – перегородка |
додати факти |
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а bullet proof window –
куленепробивне скло
READING
a bullet – куля |
explosion – вибух |
Please, use key words and complete each sentence. Read the story.
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7. There is ____________.
9. Our cars contain good communication devices - ____.
8. A police officer can _______
very quickly.
10. Officers can ________
directly from the scene of an
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SPEAKING
Put the sentences in the correct order according to the previous story. Please, try to retell it.
It includes an enhanced barrier protecting from dangerous suspects.
There are bulletproof windows in the cars.
Officers can input data directly from the scene of an incident.
We decided to maintain several unmarked traffic cars.
Our cars have modern interior equipment for faster work.
A police officer can switch on lights and sirens very quickly.
Our cars contain good communication devices – mobile data terminal.
Our Police Department recently purchased new cars for our fleet.
All our cars have a suspect enclosure for three individuals.
There is an equipment console.
They are capable of going from 0 to 60 km/h in three seconds.
They help to protect police officers from explosions and bullets.
We purchased 21 cruisers to replace our older squad cars.
EXTRA
SPEAKING
Please, look at these pictures and compare the old and new cars used by police.
W R I T I N G
1. Please, complete the table with following words and phrases:
equipment console, lights, barrier, mobile data terminal, sirens, communication devices
EXTERIOR OF VEHICLE |
INTERIOR OF VEHICLE |
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2. Find the sentence that uses the underlined parts correctly:
1. _____ We placed the suspect in the modifications.
_____ Each squad car patrols a different neighborhood.
2._____ Look up the suspect with the cruiser.
_____ No one knew there was an officer in the unmarked car.
3._____ Two men were held in the suspect enclosure.
_____ The sound of the lights frightened the man.
4._____ There are now ten vehicles in our fleet.
_____ The officer reported the crime over the siren.
5._____ The criminal sat in the mobile data terminal.
_____ The officer in the traffic car caught speeders.
EXTRA
READING
The Robocop car is the latest in the development of the police vehicle. Read the information and answer the questions.
It has three computers: one in boot, another for video feeds, a third in the dashboard. Two laptops can dock in the glove box.
The car identifies villains. Images are uploaded for facial-recognition tests on national database.
Dashboard screen provides officers with latest intelligence.
Cameras provide 360-degree filming which can be watched live at the command and control center.
Automatic reporting system monitors faults in the vehicle and how the driver is performing.
Fifty different data inputs go into black box in boot, which relays information to police central serves.
All of the devices communicate through 3G and Wi-Fi hotspot “bubble”.
Software predicts future crime hotspots, using algorithm based on incidents and intelligence.
Computers can receive live CCTV images of crimes being committed anywhere in the country.
Cameras, from and back, read number plates which are sent to national database for intelligence.
1.What does high-tech
“Robocop” car use to identify known criminals?
2.What was the reason for designing onboard computers?
3.How does it help police officers in their work?
4.What can help police officers to predict future crime hotspots?
5.How many computers do the officers have there?