WARM-UP
PRONUNCIATION
Please, look through the pictures and try to name the types of crimes shown on the pictures.
Read the following words and check your pronunciation:
crime [kraım], steal [sti:l], pickpocket [pikʹpokit], theft [θeft], murder [ʹmɜ:dər], blackmail [ʹblækmeil], robbery [ʹrɒbəri], kidnapping [kid´næpiŋ], identify [ai´dentifai], victim [´viktim], suspect [´sʌspekt], witness [´witnis], describe [di´skraib], possessions [pə´zəʃəns], criminal [´kriminəl], burglar [´bɜ:glə], mugger [´mʌgə], shoplifter [´ʃɒpˌliftər], drug trafficking [drʌg ´træfikiŋ], evidence [´ævidəns]
KEY WORDS:
Try to remember the words below, please:
a victim – |
to blackmail – |
a burglar – |
жертва |
шантажувати |
крадій, що грабує домівки |
drug trafficking – |
a mugger – |
a criminal – |
обіг наркотиків |
вуличний грабіжник |
злочинець |
a murder – |
to identify a criminal – |
a crime – |
вбивство |
пізнавання злочинця |
злочин |
a suspect – |
a theft – |
a robbery – |
підозрюваний |
крадіжка |
пограбування |
a witness – |
to describe (a suspect) – |
a shoplifter – злодій, |
свідок |
описувати (підозрюваного) |
що грабує магазини |
evidence – |
kidnapping – |
pickpocketing – |
речовий доказ |
викрадення |
кишенькова крадіжка |
READING |
Please, use key words and complete |
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each sentence. Read the story. |
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1. Hello! My name is Hugh |
2. And I am a __________. |
Johnson. |
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3. Sometimes I deal with easy |
4. Such as ________________. |
_____________. |
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5. Or _________________. |
6. But sometimes I deal with |
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________. |
7. Once I saw a woman, who |
8. A _______ entered her |
seemed to be a ________ of a |
house. |
burglar. |
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9. I asked the woman to
________ what she had seen.
11. And she saw a _________.
10. She said the burglar had left the ______________.
12. The ______ was a tall thin young man.
13. The woman said she could
______________.
SPEAKING
14. So, I took the _____ to the police department.
Put the sentences in the correct order according to the previous story. Please, try to retell the story.
Once I saw a woman, who seemed to be a victim of a burglar.
The criminal was a tall thin young man.
And I am a policeman.
Or pickpocketing.
A burglar entered her house.
So, I took the witness the police department.
She said the burglar had left the evidence.
Sometimes I deal with easy crimes.
And she saw a suspect.
Such as shoplifting.
But sometimes I deal with murders.
I asked the woman to describe what she had seen.
The woman said she could identify the suspect.
EXTRA
SPEAKING
W R I T I N G
Imagine that you are a policeman and you take part in the investigation of a murder. What are the questions you’d ask the witness?
1. Please, choose the necessary word to each sentence:
Burgle/ steal
A.If you don’t want someone to ...
your house, you should keep the doors and windows locked.
B.To ... things from a shop is a crime.
Burgle/ rob
A.Two men attempted to ... the local bank, but the police had arrived before they got away.
B.The victim told that somebody had entered and ... his house.
Victim/suspect
A.The police interviewed all the...
B.That man is the main ... of the case.
2. Please, write down the synonyms of the words in brackets.
1.John lost all of his ____________ when arsonists set fire to his house. (belongings)
2.It was easy for me to ____________ my stolen video recorder as I had written my postcode on the bottom of it. (recognize)
3.Two men ran out of the car and _______a little girl just in front of my eyes, forcing her to enter the car. (steal a person)
4.The magazines tell that Angelina Jolie receives some frightening letters from anonymous author. Someone is trying to ________ the movie star! (to frighten and get some money)
5.Marie became a victim of a ________, who stole the money from her handbag. (pocket thief)
EXTRA
SPEAKING
Please read the dialogues between a police officer and a victim/suspect of a crime. Work in pairs and act out the dialogues.
Dialogue 1: A police officer and a victim
Officer: Could you give me a list of the items that are missing from your bag?
Victim: Well, everything that was in my bag is gone. So, that’s my wallet and passport.
Officer: Did you have any cards in your wallet? Victim: My driving license and credit cards. Officer: Anything else?
Victim: Let’s see. There was some cash, but not much. Oh, and my mobile phone.
Officer: Okay. Well, considering all of these things are gone, you need to worry about your personal safety.
Victim: That’s really bad, isn’t it?
Officer: We have ways of dealing with it. First of all, I’ll contact your bank and credit card companies to let them know what happened.
Dialogue 2: A police officer and a suspect
Officer: Let me explain to you why you are being arrested.
Suspect: I’m listening.
Officer: You are under arrest for committing a murder attempt on Miss Alexa Wilson last Friday night.
Suspect: I didn’t do that! I was staying at home last Friday night.
Officer: Several neighbors of Miss Wilson witnessed you quarrelling with Alexa about 5 p.m. last Friday.
Suspect: They are lying! That was not me!
Officer: One of the neighbors also reported that later you came into Miss
Wilson’s house and he heard several gunshots after that. Suspect: You can’t prove that I did it.
Officer: Our patrol group is already searching your apartment. If they find the gun, we’ll charge you with a murder. So at this point I advice you to just cooperate and tell the truth. I don’t want to add desinformating the court to the list of your charges.
Dialogue 3: The Alibi
[Ding-dong!]
Suspect: Coming! ... Coming! … Oh! Hi, Officer! Sorry, I took so long. I was taking a shower when you rang.
Officer: Officer Baker, City police. Are you Sal Sanders?
Suspect: Yes, I am.
Officer: Is your wife home?
Suspect: No, Eve is at work. She is a manager at Ligo Diamonds jewellery shop. You know, she was very upset when she heard about the burglary.
Officer: Was your wife working the night of the burglary?
Suspect: No, she wasn’t. We were staying at Cypress Ski Lodge when it happened. Don’t tell me we are suspects!
Officer: Just for the record, what were you and Mrs. Sanders doing between 6:00 p.m. and 9:00 p.m. last Friday?
Suspect: We were having dinner in our room. Officer: Were you still eating at 7:00? Suspect: No. Eve was making a call.
Officer: What were you doing while your wife was talking? Suspect: I was watching the TV.
Officer: Hmmm… But the electricity was out because of the blizzard…
In pairs, make out a dialogue between a police officer and a witness of a crime. Use an example below. Try to make your dialogues true-to-life.
Officer: Madam, please, try to keep calm and explain what happened to your husband?
Witness: Last night my husband Max and I were having dinner in the local restaurant, when suddenly a man ran in, grabbed Max’s tie and started shaking him and shouting at my husband!
Officer: Mam, could you describe that man in details? How did he look like?
Witness: Sure! He was as huge as a bear. I think, two meters high, no less! The man was wearing a grey suit and a dark-blue tie.
Officer: Good. I see. Did he have any special features? A scar or, maybe, a tattoo?
Witness: Yes, sir. The man had a scar under his left eye.
Officer: A scar. Ok. What happened next?
Witness: Then my husband stood up and they went out of the restaurant.
Officer: Did anybody come out with them?
Witness: No, sir.
Officer: I see, Mam. They came out... and what happened next?
Witness: In a few minutes I came out. There were no people outside. Sir, please, help me to find my husband!
Officer: Madam, we are doing everything for this. Thank you for information. Please, stay at home and call me in case of any suspicious actions near your house.