Education
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type of school |
|
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nursery school |
for children aged 2—4 |
|
primary school |
for children aged 5—11 |
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secondary school |
for children aged 12—18 |
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state school |
parents don't pay for children to go here |
|
private school |
parents pay for children to go here |
Politics
The UK has a royal family, with a king or a queen.
Political decisions are made at the Houses of Parliament.
The Prime Minister is the political leader of the UK.
.1 Which festivals do these pictures show?
Hollôhjeen 3 5
4 6
Look at the pictures. Find 10 more words connected with food in the puzzle.
Answer these questions about traditional UK food.
What do British people traditionally eat with fish? chips 2 Where does chicken tikka masala come from?
What is chicken tikka masala a kind of?
Do British people eat Yorkshire pudding after their main course?
In or on which part of the cooker do you make roast beef and roast potatoes?
Which kind of school do these British children go to?
Meena is seven. Her parents pay for her to go to school. ov prixo±e primarg school 2 Alex is 14. His school is free.
Tim and Masha are three.
Mehmet is ten. His parents don't pay for him to go to school. 5 Nick is 16. His parents pay for him to go to school.
Answer these questions about politics in the UK.
Who is Prime Minister at the moment?
Where does the Prime Minister work?
Who is head of the royal family at the moment?
Learn about UK life by using the BBC Learning English website which has up-to-date articles and news stories: http://www.bbc.co.uk/ worldservice/learningenglish/
Crime Crimes and criminals
|
crime |
robbery |
murder /im3:do/ |
burglary /Ib3:glari/ |
mugging [attacking a person in a public place and stealing their money] |
|
person |
a robber |
a murderer |
a burglar |
a mugger |
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verb |
to rob somebody or a place (e.g. a bank) |
to murder somebody |
to break into a house / flat (break / broke / broken) |
to mug somebody |
|
crime |
car theft |
drug dealing |
terrorism |
shoplifting |
|
Person |
a car thief /0i:f/ |
a drug dealer |
a terrorist |
a shoplifter |
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verb |
to steal a car (steal / stole / stolen) |
to sell drugs (sell / sold / sold) |
to attack somebody or a place |
to steal things from a shop |
There was a burglary at the school last night.
Emor Wanting
John West murdered his wife.
A thief steals something (steal / stole / stolen).
There are a lot of muggings in the city centre. Somebody stole my bicycle. [NOT Somebody
The bank was robbed yesterday. My sister was robbed last week. I was robbed last night. [NOT I was S-ËekÐ.]
The law /lo:/
A student was arrested for shoplifting this morning.
The police came to the school and spoke to his teacher.
The student has to go to court next week. If he is guilty he will have to pay a fine. /'gllti/ If he is innocent he can go home. /l lnasant/ I don't think he will go to prison.
Other crime problems
Some vandals broke the windows in the telephone box.
[A vandal breaks and smashes things.]
We have a lot of vandalism in my town.
A lot of people take drugs nowadays.
Is football hooliganism a problem in your country? /l hu:llgamzm/
[A football hooligan is a person who goes to a football match and makes trouble.]
32.1 What do we call someone ... 1 who steals cars? car thief 2 who kills someone?
who steals things from shops?
who robs people's houses and flats?
who attacks someone in the street and steals their money? 6 who sells illegal drugs?
32.2 Fill the gaps in these sentences.
There were a lot of football hQQ.Ugmî..... near the stadium.
The police officer arr.....
..her
for shoplifting.Some
destroyed all the flowers in the park.He had to pay a ff.
of £50 for parking his car in the wrong place.There are a lot of bur.....
in this part of the city, so always close the windows.The police made a mistake; she was inn...... ................ . She did not steal the money.
A group of terr..
have attacked the airport.He murdered his wife. He was in pr....
for
20 years.
32.3 True or false?
1 A burglar goes into someone's house and steals things. True 2 Vandals take people's money.
A murderer kills someone.
A car thief is someone who drives very badly or dangerously.
If you are guilty it means you are the person who did the crime.
32.4 Choose the right word to complete each sentence.
My brother was c)/ stolen yesterday.
Someone robbed / stole my bike last night.
My local bank has been robbed / stolen.
Who has robbed / stolen my pen?
Someone robbed / stole our TV when we were on holiday. 6 Where were you when your keys were robbed / stolen?
Fottoa)-up
Give your opinion. What do you think should happen to these people?
A man murdered his wife and three children. He should go bo pröson for 30 gears.
A student with no money stole a book from a bookshop.
A woman sold some drugs to a teenager.
Some terrorists attacked a bus and killed five people.
A woman parked her car and blocked the traffic.
A teenager damaged some trees in the park.