II. Read and translate the text. Police Training in England and Wales

Every police officer must know something about various professions and skills, with a job like his. He is everything: lawyer, social worker, diplomat traffic engineer. Above all a police officer must be kind, understanding, discreet and decisive. Normally one can join the police force between the ages of 18,5 and 30, after having left school .This is the normal way to join the police force. Lower- grade applicants and with a minimum age of 16 can join a police cadet corps, which prepares its members for police work and also offers them the opportunity to take high- grade level.

Towards the end of the training period, cadets are attached to a police station to get some first- hand knowledge of police work.

They become police recruits at the age of 18,5. All trainees start with 15 weeks of initial training at a districts training center. Then they take part in 2 weeks' tuition in local procedures before their first posting to an operational division.

For the next 2 years officers serves as constable on probation and continue their training. At the end of the second year, they take their final exam. Only after this, they are confirmed in the rank of constable. Passing the final exam as a police constable doesn't mean that training has finished. On the contrary, training continues with opportunities for promotion to sergeant or specialization in particular aspects of police work. The police force training colleges offer refresher courses for officers, who have been selected, for promotion in order to prepare them for new responsibilities.

There are different kinds of courses: the special course for a limited number of constables of outstanding ability, which prepare inspectors: the Junior Command Course to prepare inspectors and chief inspectors, the Senior command Course to prepare officers of superintendent rank for the highest echelons of the police service.

Lexica- grammatical exercises

ІІІ. Find in the text English equivalents for the words below.

- бути стриманим та рішучим

- пропонувати

- початкове навчання

- бути закріпленим до поліцейської дільниці

- отримати початкові знання поліцейської роботи

- перше чергування в оперативній групі

- можливість підвищення по службі

- курси перепідготовки фахівців

ІV. Explain the meanings of the following words.

• lower- grade applicants

• high- grade level

• first- hand knowledge

• police station

• posting

• initial training

• refresher courses

• particular aspect

V. Give synonyms for the words below; make up your own sentences with them.

1) discreet; 2) decisive; 3) understanding; 4) normally; 5) on the contrary; 6) constable; 7) preparing: 8) skill.

VI. Answer the questions.

1. What personal qualities must every police officer have?

2. Who can join the police force?

3.What cadets are attached to a police station?

4.What do all trainees start with?

5.When are cadets confirmed in the rank of constable?

6.What kind of courses for officers do the colleges offer?

VII Study and insert right word into the sentence:

c o r p s [ k o :(r), pl. k o: z ]- military force made of two or more divisions; corpse[ ko:ps]- dead body

1. The Royal Army Medical...

2. The ... was arranged in the hearse.

3. .. .Diplomatique are all the ambassadors, ministers and attaches of foreign states in a country.

VIII.Work in pairs. Discuss the differences (similarities) in training of policemen in England and in Ukraine.

IX.Narrate the text.

X. Write down what you were doing yesterday using Past Continuous

Model: - All morning I was lying in the bed watching the news.

• At 6 p.m. I was having coffee with my girl- friend.

XI Open the brackets using correct verb form:

1. I (investigate) a criminal case while you (make) a tour. 2.They (come) to our city at first time, all day yesterday they (walk) around the center and (enjoy) the trip. 3.Whom you (speak) to when I (see) you in the street? 4.What you (do) when I (ring) you up? 5.When I (come up), to the court my client already (wait) for me. 6.At 7 p.m. yesterday we (stay) at the barrister’s office. 7.All morning my son (prepare) for the final exams. 8.What you (do) yesterday evening? 9.It (be) late winter evening. My husband (watch) a TV- show, my daughter (play) the piano and I (read) the book. 10.From 9 till 12 o’clock I (pass) my grammar test.