10. Расскажите:

а) о вашей специальности;

в) о роли вашей специальности в обществе.

The profession of lawyers

1. Прослушайте и запомните произношение следующих слов:

lawyer	[l:j]	юрист
law-enforcement agency	[l: nf:smnteens]	правоохранительные органы
prosecutor’s office	[prskju:tfs]	прокуратура
court	[k:t]	суд, судья
Ministry of Internal Affairs	[mnstr v nt:nl fεz]	Министерство внутренних дел
militia	[ml]	милиция
crime	[kram]	преступление
detective	[dtektv]	детектив, сыщик, сотрудник уголовной полиции
investigator	[nvestet]	следователь
offender	[fend]	преступник
apprehend	[æprhend]	арестовывать
criminalistics	[krmnlstks]	криминалистика
Labour Law	[lebl:]	трудовое право
Land Law		земельное право
Administrative Law	[dmnstrtv l:]	административное право
Criminal Law	[krmnl l:]	уголовное право
Constitutional Law	[knsttju:nll:]	конституционное право
decree	[dkr:]	указ, постановление
regulation	[rejulen]	постановление, указ
witness	[wtns]	свидетель
to interrogate	[nteret]	допрашивать
to be engaged	[ned]	заниматься
to implement	[mplment]	выполнять, осуществлять
judiciary reform	[u:dr rf:m]	судебная реформа
smuggling	[smlŋ]	контрабанда
corruption	[krpn]	коррупция
seizure	[si:]	задержание, наложение ареста
strategic raw materials	[strtkr: metrlz]	стратегическое сырье

2. Прочитайте и переведите текст со словарем.

I study at the Humanitarian and Pedagogical Faculty of the Bratsk State Technical University. I am a future lawyer. I’d like to work as a detective or an investigator.

A University graduate with a law degree can start at a local or federal Law-enforcement agency: prosecutor’s office, court, the Ministry of Internal affairs and militia.

The principal task of our militia is to fight crime. And one of the main duties of militia officers is to prevent crime. But if a crime has been committed the militia officers should do all they can to detect the offender; it means to locate and apprehend him.

We know that quick and accurate solution of a crime greatly depends on the professional skills of the investigating officers, on their training. That is why we try to master the special course of Detective Activity, Civil Law, Labour Law, Land Law, Administrative Law, Commercial Law, Criminal Law, Constitutional Law, Criminalitics, Crime Psychology and many other special subjects.

There is the constitution, many codes numerous decrees and regulations to study as well.

It is not easy to investigate crimes, it is difficult to trace and locate criminals. We must know how to interview witnesses, interrogate criminals we learn all that at our University.

Very often the solution of a crime is the crime scene. When an investigator arrives at the crime scene he examines the scene very carefully. He makes a plan of the investigation. All the evidence in the crime scene must be found, collected and preserved for court presentation.

The effectiveness of an investigator largely depends upon his ability to obtain information.

The officer of the Criminal Detection Department (a detective) is responsible for the detection of the perpetrator. A great part of detective work is devoted to “finding” missing or wanted person. The detective also takes measures for search, discovery and seizure of the stolen property and instruments of the crime.

Lawyers have lots to do in our county. They are engaged in law-making activities-improving the already existing acts and drafting new laws. They are implementing judiciary reform.

Lawyers conduct the investigations concerning smuggling, corruption, dealings in narcotics, economic and banking crimes. Among the most serious cases are those involving illegal operations in arms, drugs, strategic raw materials as well as organized crimes. Lawyers carry out many complicated operations.

3. Найдите в тексте английские эквиваленты следующих слов и словосочетаний:

юрист, правоохранительные органы, прокуратура, милиция, предотвращать, преступление, зависеть (от), гражданское право, земельное право, уголовное право, свидетель, место совершения преступления, преступник, разыскиваемый, похищенное имущество, экономические и банковские преступления, незаконные операции с оружием.

4. Найдите в тексте русские эквиваленты следующих слов и словосочетаний:

court, the Ministry of Internal Affairs, offender, professional skills, Detective Activity, Labour Law, Crime Psychology, to interrogate criminals, law-making activity, evidence in the crime, detection of the perpetrator, instruments of the crime, improving the already existing acts.

5. Найдите в тексте синонимы следующим словам и словосочетаниям:

to begin, to find, criminal, to find out, to arrest, to gather, to get information, to carry out, difficult.

6. Ответьте на вопросы:

1. Where do you study?

2. What is the principal task of our militia?

3. What does quick and accurate solution of a crime depend on?

4. Where is the solution of a crime very often?

5. What are the duties of an investigator?

6. What is a detective responsible for?

7. Whose duty is to take measures for search, discovery and seizure of the stolen property?

8. Do you like your future profession?

9. What department will you work at after graduating from the University?