- •Vocabulary list 3. The Judicial Systems of the usa and the uk. Legal Issues. 4
- •Unit 3 . Us ans uk judicial systems. Legal issues
- •Vocabulary list 3. The Judicial Systems of the usa and the uk. Legal Issues.
- •Lesson 6. Us legal system. Crime and criminals(1) Before you start
- •Reading for vocabulary 6. Us legal system
- •4. Translate the underlined passage. Writing IV.
- •Types of crime Vocabulary (1) listening V.
- •Exercises
- •1. Find equivalents of the following.
- •2. Give as many synonyms as you can.
- •3. Translate into English
- •2. Listen to the record and answer the question to these crime news reports.
- •Offences against law (1)
- •Crimes and Criminals (1)
- •Translate and learn vocabulary of the first column from.
- •Match definitions and the crimes. Mind the definitions are unjumbled in parts,
- •Write the name for the criminal who committed this crime and his actions.
- •3. Write what these criminals were suspected of doing/reported to do.
- •4. Which of these crimes can be regarded as felonies? Which of them are misdemeanors? Argue for your viewpoint.
- •5.Arrange these crimes into two groups: violent crimes, property crimes. Writing V.
- •Lesson 7. Uk legal system. Crime and criminals(2) Reading for vocabulary 7. Uk legal system
- •Exercises
- •1. Answer the following questions.
- •2. Match the names of the courts within uk Legal System with their jurisdictions.
- •3. Study the two schemes presenting uk Legal system. Compare a and b which of them promotes better understnding of the point. Why?a) uk Legal System
- •Types of crime Vocabulary (2) listening VI
- •1. Look at these summaries of the crime news and fill in the gaps.
- •2. Listen to the record and answer the question to these crime news reports.
- •Offences against law (2)
- •Crimes and criminals (2)
- •Translate and learn vocabulary of the first column.
- •Match definitions and the crimes. Mind the definitions are unjumbled in parts, not inthe whole list of words.
- •Write the name for the criminal who committed this crime and his actions.
- •3. Write what these criminals were suspected of doing/reported to do.
- •4. Group the crimes mentioned above. You can group together financial and white-collar crime. Writing VI
- •Text translation IV Законодательство сша об организованной преступности
- •Lesson 8 . Legal professions: us police(1). Reading for vocabulary 8. Us Police history
- •Exercises
- •1. Answer the following questions.
- •2. Say what these figures designate in the text.
- •3. Retell the text. Use the following words and expressions:
- •Police Vocabulary (1)
- •1. Study the first part of police vocabulary and translate the words and expressions into Russian.
- •2. Fill the gaps with the words from above.
- •3. Study these questions and statements. Entitle the columns.
- •Informing someone of laws and police procedures
- •Questions from law breakers or suspected criminals
- •Questions police may ask a suspected criminal
- •4. Make use of these sentences and compose and role-play an episode for a movie. Text translation V.
- •Полиция
- •Lesson 9. Legal professions: uk police(2). Reading for vocabulary 9.
- •Uk police history
- •Exercises
- •1. Answer the following questions.
- •4. Fill the gaps in these sentences with some word combinations from the table above:
- •5. Retell the text. Use the following words and expressions:
- •Police Vocabulary 2
- •1. Study the second part of police vocabulary and translate the words and expressions into Russian.
- •2. Fill the gaps with the words from above.
- •Text translation VI.
- •Британская полиция поймала "грабителей века"
- •Lesson 10 . Us and uk courtrooms Reading for vocabulary 10. Us courtroom
- •Exercises
- •1. Find equivalents of the following.
- •2. Study the meaning of the names for legal professions.
- •3. Now speak about the difference in the meaning and the responsibilities of:
- •Writining VII.
- •Listening VII. The Supreme Court of the usa
- •Court Vocabulary
- •1. Study Court Vocabulary and translate the words and expressions into Russian.
- •2. Fill the gaps with the words from above. Part 1
- •3. The Bar. Read the text and guess the words. The number of “- ” is the number of omitted letters.
- •Text translation VII.
- •В зале суда
- •Lesson 11. Punishment: prisons and prisoners
- •Uk punishment
- •Community Sentences
- •Exercises
- •1. Find the equivalents to the following
- •2. Fill the table with names of penitentiaries which deal with these young offenders.
- •3. Transalte theses sentences from Russian into English.
- •4. Translate from Russian into English Types of Punishment Vocabulary
- •1. Study Types of Punishment Vocabulary and translate the words and expressions into Russian.
- •2. Fill the gaps with the words from above.
- •Listening VIII. Death Sentences In u.S. At Their Lowest Level Since 1976
- •Text translation VIII.
- •Российские милиционеры в американской тюрьме
- •Text translation IX.
- •Смертная казнь: вернуть или отменить?
- •Homereading list 3
4. Translate from Russian into English Types of Punishment Vocabulary
1. Study Types of Punishment Vocabulary and translate the words and expressions into Russian.
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Example sentence
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removal of driving rights for a certain period of time |
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a person who is doing (or supposed to be doing) jail time
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a summons and citation issued by police officers to motorists and other road users who fail to obey traffic laws. |
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a place where criminals are confined |
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a fine given to a driver who gets caught driving beyond the speed limit |
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noun imprison smb jail smb verb |
remain in one's home for a certain period of time e.g. a young offender who is waiting to go to court) |
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convict verb |
a service that is performed for the benefit of the public or its institutions |
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a certain amount of months or years locked away from society |
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extremely cruel and unfair treatment (often towards prisoners) |
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receive punishment for a crime by spending time in jail |
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money that a person pays for breaking a law |
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individual room in a jail/prison |
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spending the rest of one's life in prison with no chance of going back into society |
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2. Fill the gaps with the words from above.
Part 1
1) The driver has failed to pay more than 50 ____________since 2006. In addition, he was involved in a drunk driving incident in 2007, police said. 2) Youngsters who break the law would be offered an opportunity to avoid a criminal record by undergoing ____________________such as picking up litter. 3) He was fined $750 and about $550 in fees, received a 90-day ______________and was required to take a seven-week safety course. 4) The guards will be patrolling the _____________ all day long 5) Your license shows a clean driving record except for one ____________________from five years ago. 6) Nasr was put under _____________ in Egypt in 2004 and said he had been tortured while in detention. 7) The acused turns into the____________________ right after the jury pleaded him guilty.
Part 2
1) A judge has sentenced Griffin to _____________________on his murder charge and an additional five years for a second weapons charge. 2) Article 5 of The Universal Declaration of Human Rights states, "No one shall be subjected to ________________ or to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment. 3) US banking giant JP Morgan Chase has agreed to__________________ of $75m (£45.3m) to settle charges that it bribed local officials in the US state of Alabama, 4) You won't be required to _________any ________but you will have to pay a fine. 5) Kerik pleaded guilty to two misdemeanors in 2006 and was forced to pay $221000 in fines, but served no_____________.6) We'll have to keep you in a _____________until someone comes to pay your bail.