- •Crime and punishment General Vocabulary (part I)
- •What is crime?
- •Vocabulary exercises (part I)
- •Crime busters
- •Crime and Criminals
- •Communicative Activities
- •Hopeless hold-ups
- •Why was Burles arrested so easily?
- •E.G. When/While they were talking in the cemetery, a thief stole their bag.
- •E.G. When she pressed the button, the lift stopped.
- •Write 3 short compositions describing each of the above mentioned crimes.
- •Outline for Witness Statements
- •Texts for Reading and Rendering
- •Do you live in a burglar-friendly house?
- •Suicide
- •Hi-tech thievery
- •General Vocabulary and Expressions (part II)
- •Civil and criminal penalties
- •Text 2.
- •Imposition of penalties
- •Vocabulary exercises (part II)
- •Ex.3. Express the following idea in one term.
- •Offences
- •Punishment
- •Communicative Activities
- •Texts for Reading and Rendering Text 1. Death penalty
- •Improve your writing skills
- •- Write an essay on Capital Punishment following the paragraph plan:
- •Text 2. Gun control
- •1. How strict are the gun control laws in rf? Read the text below and try to compare the gun control regulations in rf with those that exist in the us?
- •Discussion
- •Role of police force
- •Discussion
- •Listening Comprehension
Vocabulary exercises (part I)
Ex. 1. Now match these crimes / offences (1-16) with their definitions (a-p):
1. forgery ( ); 2. treason ( ); 3. fraud ( ); 4. laundering money ( ); 5. handling stolen goods ( ); 6. murder / homicide ( ); 7. mugging ( ); 8. drug trafficking ( ); 9. rape ( ); 10. arson ( ); 11. blackmail ( ); 12. embezzlement ( ); 13. hijacking
( ); 14. perjury ( ); 15. bribery ( ); 16. insider dealing ( ).
buying and selling illegal drugs;
illegally copying money, documents, etc.;
using privileged information about a business for personal profit;
sending money to a foreign bank so that it cannot be traced;
taking control of (esp. an aircraft) using the threat of force, usu. in order to make political demands;
stealing money that is placed in one's care;
robbing a person with violence, esp. in a public place;
intentionally setting fire to something;
unlawfully killing someone;
a lie told on purpose in a court of law;
the practice of obtaining money or advantage by threatening to make known unpleasant facts about a person or group;
being in possession of stolen objects;
gaining money by deception;
offering something, especially money, to persuade someone to do something for you;
betraying your country or government;
violent or forced sex.
Ex. 2. Distribute the following crimes among 3 groups:
violence against the person;
damaging the good opinion unfairly by saying or writing smth bad;
dishonestly appropriating the property belonging to another
Words: theft, shoplifting, defamation, rape, murder, slander, robbery, homicide, burglary, kidnapping, manslaughter, house-breaking, libel,
mugging, assault.
Ex. 3. Impove your grammar.
Complete this true story with a past tense form of the verb in brackets.
Crime busters
In July 1985, four West London criminals ___ (make) plans to rob the manager of a laundry as he __ (leave) the bank with a box full of staff wages. However, someone __ (tell) the police before the robbery and the police ___ (make) plans to catch the thieves.
The day of the robbery __ (come). The laundry manager ___ (collect) an empty box while the police and the robbers ___ (wait) outside the bank. As he ___ (step) through the door, everybody ___ (be) about to act, when another thief ___ (run) out of a doorway and __ (snatch) the box. The lone thief ____ (disappear) before anybody ___ (move).
Ex. 4. Improve your wordpower:
Crime and Criminals
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Verb
The person who does it
The crime
steal
rob
mug
burgle
murder
kidnap
commit arson
shoplift
hijack
thief
robber
mugger
burglar
murderer
kidnapper
arsonist
shoplifter
hijacker
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– Complete these sentences with a word from the Crimes and criminals table.
A __ is a person who damages and without violence.
A __ is person who enters a building illegally, especially by force, in order to steal.
A __ is a person who has taken someone away by force and is demanding money from her/his family, employers or government.
A __ is a person who steals money or property from a bank, shop, train, etc. Often she/he uses force.
A __ is a person who attacks and robs someone violently, usually in the street.
A __ is a person who deliberately and unlawfully kills another human being.
A __ is a person who sets fire to property on purpose.
A __ is a person who uses force to take control of an aeroplane, train, etc.
A __ is a person who steals things from shops.
Ex. 5. Read the following newspaper headlines and decide what type of crime is being referred to:
terrorism, tax evasion, kidnapping, mugging, burglary, arson, drunken driving, armed robbery, murder, vandalism, theft, assault, hijacking, assassination.
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2. PASSENGER HELD HOSTAGE* FOR 10 HOURS IN NIGHT OF TERROR. |
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3. MILLIONAIRE ORDERED TO PAY £5 MILLION IN BACK TAXES. |
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10. PENSIONER ATTACKED AND ROBBED IN BROAD DAYLIGHT. |
4. HOSTAGE RETURNED AS RANSOM PAID. |
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5. MEN ESCAPE WITH FAMILY HEIRLOOMS. |
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6. TEENS BEATEN UP AT ROCK CONCERT |
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14. GUNMAN FORCES PILOT TO LAND IN DESERT |
*hostage - заложник
*slay (slew, slain) - убивать, уничтожать, лишать жизни
*hold up - останавливать с целью грабежа
Ex. 6. Underline the correct word:
Burglars broke in / broke into and stole all our jewellery.
The escaped prisoner evaded / assaulted capture for 3 month until they found his hideout.
They say that Robin Hood robbed / intruded the rich and gave to the poor.
The gang held up the bank and robbed / stole £5 million.
The terrorists decided to kidnap / slaughter all the hostages if their demands were refused.
Three youths mugged / shoplifted the old man in the street and took his wallet and watch.
He tore the clothes off the girl and trapped / raped her.
He was arrested while trying to smuggle / forge drugs into the country.
Ex. 7. Underline the correct item:
If you don’t want someone to burgle / steal your house, you should keep the doors and windows locked.
He keeps his bicycle securely chained so that no one will steal / rob it.
Two men attempted to burgle / rob the local bank, but the police arrived before they got away.
Instead of fining the man, the judge sent him to prison because he was a repeat offender / convict.
That terrorist is one of the world’s most wanted criminals / suspects.
The offender / suspect was set free because there was no evidence to prove that he was guilty.
The suspect / convict had been in prison for twenty years when he died.