- •Федеральное государственное бюджетное образовательное учреждение
- •Введение
- •Vocabulary
- •1. Answer the questions:
- •2. Give definitions of the following words:
- •3. Read the text and do the tasks.
- •4. Answer the question about the British police.
- •5. Finish the following sentences, using tail questions.
- •6. Find equivalents to the following Russian words and phrases in the text above:
- •7. Read the interview with a police officer. Dramatize it. Then sum up the information you learnt from the interview about the British police.
- •9. Master your vocabulary in the topic “Crime and Criminals”
- •10. Read the text and explain why a police officer has to ‘caution’ the person who is being arrested.
- •11. Complete the article with words from the box.
- •12. Match the words in bold in the previous task to the definitions 1-7.
- •13. Use the words from the box in the text:
- •14. Read the newspaper article below and think of a headline for it. Answer the questions:
- •Vocabulary
- •1. Answer the questions:
- •2. Read the following verbs:
- •15. Make a survey of the crimes and court cases that are reported in the news in one week.
- •16. Read the conversation between Nancy Bryant, a fraud prevention officer, and a journalist. Answer the questions:
- •Vocabulary
- •1. Answer the questions:
- •2. Explain what the following words and expressions mean:
- •5. Find in the text above the English equivalents for the following words and expressions:
- •6. Fill in the gaps in the text below with the words and expressions from the box:
- •7. Fill in the gaps in the sentences using the sentences below the text.
- •9. Use one word in each gap. You’ve been framed!
- •11 Points
- •6 Points
- •12 Points
- •6 Points
- •5 Points
- •Vocabulary
- •10. Match each of the following verbs with a word or phrase on the right. They are all connected with a British court of law.
- •11. Interview your partner using the questions below:
- •12. Read the text below and think of the word which fits best for each gap. Use only one word in each gap.
- •13. Read the text below and decide which answer (a, b, c, or d) best fits each gap.
- •14. Study the authentic cases given below. Discuss each in pairs and decide the following:
- •15. People say that children today are growing up more quickly. The law sometimes makes this possible. Look at the information below. How these laws are different in Russia?
- •16. Read the article and complete it with the words from the box.
- •17. Translate into English.
- •18. Translate into English.
- •Vocabulary
- •1. Which of the actions or procedures above are carried out by each of the following people?
- •2 . Match each word below with the definition.
- •7. Complete these sentences using the pairs from the exercise above. You may have to make changes to fit the grammar of the sentences. The first one has been made for you as an example.
- •8. Put each of the words in the box in its correct place in the passage below:
- •10 Read the four articles below.
- •11. Work in pairs. Discuss these questions.
- •13 Work in pairs. Read the information below and decide how much money the woman should receive.
- •14. Why do you think people commit crimes? Discuss the problem of the causes of crime.
- •15. Discuss these questions:
- •17. Read the newspaper extract below, and discuss the question that follows.
- •Vocabulary
- •4. Fill in the gaps.
- •5. Translate from Russian into English.
- •6. Complete the following text using the words from the box:
- •7. Translate into English.
- •8. Discuss the items below:
- •9. Translate into English.
- •10. What is your opinion about the trial jury?
- •Grammar
- •8 Points
- •8 Points
- •7 Points
- •8 Points
- •7 Points
- •12 Points
- •Vocabulary
- •1. Before you read the text discuss the following points:
- •2. Read the text.
- •2. Find in the text above the English equivalents for the following words and expression:
- •3. Write out all kinds of punishments from the text and put them in order from the most serious ones to the lightest.
- •4. Answer the questions about the text:
- •5. Match to make sentences.
- •6. A. Use a word in each gap to complete the text.
- •7. Use one word in each gap.
- •8. Use the word given in capitals to form a word that fits in the gap.
- •9. Read the text below and think of the word which fits best in each gap. Use only one word in each gap.
- •Identity theft
- •10. Translate the following text into English:
- •11. Discuss the following issues:
- •12. Read the following text.
- •Vocabulary
- •3. Answer the following questions:
- •4. Find English equivalents for the following words and phrases in the text:
- •5. Match the following English expressions with their Russian equivalents:
- •6. Translate the following text into English:
- •7. Study the following phrasal verbs:
- •Vocabulary
- •3. Which sentences are true and which ones are false?
- •4. Complete the sentences.
- •5. Match the verbs with the nouns. Use the phrases in the sentences of your own:
- •10. Translate into English.
- •11. Read the following newspaper stories. How do you feel when you read them? Work in groups. Discuss each case in turn.
- •Grammar
- •Infinitive. Complex Object. Complex Subject.
- •15 Points
- •Insert the words from the box:
- •10 Points
- •Vocabulary
- •6. Below are the main areas of commercial law. Match each branch to the contents it covers. The first one is done for you.
- •Vocabulary
- •5. Say whether the statements are true or false.
- •7. Translate into English.
- •8. Read the text ‘Women in Politics’ and answer the questions:
- •9. Speak on the topic “Law of property, natural resources and the environment”.
- •Victims of oil shortage.
- •It’s an ill wind…
- •13. A) Work in pairs. Take it in turns to react to the statements below. Use the expressions for expressing opinion from the previous exercise.
- •Vocabulary
- •4. Are these statements true or false?
- •6. Find the best equivalent for the words below.
- •7. Give the English equivalents for the following:
- •8. Work in pairs. Which of the following freedoms is the most important to you? Why?
- •9. Choose the correct word to complete sentences. How strongly do you agree or disagree with the following statements?
- •It happened on December 1
- •12. Read the text below and answer the question: what does the law of your country guarantee to disabled people? What is the attitude to people with limited abilities?
- •13. Translate into English.
- •14. Read the text below and discuss with your class mates how much privacy we have these days.
- •10 Points
- •10 Points
- •7 Points
- •Основная литература
18. Translate into English.
15 самых необычных законов 1 .США. Штат Юта. Округ Солт Лэйк. Запрещается расхаживать по улицам, если вы несете скрипку в бумажном пакете. 2. Сан-Франциско. Если лошадь сделает кучу навоза, которая превышает высоту в 2 м, ее оштрафуют. 3. Техас. Дэвон. Если вы делаете себе мебель, то делайте, сколько угодно. Но при одном важном условии: нельзя быть голым. 4. Калифорния. Здесь автомобилю разрешается ехать до 100 км/час… без водителя. 5. Южная Каролина. Если сегодня воскресенье, а вы стоите с женой на ступеньках у входа в дом, то вам запрещено ее избивать. На любое другое время и место ограничений нет. 6. Нью-Йорк. Если вы решили покончить жизнь самоубийством, спрыгнув с крыши здания, то вам за это дадут высшую меру наказания. 7. Пенсильвания. Дэнвил. За час до того, как где-то случится пожар, все пожарные гидранты должны пройти тест на пригодность. 8. Пенсильвания. Запрещено привязывать доллар за веревочку и смеяться, когда кто-то его пытается догнать. 9. Калифорния. Сан-Франциско. Здесь нельзя мыть машины своим грязным бельем. 10. Франция. Запрещено продавать куклы, у которых нечеловеческие лица.. 11. Саудовская Аравия. Джидди. Женщины не имеют права купаться в бассейнах любых отелей. 12. Самоа. Если вы забыли день рождения жены, то это уже преступление. 13. Лондон. Если вы садитесь в такси, то нельзя иметь при себе труп или бешеную собаку.
Listening
Listen to a letter from a lawyer to her colleague and mark the following statements as true (T) or false (F).
1 __ The two attorneys will work together.
2 ___The client is currently in police custody.
3 ___ The client was allowed to plea for a lesser charge.
Choose the correct word pair to fill the blanks.
1. In order to ______ the suspect, the officer needs a ______.
A arrest – warrant
B book in – plea bargain
C charge – sentence
2. The lawyer didn’t agree with the _____so she _____ the ruling.
A bail – charged
B sentence – appealed
C pre-trial motions – pleaded
3. Paul was _____ with the crime and he _____ guilty to theft.
A appealed – sentenced
B sentenced – charged
C charged – pleaded
4. Fred was not granted _____ because he has been _____ before.
A bail – convicted
B sentence – pleaded
C plea bargain – appealed
Read the sentence and choose the correct words:
1. The lawyers entered a(n) (plea bargain/arraignment) to get their clients a lighter charge.
2. Kevin is still being held in police (bail/custody).
3. The defendant was charged at the (arraignment/pre-trial motions).
4. Ian was taken to the police station and (booked/sentenced).
5. The judge decided there was enough evidence to continue at the (preliminary hearing/plea bargain).
6. The defense asked to exclude evidence during the (pre-trial motions/bail).
Listen to a conversation between an attorney and a legal assistant. Which of the document below did Helen forget to put in the file?
1 __ the details of the warrant
2 __ the details of bail
3 __ the details of the arraignment
4 __ the details of the plea bargain
5 __ the details of the pre-trial motion
Listen again and complete the conversation:
Attorney: Well, Helen left me the file on the Ingman case, but there are a few important things 1 ______ from it.
Assistant: Really? Hmm… they’re probably 2 ____ ____ ____.
Attorney: Do you mind helping me look for them?
Assistant: No problem. What’s missing?
Attorney: Well, I’ve got the details of the 3 _____ , but I don’t have anything on the withdrawing of bail.
Assistant: Okay I think this is it, isn’t it?
Attorney: That looks like it. Next, I need the 4 ____ of the arraignment.
Assistant: Oh, that’s right here on top of this 5 ____ ____ _____.
Attorney: Let’s see… I’ve got the documents about the plea bargain … oh, she prepared some work for the 6 _____ _____ . If you could find that, it’d save me a lot of time.26
Writing
Read the following text and write what kinds of offences Annette committed and what kind of punishment she could be given.
Annette Forbes is Head of the Marketing division of the Computer Company. She went to the University, has a good job and a good family. She has always been a law-abiding citizen.
One day she arrived a little late at work and had to park her car in a non-parking zone. Later she took a client out to a business lunch and drank jin with tonic and half a bottle of wine to celebrate an important new contract. When driving back to work, she was stopped by a policeman who tested her for alcohol. He told her she would be disqualified from driving for a year. Annette who needed a car for her work asked him to forget about it in return for a newest home computer.
Topic 2. The Trial