- •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
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.
You must know that you are breaking the law when you park on the pavement.
The merger will only go ahead if the two companies can ______ they are both happy with it.
After two hours of deliberation the jury _______ of not guilty.
We are going to _____ with a revolutionary new product next month.
A good accountant can save you money by finding ways to ________ .
We have _______ for the prosecution, which depends on an unreliable identification.
When she was ______ he contradicted his earlier testimony.
I am innocent, I did not ______ you accuse me of.
During the recent debate on this matter Mr. Allen failed to ______: he is a director of the company bidding for the contract.
Most solicitors do not ______ for the first consultation. 28
8. Put each of the words in the box in its correct place in the passage below:
detective plain clothes jury warders coroner verdict solicitor trial inquest death penalty |
If you want legal advice in Britain, you go to a ______.
At the end of the ______, the judge ordered twelve men and women of the ______ to retire and consider their _______, guilty or not guilty.
Men and women who look after prisoners in prison are called prison officers or _______ .
If a person dies in unusual circumstances, an _______ is held at a special court, and the ‘judge’ is called a _______ .
A policeman who investigates serious crimes is called a _______ . He wears ________ , not uniform.
In some countries murderers are executed but other countries have abolished the _______ . 29
Read the article below and find words that match these definitions:
A person who takes another person in court
A financial agreement
Asking a law court to change its decision
Taking a person to court to get money from them because they have done something bad to you
Money that is paid because you have done something bad to another person
Extreme unhappiness
A grandmother from Kansas City is suing the Florida theme park because she says that one of the attractions is too frightening. The plaintiff, Mrs. Darlene Joel refused the offer of a court settlement. She has asked for $15,000 in damages for the emotional distress she suffered. However, the court is expected to turn down Mrs. Joel’s claim in the judgment later today. Her lawyers are already planning an appeal.
10 Read the four articles below.
In March 2003, Mr. Merv Grazinsky from Oklahoma City bought a new 10-meter Winnibago motor home. On his first trip he set the cruise control at 70 mph and went to the back of the vehicle to make himself a cup of coffee. Within minutes, the motor home had crashed. Mr. Grazinsky was not hurt but wanted his money back. In court, he insisted that he was not responsible. He pointed out that the instruction manual did not tell him to stay in the driver’s seat when he was using cruise control. The manufacturers denied responsibility and asked the judge to throw out the claim.
At an Elton John concert in a San Diego stadium Robert Glaser needed to go to the men’s room. However, when he got to the toilet, he was surprised to find a woman using it. When he asked a stadium official to show him to another men’s room, he was informed that all the toilets in the stadium were unisex. Too embarrassed to share a toilet with a woman, Glazer had to wait until the end of the concert, four hours later. He complained that he had suffered emotional distress and sued the stadium for $5.4 million.
Cheyl Vandervender, a shop worker in West Virginia, seriously injured her back at work after opening a jar of pickles. Her doctor told her to take some time off work. Her manager warned her that she would lose her job if she did not return to work within twelve months. Nearly a year later, she returned to the shop and her manager told her to fill up a fridge. After only twenty minutes, her back was injured again. This time, Ms Vandervender decided to sue the company, Sheetz Inc.
Veronica Martin and her husband were eating hamburgers from a fast food chain when a hot pickle fell out of the burger and burnt Victoria’s chin. Her lawyers have asked a court in Knoxville, Texas, to award $110,000 in damages for medical bills, loss of earnings and emotional distress. Her husband, Darrin, claimed that he lost ‘services and companionship’ of his wife and is also suing $15,000. A company spokesman said that all its products were safe.30
What do you think the judge will decide in each case?
Match the articles to the judges’ decisions a-d.
In order to avoid legal costs, the company reached a secret settlement with the couple, but refused to discuss details or to accept any responsibility.
The judge, however, agreed with the plaintiff and ordered the company to pay $1.75 million in damages and replace the vehicle.
But the real emotional distress came later when the judge said the claim was not serious, and the Supreme Court refused to hear an appeal.
The court decided that the company had acted in an illegal and unfair way towards its employee and ordered it to pay over $2 million in damages.