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Set Work

I. Learn the pronunciation of the words below. Translate them into Russian.

Online, cruise, vicarious, macho, hangout, brawl, clique, feud, graffiti, bandanna, browse.

II. Define the words and word combinations below. Say how they were used in the article.

To go online, to pick a fight, to cruise through gang hangouts, to chat sb up, feud, gang investigator, clique, drive-by case/shooting, to showcase, to scrub the site, to talk tough, vicarious, to break up gang brawls, to wield, to glean.

III. Scan the article for the English equivalents of:

наметанным глазом; разъезжать по округе; просматривать веб-страницу; расследование к-либо дела зашло в тупик; по всей стране; «разборки» между бандитами; поддерживать связь; «щелкнуть» кнопкой «мышки» на веб-сайт; получить степень бакалавра по к-либо дисциплине; исправительное учреждение для малолетних преступников; воплотить свои мечты в виртуальной реальности; ч-то может быть перенесено в реальную жизнь, «на улицу»; свести счеты; заполонить веб-сайт ненужными электронными сообщениями; ссора, перебранка.

IV. Look through the article for the word combinations with the word “online.” Write them out and explain what they mean.

V. Explain what is meant by:

Webmaster, graffiti, bandanna, gang’s hand signs, blog, spam, junk e-mail, disclaimer, netbanging.

VI. Fill in the correct preposition. Check against the text.

1. __ a seasoned cop’s knowing eye, Lake Worth, Fla., police agent Brian Hermanson cruised recently __ some known gang hangouts. 2. What starts __ the Internet can quickly spill __ the streets. 3. Some of them depict gang life __ to the smallest details. 4. Det. Kevin Kuschel works __ a gang unit for the Palm Beach County School District in Florida. 5. He was soon __ potential trouble. 6. Hermanson knew to keep an eye __ __ the car. 7. He checked the Internet __ clues. 8. Street gangs are staking __ a place __ the Web. 9. Click __ Clanton’s Web site and you’ll find a detailed gang history. 10. __ the picture, the boy was wielding an AK-47. 11. Clicking __ gang sites, he recently found an online photo of a 14-year-old gang member he had seen __ the streets. 12. He earned a bachelor’s degree __ Web design. 13. People can live __ their fantasies behind the safety of a screen name. 14. But it’s not just kids searching __ vicarious thrills. 15. Cops in Boston and Texas who broke __ gang brawls __ the past few years found that the altercations had been scheduled __ gang Web sites. 16. Someone rolling __ the neighborhood __ a blue Lincoln.

VII. Say how you understand the following lines.

  1. He was soon onto potential trouble: someone rolling through the neighborhood in a blue Lincoln and flashing gang signs.

  2. There was no crime – yet – but Hermanson knew to keep an eye out for the car.

  3. Hermanson gleaned the tip from a few minutes spent browsing a local gang member’s personal Web page.

  4. The 15-year veteran cop used to spend most of his days on the streets, drawing a bead on gang activity by reading graffiti

  5. Like everyone else, street gangs are staking out a place on the Web.

  6. The site, he says, is nothing more than a place to showcase the “Mid City Kingdom Lifestyle” – which, if the photos there are any indication, includes a lot of macho posing, boozy hugging and throwing of the gang’s hand signs.

  7. Now anyone with a computer can live – or pretend to live – the thug life.

  8. Gang Web sites receive e-mails from would-be gangsters overseas who are looking to open chapters abroad.

  9. “You-re seeing the Internet turned into an electronic alley.”

  10. It’s not just kids searching for vicarious thrills.

  11. Not even a gangster is safe from spam.

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