- •Государственное образовательное учреждение
- •Courts and trials (topical vocabulary)
- •Set Work
- •I. Study the above given lexical units.
- •II. Give words for the following definitions.
- •III. Translate into English:
- •Crime and punishment
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- •Set Work
- •Set Work
- •I. What would you have done?
- •II. Look at these statements. What do you think about them?
- •III. Look at this list of ‘crimes’. Try and rate each crime on a scale from 1-10. (1 is a minor misdemeanor, 10 is a very serious crime.) They are in no order.
- •IV. Compare your list with another student’s. Which of you would be the harsher judge? Which would be the kinder?
- •Thief challenges dose of shame as punishment
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- •Women behind bars
- •Set Work
- •VI. State the idea behind the lines below and enlarge on it.
- •VII. Sum up the key points of the article.
- •VIII. Points for discussion.
- •Justice in los angeles
- •Set Work
- •V. Points for discussion.
- •VI. Sum up the article and single out its main points. Черное плюс белое равняется красному?
- •Set Work
- •I. Think of the best English equivalents of:
- •II. Say what you know about:
- •III. Points for discussion.
- •IV. Comment on the choice of the headline.
- •Set Work
- •VIII. Enlarge on the idea.
- •IX. Points for discussion.
- •X. Role play.
- •Set Work
- •Set Work
- •VI. Give the gist of the article.
- •VII. Points for discussion.
- •Век бы свободы не видать!
- •Set Work
- •Set Work
- •I. Say what is meant by the following words and word combinations. Reproduce the situations in which they were used.
- •II. Find in the article the English for:
- •III. Interpret the lines below.
- •IV. Comment on the author’s choice of the headline and formulate the key idea running through the article.
- •V. Points for discussion.
- •How british burglars pick their victims
- •Set Work
- •I. Master the pronunciation of the words below. Learn and translate them.
- •II. Explain what is meant by:
- •III. Look through the article for the following English equivalents of:
- •IV. State the difference between the words below. Give examples to illustrate their usage.
- •V. Translate the following sentences.
- •VI. Pete (the burglar described in the article) says he is ten stone. How many kilos is it? How many stones do you weigh?
- •VII. Interpret the idea expressed in the lines below.
- •VIII. Points for discussion.
- •A life inside
- •I. Define the following words and word combinations. Reproduce the situations in which they occur.
- •II. Scan the article for the English equivalents of:
- •III. State the difference between the words below. Give examples to illustrate their usage.
- •IV. Explain what is meant by:
- •V. Say whether you agree or disagree with the lines below.
- •Set Work
- •I. Explain the meaning of the words below. Say how they were used in the article.
- •II. Give the English equivalents of the following word combinations:
- •III. Comment on the statements below.
- •IV. Translate the following sentences.
- •V. Points for discussion.
- •VI. Speak about your stand on capital punishment as “the only way to deter criminals”. To back up either of your viewpoints use the key statements.
- •«Палач является в застенок со всеми инструментами» так добивались правды
- •Set Work
- •III. Practise the pronunciation of the words below:
- •IV. Explain what is meant by:
- •V. State the difference between the following words, give examples to illustrate their usage.
- •VI. What other arguments for and against capital punishment can you add to the list?
- •40 Тезисов в осуждение убийцы
- •Set Work
- •Set Work
- •I. Choose the correct meaning according to the passage.
- •II. Give the Russian equivalents of the following vocabulary units:
- •III. Say if the problem of capital punishment has always been vital. Back up your opinion. Как, где и за что казнят
- •Set Work
- •Set Work
- •Set Work
- •Set Work
- •Set Work
- •II. Find in the article the Russian for:
- •III. Say if you share the idea expressed in the sentences below:
- •IV. Explain the difference between:
- •V. Points for discussion.
- •VI. Render the article into English, trying to use as many words under study as you can.
- •VII. Comment on the headline and formulate the author’s message.
- •Inside the new alcatraz
- •Set Work
- •IX. Points for discussion.
- •X. Comment on the headline.
- •XI. Describe a prison for hard-core criminals, as you see it. Смертникам жизнь хуже расстрела
- •Set Work
- •Set Work
- •I. Think of the best English equivalents of:
- •II. Say what you know about:
- •State power and crime
- •Set Work
- •I. Say what is meant by the words and word combinations below:
- •II. Find in the article the English for:
- •III. Say how you understand the lines below and enlarge on the idea.
- •IV. Is it possible to oppose the demoralization of the very fundaments of the life of the nation? What is the general path of the sanitation of public life and the state itself?
- •V. Sum up the main points of the article. Какие законы нам не указ Почему россияне не верят в законы
- •Set Work
- •I. Think of the best English equivalents of:
- •II. What’s the English for?
- •The holocaust in the dock
- •Set Work
- •VII. Give the gist of the article.
- •VIII. Describe the Swiss-Nazi case and formulate the author’s vision of the problem.
- •IX. How is the Swiss-Nazi case likely to end? What’s the rub? Will justice be done at long last? the making of a suicide bomber
- •Set Work
- •I. Master the pronunciation of the words below. Learn and translate them.
- •II. Explain the meaning of the words below. Say how they were used in the article.
- •III. Look through the article for the English equivalents of:
- •IV. Say what you know about:
- •V. Write out expressions with the word “suicide” and explain what they mean.
- •VI. Say whether you agree or disagree with the following statements and enlarge on them.
- •VII. Points for discussion.
- •VIII. Do a library research on some terrorist organisation and make a short report in class. Terrorist infiltrations
- •Set Work
- •VI. Comment on the author’s choice of the headline and formulate the message.
- •VII. Points for discussion.
- •VIII. Say if you’ve read any of the books mentioned in the article. Do such kinds of books appeal to you? hacking for dollars
- •Set Work
- •I. Learn and practise the pronunciation of the words below. Translate them into Russian.
- •II. Define the computer-related word combinations used in the article. Reproduce the context in which they were used.
- •III. Find in the article the English for:
- •IV. Say what is meant by the words and word combinations below. How were they used in the article?
- •V. State the difference between the words below. Give examples to illustrate their usage.
- •VI. Clarify the idea behind the following lines.
- •VII. Outline the main points of the article and dwell upon each of them.
- •VIII. Points for discussion.
- •IX. Make up a dialogue between two cybercops. Use the words from the article.
- •Set Work
- •I. Learn the pronunciation of the words below. Translate them into Russian.
- •II. Define the words and word combinations below. Say how they were used in the article.
- •III. Scan the article for the English equivalents of:
- •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:
- •VI. Fill in the correct preposition. Check against the text.
- •VII. Say how you understand the following lines.
- •VIII. Points for discussion.
- •Internet как инструмент совершения киберпреступлений
- •Set Work
- •I. Render the above given article into English.
- •II. Points for discussion.
- •Spyware hits business
- •Set Work
- •I. Master the pronunciation of the words below. Learn and translate them.
- •II. Explain what is meant by:
- •III. Look through the article for the English equivalents of:
- •IV. What do the following abbreviations stand for:
- •V. State the difference between the words below. Give examples to illustrate their usage.
- •VI. Add some more words to the given string.
- •VII. Fill in the correct prepositions. Check against the text.
- •VIII. Interpret the lines below.
- •IX. Points for discussion.
- •Mobile phone crime blitz launched
- •Set Work
- •Set Work
- •VI. Sum up the key points of the article.
- •VII. Points for discussion.
- •The gentleman thief
- •Set Work
- •Drugs and crime
- •Set Work
- •I. Transcribe and learn the following words:
- •II. Find out and say what is meant by:
- •III. Say what you know about the units of weight mentioned in the article. In what connections were they used?
- •IV. Reveal the difference between:
- •V. Say how you understand:
- •VI. Learn the pronunciation of the following deadly drugs.
- •VII. Give English equivalents for:
- •VIII. Answer the following questions.
- •IX. Translate the following sentences into English.
- •Наркотикам – бой…и герл
- •Set Work
- •Set Work
- •I. Define the words and word combinations below. Reproduce situations in which they occur in the article.
- •II. Look through the article for the following English equivalents:
- •III. Specify the meaning of the prefix over-. Write out the examples with this prefix from the article and explain their meaning. Think of some other examples and dwell upon them.
- •IV. Say how you understand the given lines.
- •V. Points for discussion.
- •Тяга к наркотикам ничуть не ослабла
- •Set Work
- •Set Work
- •I. Say what is meant by the following vocabulary units and in what connection they are used in the article.
- •Вам марихуаны? пожалуйста!
- •Set Work
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- •V. What addictive substances are mentioned in the article? In what ways are they consumed by addicts?
- •VI. Explain how you understand the following phrases:
- •VII. State the difference between the words below. Give examples to illustrate their usage.
- •VIII. Interpret the idea expressed in the given lines.
- •IX. Give the gist of the article and formulate its key idea.
- •X. Comment on the headline.
- •XI. Points for discussion.
- •A shot of sanity
- •Set Work
- •VIII. Give the gist of the article and say what you think of the idea put forward by the author.
- •IX. Points for discussion.
- •Cocaine cartel smashed
- •Set Work
- •I. Think of the best English variant to say:
- •Set Work
- •Set Work
- •I. Supply the English equivalents for the following words and word combinations:
- •Set Work
- •Set Work
- •I. What answers to the above questions does the article offer?
- •II. Scan the article for the English equivalents of the Russian words below and learn them.
- •III. Explain what is meant by:
- •IV. Make up a dialogue (based on the words from task II) between two criminologists.
- •V. Points for discussion.
- •I. Render the below article into English.
- •II. Say whether you share the author’s thesis. How it all starts inside your brain
- •Set Work
- •I. Master the pronunciation of the words below. Learn and translate them.
- •II. Define the following words and word combinations below. Reproduce the situations in which they occur.
- •III. Scan the article for the English equivalents of:
- •IV. Explain what the following abbreviations stand for.
- •V. State the difference between the words below. Give examples to illustrate their usage.
- •VI. Explain how you understand:
- •VII. Say what you know about:
- •VIII. Find in the article the evidence to support the following statements.
- •IX. Points for discussion.
- •Агрессивное поведение запрограммировано еще при рождении преступник разрушает сам себя
- •Set Work
- •VI. Sum up the main points of the article and say if you share the journalist’s stand.
- •VII. Points for discussion.
- •1. Is society or are people to blame for different misdemeanors and felonies? 2. How can people be made less aggressive? of criminals and ceos
- •Set Work
- •V. Interpret the lines below.
- •VI. Say what you know about:
- •VII. Sum up the key points of the article and formulate the author’s thesis.
- •VIII. Comment on the choice of the headline.
- •IX. Points for discussion.
- •Set Work
- •VI. Do you agree that:
- •VII. Sum up the key points of the article.
- •VIII. Points for discussion.
- •Death penalty
- •Убийство должно караться смертью!
- •Cops and robbers (and drug pushers and murderers…)
- •I. Read the following article to find out:
- •Computer hacking – high-tech crime
- •II. Find words or phrases in the text which mean the same as:
- •III. Now complete these statements by choosing the answer which you think fits best.
- •Vocabulary Tests
- •I. Crime. Put each of the following words and phrases into its correct place in the passage below.
- •II. Law breakers. Give the name of the defined law breaker.
- •III. Law breakers. Match the criminal with the definition.
- •IV. Law breakers. Choose the right answer.
- •V. Law breakers. Choose the correct answer.
- •VI. Law breakers. By moving vertically or horizontally (forwards or backwards) find twelve kinds of criminal.
- •VII. Police. Choose the right answer.
- •VIII. Trial. If you commit a crime you may be:
- •IX. Trial. Choose the right answer.
- •X. Trial. Choose the right answer.
- •XI. Punishment. Match each punishment with its description.
- •XII. Punishment. Choose the right answer.
- •XIII. Punishment. Put each of the following words and phrases into its correct place in the passage below.
- •Trial by Jury
- •XIV. Crime and punishment. Choose the right answer.
- •XV. Crime and punishment. Choose the word or phrase that best keeps the meaning of the original sentence if it is substituted for the capitalized word.
- •Vocabulary Test
- •Фантастический процесc
- •Set Work
- •Твое имя в грязи
- •Methods and measures
- •Третье место за воровство
- •Is a crime crackdown a challenge of the time?
- •Государственное образовательное учреждение высшего профессионального образования «Липецкий государственный педагогический университет»
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IX. Points for discussion.
Is using spyware a grave crime?
How do spyware companies operate?
Is the problem in question soluble?
What is the key idea running through the article?
Mobile phone crime blitz launched
A nationwide crackdown on mobile phone crime was launched in December with the creation of special police unit.
Latest figures show half of all street crime now involves mobile phone theft. Nearly 200 are stolen in England and Wales every day, mostly in London, and many are exported by gangs to Africa, Asia and Europe. The £1 m National Mobile Phone Crime Unit will bring together immigration, Customs and Excise and police officers with industry experts. Senior police officers say, if successful, the unit could make a “significant” impact on the UK’s robbery problem.
Mobile phone networks have recently made advances in anti-crime measures, with all stolen phones now capable of being blocked for use in Britain. Tough penalties are also in place for criminals who seek to re-programme handsets.
However, Scotland Yard’s Commander John Yates, who is in charge of the unit, said it was believed the “epidemic” of mobile phone theft across Britain was still being fuelled by an international market. Handsets taken abroad do not need re-programming and, while British customers are offered cheap phones as an incentive to sign up with networks, users abroad enjoy inexpensive calls but have to pay foe handsets costing up to £800 each.
“This is all speculative at the moment,” said Cmndr Yates, “the aim of the unit is to find out what is generating mobile phone theft and what we can do to combat it”. He added there were some extremely organized gangs, particularly being burglaries on retail outlets.
As part of the new initiative police hope to get industry co-operation to set up an international database to make all stolen handsets useless whatever their destination. Information gathered by the National Mobile Phone Crime Unit about how criminals operate will be passed to all law enforcement agencies and police forces across the UK.
Steve Hope
/Digest, 9, 2004/
Set Work
I. Say what is meant by:
street crime
mobile phone theft
to make advances in anti-crime measures
handsets
to fuel an epidemic of mobile phone theft
extremely organized gangs
retail outlets
part of the new initiative.
II. Find in the article the English for:
по всей Британии, развернуть широкомасштабную операцию по борьбе с кражами сотовых телефонов, правоохранительные органы, как орудуют преступники, быть заблокированным (о телефоне), стимул, создать базу данных, отделение по борьбе с кражами сотовых телефонов, воздействовать на что-л., подключиться к сети через какую-л. компанию.
III. Comment on the headline.
IV. Interpret the lines below:
The unit could make a “significant” impact on the UK’s robbery problem.
Tough penalties are also in place for criminals who seek to re-programme handsets.
The “epidemic” of mobile phone theft across Britain was still being fuelled by an international market.
“This is all speculative at the moment,” said Cmndr Yates.
Police hope to get industry co-operation to set up an international database to make all stolen handsets useless whatever their destination.
V. Points for discussion.
1. Why are more and more people being mugged for their cell phones? 2. Have you got a cell phone? What make is it? Do you like it? How long have you had it? Have you ever been assaulted for it? Do you know any people who were victimized because of it? 3. What do you think is the right penalty for those who are involved in mobile phone theft?
TALKING TOUGH ON PIRACY
Beijing cracks down on the latest teenage ‘addiction’: black-market videogames.
Few passersby would guess that the clean-cut, rucksack-toting students who ply the Jiaodaokou section of Beijing are trying to score their next fix. Here in the shadow of the Forbidden City, the nerve center of China’s Communist Party, dealers exhibit their wares in small shops housed in old, gray buildings. You like to drive a car? Try Ridge Racer. “Star Wars” buff? Go for Gradius. Itching for a fight? Consider Quake III.
The contraband in question is, of course, nothing less than the latest videogames from Japan and the United States. After years of turning the blind eye to the burgeoning illicit trade in pirated videogames, Beijing is suddenly talking tough. The games are “like opium,” says the government-run China Daily, and teens are turning into “addicts”. Videogames create a “bizarre and motley world with no teachers, homework and textbooks,” the paper says. “The craving for diversion can only grow.” The government has banned game playing at video parlors, the popular cybercafés where teens congregate during school hours, and the police have raided some establishments.
While Beijing cracks down on truants, however, the videogame pirates who are fueling the craze and getting off virtually scot-free. Now that China may soon join the World Trade Organization, Western and Japanese entertainment firms, infuriated over the loss of revenues, are watching closely to see how Beijing handles the piracy problem. So far it has conducted spot raids on shops that sell illicit videogames. Judging from the dozens of stores in the Jiaodaokou section of the city that appear to be doing a healthy business, the policy hasn’t been very effective.
Discouraging pirating is not going to be easy. About 95 percent of videogames sold in China are pirate copies, by some estimates. Games that would sell for $90 in the United States are copied onto CD-ROM discs and sold on the streets of Beijing for less than a buck. The problem is so bad that Sony refuses to sell its PlayStation 2 in China, despite huge demand. Kids, of course, still manage to buy the machines on the black market for 5,000 yuan ($604). “Any disc or machine sold in mainland China is either smuggled or counterfeit,” says Yoshiko Furusawa, an executive at Sony Computer Entertainment in Tokyo.
Ironically, pirates have greatly benefited from the Chinese government’s policy of encouraging entrepreneurship. Many pirating shops are based in government-sponsored technology-development areas. One outfit occupies a 9-meter-by-9-meter room in a granite-and-glass skyscraper in a new technology sector near Beijing University, where three young cyber-entrepreneurs churn out illicit discs. At a booth nearby, a young Chinese woman hawks their wares. “The Sony PlayStation 2 discs contain many sophisticated anti-piracy measures,” she says. “But we have broken all of them.”
It remains to be whether China decides to get serious about putting a stop to piracy. Local police only rarely apprehend street vendors and never bother their suppliers. And many of the biggest pirate-disc factories may be run by children of top party officials. In a 1995 battle between China and the United States, “it turned out that one of these factories was run by the People’s Liberation Army,” says US trade official Joseph Papovich, “and that’s why it was not shut down.” And now that Chinese teenagers have gotten hooked, demand is not likely to abate any time soon.
Kevin Platt
/Newsweek, January 22, 2001/