Законодательная власть и правоохранительная деятельность в Великобритании и США учебное пособие Уровень В1 Составитель
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1. Read the following statements before you listen to the interview with Arpad and Evelina. _  _____ 1 Evelina is concerned about the crime news that she sees on TV.______ 2 Arpad is not bothered by loud groups of teenagers on the street. ______ 3 Evelina is not worried about the availability of guns. ______ 4 Arpad says that someone was recently shot in a local restaurant. ______ 5 Evelina says that parents need to have more contact with their children. ______ 6 Arpad blames the high levels of crime on the availability of guns. ______ 7 Arpad thinks that teachers have the main responsibility for teaching values to children. ______ 8 Arpad supports gun control by the government. 2. Listen to the interview and take notes. Use your notes to answer the questions above. Write T (true) or F (false) in the blanks. 3. Compare your answers with a partner and then with the class. Correct the false statements together. /Adapted from Academic listening encounters: life in society. Student’s Book. Kim Sanabria/ Speaking 2 TROUBLESHOOTING Work in small groups. For each of the problems below, brainstorm as many solutions as you can in five minutes. Then compare your answers with those of another group. You can use some of the following expressions.
1. There is so much violence among today's youth, especially in the United States. What can people do about this problem? 2. The majority of those arrested are from lower socioeconomic groups in the community. What do you think should be done about the problem? 3. Nowadays a lot of people feel unsafe in their city. How can we help solve this problem? 4. Many victims of crime do not report the crime which results in actual crime rates being 2/3 times higher than the official figures. What can we do about it? Writing Write a short paragraph about a social problem in Speaking 2. Express your opinion and give reasons for your ideas. Example: I’m in favour of requiring people to take a road test every time they renew their license. By polishing their skills and knowledge every few years, people will become better drivers … Exchange paragraphs with a classmate. After you read your classmate’s paragraph, write another one explaining why you agree or disagree with your classmate’s viewpoint. Example: I go along with requiring additional road tests for drivers. People’s eyesight and reflexes can change a lot in five years. … /Adapted from Focus on grammar, Marjorie Fuchs, Margaret Bonner/ Unit 2 ‘Types of Crime’ Presentation Reported statements and questions Read the article about a robbery and answer the questions.
Grammar questions
Which of the sentences below, i) or ii), do you think were the original words?
ii) 'Do as I say because I've got a gun. Give me that picture now.'… b) i) 'I can't.'… ii) 'I'm sorry, I can't do that.'…
Complete the spaces by filling in the space in the right-hand column.
‘Are you on your own?’ he asked. He asked if I was on my own. ‘How do you know John and Moira?’ he asked. He asked how I knew John and Moira.
/Adapted from Developing Grammar in Context. Mark Nettle, Diana Hopkins/ Practice bank 1. Put the following direct speech into reported speech. a 'I'm exhausted!' he said. b 'Are you leaving on Friday?' she asked me. c 'We haven't seen Jack for a long time,' they said. d 'We flew to Madrid,' they said. e 'Which airport did you fly from?' I asked them. f ‘The flight has been cancelled,' the announcement said. g 'Our plane was delayed by five hours,' they told us. h ‘What time did it take off?' she asked. i 'I'll help you unpack,' he said. j 'I can't do this exercise,' he told the teacher. 2. What's the difference in meaning in the following examples of reported speech? Discuss with a partner. a Beatrice said she lived in New York. Beatrice said she'd lived in New York. b Moira told her mother that she'd love John. Moira told her mother that she loved John. c Adam asked them how they'd travel to Paris. Adam asked them how they'd travelled to Paris. What did the people actually say in direct speech? /From New Headway English Course, Intermediate Student’s Book, Liz and John Soars/ 3. The CNN reporter Manav Tanneeru interviewed Kevin Mitnick, a notorious American hacker. a. Read the information about Kevin Mitnick and answer the question below. Why is Kevin Mitnick famous?  To many people, the name Kevin Mitnick is synonymous with hacking. But Mitnick says the legend is untrue. It is true, he says, that he broke into corporate computer systems and stole source code to satisfy his curiosity, but he denies the stories that he hacked into NORAD – North American Aerospace Defense Command – or that he wiretapped the FBI. The FBI arrested Mitnick in 1995. He served five years in prison after pleading guilty to charges of wire and computer fraud. He was released in 2000 and today runs a computer security firm. Kevin Mitnick b. Now read the interviewer’s notes and report which questions he intended to ask.
/Adapted from http://www.cnn.com/2005/TECH/internet/10/07/kevin.mitnick.cnna/index.html/ c. Report the whole interview. Pay attention to the fact that the interviewer did not have time to ask all the questions. 4. INTERVIEW a. Use the questions below to interview three people in your class about their opinions and experiences.
b. Report your findings to the class. Try to use the following verb patterns:
c. Write a short survey of your findings. Listening 1. Pre-listening task BRAINSTORMING ABOUT THE TOPIC
Work with a partner. Look at the word map below. Think about crime and brainstorm different aspects of crime. You may, for example, focus on types of crime, causes and effects of crime, personal experiences with crime, punishments for crime, or any other aspects of crime that occur to you. Write notes about your thoughts on the word map. Add as many lines to the word map as you wish.  Share your ideas with another pair of classmates. 2. Listening Technical terms
1. Read the technical terms for various types of crime and their definitions (given in parentheses) in the left column of the chart below. Then listen to a series of radio crime reports. As you listen, write the number of the report next to the type of crime that is being reported.
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