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Dialogues

Conversation 1

Have you heard about Henry?

No. What?

He’s been nicked.

You’re joking. What happened?

He was blagging a bank with his brother and somebody grassed on them.

Who’s the nark?

Who knows? Henry’s got a lot of enemies.

Definitions

1 ___________ = a buyer of stolen property

2 ___________ = a lawyer

3 ___________= a person who is easily deceived

4 ___________= a prison guard

5 ___________ = a trick

6____________ = an informer

7 ___________= corrupt

8 ___________= in prison

9 ___________= stolen

10 __________= the police

11 __to nick__ = to arrest

12 __________ = to hold up, to rob using weapons

13 __________= to inform the police

14 _________ = to transfer illegally gained money to a normal bank account

Conversation 2

What did he get?

Eight years.

Eight years inside! I thought you said he had a good brief.

Well, he thought he did.

Where’s he going to do it?

Isle of Wright.

Oh no. The screws in there are the worst in the world.

Conversation 3

So, what have you got for me?

Rolex watches. Two hundred of them.

Are they hot?

What do you think? Would I come to a fence like you with them if they weren’t?

Leave them with me tonight and I’ll give you a price for them in the morning.

Leave it out. Do I look like a mug?

Sorry?

I’m surprised at you, trying a scam like that. I wasn’t born yesterday. I want a price now.

Conversation 4

At one time I had 50 people selling heroin in clubs around the city.

Really? Didn’t you have any problem with the law?

No, they were all bent in those days. A bit of cash every month and they were happy.

So why did you open the supermarkets?

Originally it was a way to launder the drugs money. In the end it became more interesting to be legitimate.

Read and translate the pledge that police officers take in the state of Virginia and compare it with the oath of office that Russian police officers take.

The Trooper Pledge

Humbly recognizing the responsibilities entrusted to me as a member of the Department of State Police, an organization dedicated to the preservation of life and property, I pledge myself to perform my duties honestly and faithfully to the best of my ability and without fear, favor or prejudice. I shall aid those in danger or distress, and shall strive always to make my state and county a safer place in which to live.

I shall wage unceasing war against crime in all its forms, and shall consider no sacrifice too great in the performance of my duty. I shall obey the laws of the United States of America and of the Commonwealth of Virginia, and shall support and defend their constitutions against all enemies whatsoever, foreign or domestic. I shall always be loyal to and uphold the honor of my organization, my state and my country.

    1. When did you take your oath of office?

    2. Do you recognize the responsibility entrusted to you as a police officer?

    3. Did you pledge yourself to perform your duties honestly and faithfully?

    4. In what way are you going to enforce the laws of the land?

    5. Being a police officer, what will you strive to do?

    6. In what way are you going to be loyal to a police organization?

PROJECT WORK

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