- •Предисловие
- •Часть I включает двадцать аутентичных текстов, каждый из которых снабжен лексико-грамматическими упражнениями для развития навыков устной речи.
- •Часть II содержит тексты для ознакомительного чтения и задания к ним, позволяющие осуществить контроль понимания прочитанного.
- •Часть III включает сборник грамматических упражнений, направленных на активное усвоение основных грамматических моделей.
- •Unit 1 What is Law?
- •Recognition vocabulary
- •Vocabulary to be memorized
- •Assignments
- •Recognition vocabulary
- •Unit 2 Kinds of laws
- •Vocabulary to be memorized
- •Assignments
- •Unit 3 Who makes laws?
- •Recognition vocabulary
- •Vocabulary to be memorized
- •Assignments
- •Unit 4 courts
- •Recognition vocabulary
- •Vocabulary to be memorized
- •Assignments
- •Unit 5 Court systems
- •Recognition vocabulary
- •Vocabulary to be memorized
- •Assignments
- •Unit 6 The Adversary System
- •Recognition vocabulary
- •Vocabulary to be memorized
- •Assignments
- •Unit 7 Judges and Juries
- •Recognition vocabulary
- •Vocabulary to be memorized
- •Assignments
- •Unit 8 The Idea of Torts: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow
- •Recognition vocabulary
- •Vocabulary to be memorized
- •Assignments
- •Unit 9 Types of Torts
- •Recognition vocabulary
- •Vocabulary to be memorized
- •Assignments
- •Unit 10 torts that Injure Persons
- •Recognition vocabulary
- •Vocabulary to be memorized
- •Assignments
- •Unit 11 State and Federal Criminal Laws.
- •Recognition Vocabulary
- •Vocabulary to be memorized
- •Assignments
- •Unit 12
- •Victims of Crime
- •If You Become a Victim
- •Recognition Vocabulary
- •Vocabulary to be memorized:
- •Assignments
- •Unit 13 Nature and Causes of Crime
- •Recognition vocabulary
- •Vocabulary to be memorized
- •Assignments
- •Unit 14 General Consideration
- •Recognition Vocabulary
- •Vocabulary to be memorized
- •Assignment
- •Unit 15 Preliminary Crimes
- •Recognition Vocabulary
- •Vocabulary to the memorized
- •Assignments
- •Unit 16 The Trial
- •Recognition Vocabulary
- •Vocabulary to be memorized
- •Assignments
- •Unit 17 Arrest
- •Recognition Vocabulary
- •Vocabulary to be memorized
- •Assignments
- •Unit 18 Crimes Against the Person
- •Recognition Vocabulary
- •Vocabulary to be memorized.
- •Premeditated criminal activity
- •Assignments
- •Unit 19 Crimes Against Property
- •Vandalism
- •Recognition Vocabulary
- •Vocabulary to be memorized
- •Assignments
- •Unit 20 Sentencing
- •Recognition Vocabulary
- •Vocabulary to be memorized
- •Assignments
- •Part II
- •Text 1 Consumer Law
- •Assignment
- •Influences on consumer
- •Assignment
- •Test 3 How law protect the consumer
- •Assignment
- •Test 4 Court cases on consumer’s complaints
- •Assignment
- •Text 5 Family law
- •Text 6 Spouse abuse
- •Assignment
- •Assignment
- •Part III
- •There is - there are
- •The Degrees of Comparison
- •The Active Voice
- •The Passive Voice
- •The Infinitive
- •The Gerund
- •Participle I
- •Participle II
- •Modal verbs and their equivalents
- •The Subjunctive Mood
- •Оглавление
Recognition vocabulary
nouns |
verbs |
adjectives |
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suspect - подозреваемый suburb - пригогод male - мужчина female - женщина rate - уровень fear - страх cause - причина poverty - бедность unemployment - безработица lack - нехватка, недостаток abuse - злоупотребление breakdown - упадок certainty - неизбежность, несомненность mass media - средства массовой информации violence - насилие (применение силы) |
report - сообщать, докладывать confine - ограничивать(ся) commit - совершать affect - воздействовать estimate - оценивать(ся) indicate - указывать, показывать rise (rose, risen) - поднимать(ся) decline - падать, снижать(ся) curb - сдерживать, обуздать execute - казнить imprison - заключить в тюрьму deter - удерживать flame - обвинять reduce - сокращать |
urban - городской rural - сельский violent - насильственный damaged - испорченный, поврежденный permissive - терпимый correctional - исправительный affluent (area) - прилегающий tough - строгий, суровый overal - общий adequate - соответствующий, должный |
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Vocabulary to be memorized
1) a crime [ ] - преступление
to report a crime - сообщить о преступлении
to commit a crime - совершить преступление;
2) crime - преступность
crime rate [ ] - уровень преступности
to curb crime [ ] - сдерживать преступность;
3) abuse [ ] - злоупотребление
abuse of alcohol [ ] - алкоголизм
abuse of drugs [ ] - наркомания;
4) a prison term [ ] - тюремный срок;
5) correctional system [ ]- исправительная система.
Assignments
I. Read and translate the text.
II. Read, spell and translate the transcribed words.
III. Match the following.
circumstances the crime rate rural areas in terms of violent crime abuse of drugs tough penalty adequate protection to a degree causes of crime |
сельские районы с точки зрения должная охрана уровень преступности обстоятельства наркомания причины преступности в какой-то степени насильственное преступление суровое наказание |
IV. Give English equivalents for the following.
молодые люди, среди женщин, жить в бедности, неотвратимость наказания, неэффективная исправительная система, обуздать преступность, цена потерянной жизни, удерживать людей от преступлений, прилегающие районы, упадок нравственности, алкоголизм.
V. Give Russian equivalents for the following.
family influences, group pressure, declining morality, population rate, the lack of agreement, recent reports, to be measured in dollars, the number of crime, length of sentence, abuse of alcohol, lack of parental guidance, longer prison terms, certainty of punishment.
VI. Fill in the gaps with -ing-forms or Participle II of the following verbs.
to decline, to level off, to increase, to measure, to explain, to rise, to live, to damage, to prevent.
The crime rate is ... and this is very good news.
Prices are ..., as a result life level is ... .
In which terms can cost of crime be ... ?
The car was so seriously ... that it was practically impossible to fix it.
Do you know the number of people ... in poverty?
How can this rule be ... ?
No doubt, ... crime is a serious and difficult task.
Look! The sun is ... . What a beautiful view!
... morality affects any society.
Many war criminals were ... according to the Nuremberg trial verdicts.
VII. Paraphrase the sentences putting the verbs in the Passive Voice.
Some people explain high crime rates by economic problems.
Television deters us from sport and physical activity.
Unemployment affects all levels of society.
Teachers estimate the student’s knowledge not only at the examinations.
The police reported many violent crimes in the district.
What do they blame him for?
The police officer arrested the juvenile for selling drugs.
VIII. Answer the questions.
What are the statistics on the crime rate in the USA?
What do police reports suggest about who and where commit crimes more frequently?
How do social and economic circumstances affect crime?
What factors are important in increasing crime?
What is necessary to be done for curbing crime?
Can tough penalties curb crime?
IX. Expand on the following.
Preventing crime is not an easy task and it is well indicated by US statistics.
Crime affects all areas and population groups.
Many factors serve causes of crime.
There are different points of view on now to curb crime.
Lack of family or school guidance is an important factor of increasing crime.
X. Retell the text making use of Ass. IX. Compare the situation in the USA and the Russian Federation.
XI. Translate into English.
Преступность - важная проблема многих стран.
Уровень преступности обычно выше в городах, чем в сельских и пригородных районах.
Преступность воздействует на нас всех.
Количество людей, живущих в бедности, растет.
Рост уровня преступности измеряется количеством правонарушений.
Неотвратимость наказания - самый важный фактор, сдерживающий преступность.
К сожалению, уровень алкоголизма и наркомании в России повышается.
Неэффективная исправительная система указывается как причина многих правонарушений.
