Дисциплина “иностранный язык в сфере юриспруденции”

Exercise 1. Business tycoon, George Henderson, aged 45, was found murdered last night in the library of his mansion. Police detectives are questioning the four suspects pictured below. Read the information about the victim and the suspects and decide who the murderer could be.

George Henderson (the victim)

The multi-millionaire had been stabbed in the back at about 10 p.m. No murder weapon was found. The victim had been watching a docu­mentary on TV Channel 3 when he was killed. His supper tray was found on a table in the library; the food had not been touched!

Roy Smith (the butler)

The butler’s mother is very ill, but his salary is too low to pay for the surgery she needs, even though he had been working for Henderson for twenty years. He was considered by all to be a loyal employee. He claims that at the time of the murder, he was watching a documentary on TV Channel 3,

Charles Herderson (the nephew)

George Henderson’s nephew, Charles, had been warned by his uncle to change his “wild ways” or he would be cut out of the will. He had no keys to the mansion. He was secretly seeing Henderson's housemaid, Claudine. He says he was at home alone watching a sports programme on TV Channel 3 between 9 and 11 p.m.

C laudine Dupont (the maid)

George Henderson’s maid for the past two years, Claudine, was believed to be a reliable employee. She says she was washing Henderson’s supper dishes in the mansion’s kitchen at the time of the murder.

C harlotte Henderson (the wife)

Henderson and his wife Charlotte had been separated for seven months. She was not living in the mansion at the time of the murder, although she still had a key! The divorce was not yet final when the murder occurred. Charlotte believed she'd probably be awarded very little money in the divorce case. She says she was at the home of Henderson’s lawyer when the murder occurred.

Exercise 2. Fill in the correct idiom from the list below:

caught red-handed in cold blood at large doing time on the alert

1. To avoid being mugged in large cities, one should be………at all times.

2. The burglar was……trying to break the window of the house.

3. He killed his enemy……….and claimed that he felt no regret afterwards.

4. The police announced that a dangerous criminal was…….and advised people to remain inside with their doors and windows locked.

5. After……for robbery, he swore he would never commit another crime.

Exercise 3. Complete each sentence with the correct word from the box.

bullies burglar dealers drink driving fine gangs

graffiti hooligans judge mugged robbers

shoplifting speeding theft violence

1. A _______ broke into our house while we were away this weekend and stole our video.

2. Drug ________ who sell heroin to teenagers are among the worst kind of criminals.

3. Car _______ in this area is increasing. Fifty cars were stolen last week.

4. Fourteen football ________ were arrested after the match. They were fighting and throwing bottles onto the pitch.

5. He should have taken a taxi home after the party. He got stopped by the police and lost his license for _________.

6. He was doing 80 km an hour in the centre of town. He was caught ________on a camera.

7. He’s scared to walk home from school on his own because last week some ________ in the year above him broke his personal stereo.

8. If you park on a double yellow line, you might get a parking _______.

9. In court, the _______ said he should stay in prison for the rest of his life.

10. She was arrested for ________. She stole a pair of jeans and a sweater from a clothes shop.

11. Some people think that the _________ on TV and in films leads to crime.

12. The health centre wall has some big red ________ on it. They’ll have to repaint the wall.

13. There was a big fight between two ________ of teenagers outside the club. Seventeen people were hurt.

14. Two armed bank _______ got away with ₤ 50,000 yesterday.

15. Two guys _______ a friend of mine recently and ran off with her handbag.

Exercise 4. Use one of these words to complete the paragraph

· sentence · criminal · offence · judge · jury

· kidnapping · reward · trial · ransom · arrest

There are many different kinds of crimes. 1)____, taking somebody away and demanding a 2)_____for their return, is a particularly serious 3)_____. The police often offer a 4)_____, which is sometimes quite a substantial sum of money, for information leading to the 5)______ of a 6)_______. It is not always easy for a 7)_____to decide whether the suspect is guilty or not. The 8)______of a suspect often takes days, or even weeks. Having decided on their verdict, the jury do not, however, have to decide how long a 9)_____ to give. That is the job of the 10)_____.

Exercise 5. What’s the crime? Write a word which has the same meaning as the definitions in 1-6. The first letter of each word is given.

1. breaking in to steal something b_______

2. driving more quickly than the limit s_______

3. killing unintentionally m_______

4. killing intentionally m_______

5. attacking and robbing violently m_______

6. the act of stealing t________

Exercise 6. Fill in the gaps with the correct prepositions. Some may be used more than once.

· under · before · of · in · with · to

1) The accused is being kept………..custody until the trial begins.

2) He was sentenced…………10 years in prison for committing armed robbery.

3) The police have placed 2 men suspected of the kidnapping………arrest.

4) I was shocked to hear that Mark was accused………..fraud.

5) He’s been charged…….a crime he did not commit.

6) The witness appeared………..court and gave his testimony.

7) the accused was kept……..handcuffs throughout the trial.

8) The case was brought………..the court.

9) When the jury reached a verdict……..not guilty, the accused breathed a sigh of relief.

Exercise 7. Read, translate and retell the text.

The Blasphemous Teddy Bear

British primary school teacher Gillian Gibbons was arrested in Sudan, accused of insulting Islam’s Prophet by letting her class of 7-year-olds name a teddy bear Mohammed.

It probably seemed like the most innocent of ideas to the newly arrived teacher from England, still set­tling into life in the Sudanese capital Khartoum. She asked her class of six- and seven-year-olds to dress up and name a teddy bear, and keep a diary of his outings. And the children chose the name for their bear: Muhammad.

Gillian Gibbons, 54, spent two nights in a Sudanese prison, accused of insulting Is­lam’s Prophet. She faces a public lashing or up to six months in prison if found guilty on charges of blas­phemy. And Unity High School – one of a number of exclusive British schools in the Sudanese capital – has been closed as staff fear reprisals from Islamic extremists. “This was a completely innocent mistake”, said Robert Boulos, the school’s director. “Miss Gibbons would have never wanted to insult Islam”.

“We tried to reason with the police but we felt they were coming under strong pressure from Islamic courts”, said Boulos. “There were men with big beards asking where she was and saying they wanted to kill her”.

A similar angry crowd had gathered by the time she arrived at the Khartoum police station where she is being held.

This British school is very prestigious. Many of its pupils come from well-to-do Sudanese families. But Sudan is ruled by religious conservatives. Sharia law was introduced in 1991; alcohol is banned and women must wear headscarves. Convicted criminals are routinely flogged or executed.

The bizarre turn of events that led to the teacher’s arrest began in September, soon after she arrived in the country. Her young class studied the behavior and habitat of bears, so she suggested that pupils bring in a teddy bear to serve as a case study. A seven-year-old girl brought in her favorite cuddly toy and the rest of the class was invited to name him. After considering the names Hassan and Abdullah, they voted overwhelmingly in favor of Muhammad – the first name of the most popular boy in the class.

“No parents or teachers complained because they knew she had no bad intention”, said Boulos. Until last week. Parents from another class raised concerns with the school. Then Sudan’s feared police came at the weekend.

Bishop Ezikiel Kondo, chairman of the school council, said: “The thing may be very simple, but they just may make it bigger. It’s a kind of blackmail”. Khartoum exploded with anger at accusations of blas­phemy in the past. Several years ago angry demonstrators denounced cartoons of the Prophet that appeared in Danish newspapers.

Most parents arriving at the school gates were supportive of the British teacher. One mother, whose seven-year-old son was in Gibbons’ class, said her family had not been offended by the name. “Our Prophet Muhammad tells us to be forgiving”, she said. “So she should be released. She didn’t mean any of this at all”.

Exercise 8. Solve the crossword.

A CROSS

3. (n.) The legal dissolution of a marriage.

6. (n.) A person who takes away people by force and demands money for their return.

8. (adj.) Not guilty.

9. (n.) A police officer or a private investigator whose function is to obtain information and evi­dence of ille­gal activity.

11. (v.) To take the property of another or others without permission or right.

14. (n.) A thing or things helpful in forming a conclusion or judgment; in law, the documentary or oral statements and the material objects ad­missible as testimony in court.

16. (v.) To seize by the authority of the law; to make someone a prisoner.

17. (n.) A claim by an accused person of having been elsewhere when an offense was committed.

DOWN

1. (n.) A correctional institution meant for punishment and/or rehabilitation of offend­ers.

2. (n.) A public official who hears and decides cases in a law court.

4. (n.) A person who suffers injury, loss, or death as a result of criminal activities or other circumstances.

5. (adj.) Prohibited by law or by official rules.

7. (n.) A penalty inflicted for an offence.

10. (adj.) Relating to the rights of private individuals and legal proceedings concerning these rights as distinguished from criminal proceedings.

12. (n.) The act of putting someone to death as a lawful penalty.

13 (n.) The illegitimate use of force and violence to create fear in order to gain a political or some other objective when innocent people suffer.

15. (v.) To take or receive (property, a right, a title, etc.) by succession or will