A Macabre Story

Law Breakers

TASK I. Match each word on the left with the appropriate definition on the

right.

ЛРК Л.'.О^ I.₍ац, arsonjst о,. attacks and robs people, often in the street

'."§ shop-ljffta $ - sets fire to property illegally 3. a mugger®^ ^l(2J^f *^s anyone who breaks the law |l l^an iDffender^tMi^b/eaks into houses or other buildings to steal

5. a vandal - steals from shops while acting as an ordinary customer

6. a burglar

7. a murderer

8. a kidnapper • юГа Mckpocief ^

10. ah accomplice

11. a drug dealer

12. a spy,, j

13. a terrorist

14. an assassin

15. a hooligan

16. a stowaway _л .b^'ii'vu f#

17. a thief

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- kills someone

- deliberately causes damage to property

- steals things from people's pockets in crowded places

- gets secret information from another country

- buys and sells drugs illegally

- takes away people by force and demands money for their return

- helps a criminal in a criminal act

- uses violence for political reasons j.eauses damage or disturbance in public places

- hides on a ship or plane to get a free journey

esi control of a plane by force and makes the pilot cnrargefjpourse

- murders for political reasons or a reward

18. a hijackerl^Q^A ^fji someone who steals p ^_f ^ ₍ ^ ^x/ ^ ^_

19. a forger Q - makes counterfeit (false)' money or signatures

20. arobbeAoAtffiVo»^{8a member of a criminal} §^гои»| | - С ^it^bblrtk*

21. a smuggler - steals money, etc. by force frofft people of places ^M " VP

22. a traitoryjA^ g^^mar/ies illegally, being married already

23. a gangster^Ms&f >• is a soldier who runs away from the army

23. Fdeserterto^pl" brings goods into a country illegally without paying tax 2$, a bigamisuT -' betrays his or her country to another state

$ ^v *j Let's Do Justice! (Role play)

ГЛЖ 2 Work in pairs Each pair consists of a criminal (choose your role from the list above) and a defence lawyer

STEP 1. The lawyer questions his client (the criminal) and finds out all the circumstances of the crime. STEP 2. The lawyer delivers a speech trying to prove his client non guilty.

STEP 3. The rest of the group - the jurors - hold deliberations and bring in the verdict.

TASK 3. In the passage below, verbs are mainly given in the infinitive form; your task is to put them into the appropriate tense or form

The moment she (to turn) the corner, Jill (to notice) that her front door (to stand) open. She definitely (to shut) it when she (to go) out, and her flat­mate, Louis, not (to say) that she (to come) this evening. Jill (to slacken) her pace, (to think) what she (can) do. If she (to ask) her neighbours (to accompany) her and it (to turn out) that there (to be) no one there, then she (to look) a fooL

On the other hand, if she (to enter) the flat alone, and (to find) an intruder there, it (can) end very badly.

"This never (to happen) to me before," Jill (to think), "and I (to hope) it never (to happen) again."

TASK 4. Continue the story as if you were

- Jill

- her neighbour

- her flat-mate

- the person inside

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