Match the words taken from the text to their definitions.
Date: 2015-10-07; view: 432.
I. Pre-reading activities.
Unit 4.
Fill in the correct idiom from the list below.
Look at the list of offences and decided which are major and which are minor. Then look at the forms of punishment and decide which is appropriate for each offence. Write sentences as in the example.
OFFENCES
| 1. murder 2. burglary 3. rape 4. writing graffiti on a public building 5. carjacking 6. robbery | 7. toxic environmental pollution 8. making noise late at night 9. shop lifting 10. arson 11. vandalism 12. littering |
PUNISHMENT
to be sent to prison; to do community service; to be sentenced to life imprisonment; to be find a large/small amount of money; to be given a suspended (óìîâíèé) sentence; to be given a warning.
E. g. Murder is a major offence. I think that someone who murders smb. should be sentenced to life imprisonment.
a) caught red-handed; b) doing time;
c) in cold blood; d) on the alert; e) at large.
1.To avoid being mugged in large cities, people should always be …. .
2.The burglar was …. trying to steal money and jewellery from the flat.
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 be would never commit another crime.
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