Unit 6 Detective stories

Vocabulary

A 22-year-old man was murdered

Here is the detective’s report, please help him complete it. A young man was m________ in Valley Town. The body was f_______ in the doorway of a clothes shop. The v_______ was a computer programmer who worked in New Town. When he l______ his office, he said he was going to visit his parents.

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The murder t______ place between 9 p.m. and 1 a.m. last night. The victim was killed w______ a knife and there was evidence of a s_______ . We are checking the scene for f_________ , which will help us find the murderer. A witness saw a man running down Upper Street with b______ on his shirt. But the man said that he was not g______ .

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•What does Ke Nan do?

•What does a detective do?

•How many kinds of crimes do you know about?

•And what are they?

theft n.

thief n. thieves

.The boy is a thief.

He often steals things.

He is guilty of theft.

shoplifting n. Steal sth from a shop

shoplifter n. 入店行窃者

The man used to shoplift in shops.

He was a shoplifter.

At last ,he was under arrest for shoplifting.

murder n.

v.

murderer n.

A young woman was murdered.

The police have found out the murderer.

This person is wanted for murder.

kidnapping n.

kidnapper n.

A girl was kidnapped last week.

He put up a good fight with the kidnappers.

Tom was charged with kidnapping.

•kidnap A. a person who takes another

person’s things secretly

•rob B. steal sb Away by force in

order to get money

•murder C. a person who takes things

from a shop secretly

•thief D. unlawfully kill sb.

•shoplifter E. take things or money from

a person or a place by force

Complete the table with crimes,criminals and verbs.

crimes criminals verbs

Steal

kidnapping

shoplifter

murder

robbery

thief (thieves)thiefthief

kidnapper

theft

murder

kidnapshoplifting shoplift

murderer

robber rob

Here are some other names for crimes and criminals, could you guess their Chinese names?

Crimes                                  criminals

Battery (殴打 )                           attacker

Drug dealing（贩卖毒品）        drug dealer

Mugging （抢劫）                    mugger

Robbery                                 robber

Vandalism （蓄意破坏公物）    vandal

Money laundering（洗黑钱）   money launderer

Burglary  （入室盗窃）             burglar

Forgery （伪造文件等）            forger

Pay attention to the following sentences He is guilty of theft. This person is wanted for murder. Tom was charged with kidnapping. At last ,he was under arrest for shoplifting.

The victim had criminal record for robbery.

Look at the crimes from Part A, what do you think the punishment for those crimes should be. Have a discussion, and then present your conclusion.

a list of penalties for you:

•2 years in prison

•5 years in prison

•10 years in prison

•2 0years in prison

•50 years in prison

•Life in prison

•Death penalty

Fill in the blanks according to the Chinese

•He was charged with being the ________(凶手 ).

•Those ________（小偷） were caught at last.

•There’re many ___________(犯罪行为 )in that city.

•It is said the boy was ___________(绑架 )last Friday.

•She was fined three hundred dollars for _______________(从商店偷窃商品 ).

murdermurderer

thieves

crimes

kidnapped

shoplifting

Task 2 choose the words to fill in the blanks, pay attention to their formsSteal, kill, murder, rob, kidnap, shoplift, killer, Murderer, robber, shoplifter, kidnapper, thief, kidnapping, robbery

•Yesterday he had his wallet s__________ when he was shopping.

•The rich boy was k_________________ on his way from school last Friday afternoon.

•I don’t know why there are more and more k_____________ happening in our country.

•It is reported that the bank was r__________ of a lot of money during the r____________.

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idnapped

idnappings

obbedobbery

•A t____________ broke into his house last night and s____________ his mobile phone and some money.

•The shop is now taking actions to stop these s_________ from getting in.

•It is obvious that he was k_____________ with a sharp knife, but nobody saw the k_______.

•The k___________ asked the businessman for one million yuan to free his daughter.

Steal, kill murder, rob, kidnap, shoplift, killer, Murderer, robber, shoplifter, kidnapper, thief, kidnapping, robbery

hieftole

hoplifters

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iller

idnapper

•The detectives all went out to search for the information about the m_______________ that happened under the bridge.

•You can often hear the bus driver remind the passengers to be careful with t___________.

Steal, kill, murder, rob, kidnap, shoplift, killer, Murderer, robber, shoplifter, kidnapper, thief, kidnapping, robbery

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hieves

Task 3 fill in the blanks with right forms of the words given

•Come here, Jack. You____________(want) on the phone.

•No one _____________(travel) farther than the moon so far.

•My food has_________________(go)_____________(miss).

•The story______________(happen) last night.

•There ________________(be) many changes over the years.

•His body__________(find) in the garden the day before yesterday.

•He _________(charge) with _________________ (break) into my house soon.

•By whom ____________ the young cook _________ (kill).

•Why __________ they ___________(kidnap) by you yesterday.

are wanted has travelled

gone missinghappened

have been

was found

will be charged breaking

was killedwere kidnapped

Homework:

Remember the new words.

Make sentences with the words.

Find some examples about crimes and criminals.

Thank you !

Goodbye!