Who is he?What does he do?

He is a __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ / T _____ / B ________ / M ______ / R _______ , …

A pickpocketA thiefA burglarA muggerA robber

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Grammar

VocabularyCRIMES

The Passive

shopliftingArmed

robberyvandalism hacking

hijacking Theft/burglary murder rape

Drug dealing kidnapping smuggling mugging

1. What´s the crime?• A- blackmail• B- kidnapping• C- hijacking• D- smuggling• E- drug dealing• F- rape• G- vandalism• H- bribery• I- theft• J- assassination• K-murder• L- terrorism

1. Make false copies of sth.2. Take information illegally from other country3. Make illegal copies of sth. 4. Set fire to other people´s or one´s property

ForgeSpionagepiracyArson

ForgerSpypirateArsonist

ForgeSpypirateArson

blackmailerkidnapperhijackersmugglerdrug dealerrapistvandalbriberthiefAssassinmurdererterrorist

blackmailkidnaphijacksmuggleDeal with d.rapevandalizebribestealAssassinatemurderSet off bombs

What about …?

6. Fill in the gaps using words connected with crime and law. You´ve got the initial letters

• If you do something illegal, you b ________ the law. That means you have c _____a crime or a minor o ________ (which isn´t a serious crime)

• If someone sees you committing a crime, that person is a w _______ and he/she should r _______ it to the police, making a s _______. When you know that a crime is going to take place you can t _____ the police o ___

• If someone causes damages to you or to your property you can s ______ him/her. Occasionally people who commit a crime admit they did it so they o _____ u ____ and g ________themselves u ________ to the police

• When the police know about a crime, the first thing they do is to i ______ and if they find a responsible person they will a ________ him/her and at the police s ________ they will q _______ the suspect. If they are sure he/she committed the crime he/she is c________ w _____ the crime and the person must go to c ______ for t ______

• In court, the accused or d_______ must prove he/she is i ______ , although some defendants p_______ themselves guilty. The j ______ listens to all the e ________ and checks all the p _____. If the defendants have an a _____ they might g_____ a ____ w _____ the crime

• And if they decide he/she is guilty , he / she is c ________ with the crime. Now the judge passes a v______ or sentences the defendant to a f _____ (for minor offences), to c ______ s _____, to two years on p _________ , to 3 years in prison, to l _______ i __________ or to the d _______ p _______ or c _______ p _____

• _________ . If the defendant (with the help of the barrister and the s _________ ) is not convicted with the crime he/she is a ________

Breakcommitted/offenceWitnessreport/ statement/tip offSue / own up / give upInvestigate/arreststation/ question Charged with/ court / trialDefendant /innocent/plead judge / evidence/ proofs/alibi / get away withConvicted/ verdict/fine/community service/ probation/ life inprisonmenet/ death penaltyHowever/ solicitor/acquitted

• Vandalized• Mugged• Burgled• Robbed• Stole

• Smuggled• Falsified• Trafficking• Arrested• charged

• Tried• Convicted• Sentenced• break

• Thick as thieves• Hardened• Got away with• Boys in blue/cops• Boys in blue/cops• Red handed

• Nicking• Leg it• Spill the beans• Doing time / behind bars• Nick• Doing time/ behind bars

kidnappingmurder

Hijackingrape

burglaryDrug dealing

smuggling

vandalism

blackmail

Armed robbery

fraud

briberyterrorism

theftmugging

verbcriminal

kidnapper kidnapmurderer murder

hijacker hijackrapist rape

burglar burgle

Drug dealer Buy/sell drugs

smuggler smauggle

vandal vandalise

blackmailer blackmail

robber rob

Commit fraud

bribeterrorist Set off bombs

thief stealMugger mug

CommittedInvestigated

CaughtArrested

Questionedcharged

CourtWitnesses

JuryEvidenceVerdictGuiltyJudge

PunishmentSentenced Not guilty

Proofacquitted

Pronunciation: the letter u

DrugsJudge

MuggerPunishmentsmuggling

Burglarmurderer

CaughtCourtFraud

manslaughter

Community

accuse

jury guilty

Translate into English.• 1.¿Cómo te hiciste carterista?.R. Polanski

se puso en contacto con mi empresa que provee de magos para espectáculos en directo y volé a Praga que es donde se iba a grabar la película.

• 2. Me entrevistó pero fue simplemente que me pidió que le robara el reloj sin darse cuenta. ¿Y cuánto tardaste en aprender los trucos para ser un buen carterista?

• 3. El truco está en hacer que la gente se fije en unas cosas y no en otras, es decir, hacer dirigir la atención a algo mientras se roba su bolsillo. Los turistas son un grupo de riesgo.

• 4. Conoces a alguien que le hayan robado, atracado, entrado en casa, acusado injustamente de haber robado en una tienda, le hayan parado por conducción temeraria, ofrecido un soborno…

• How did you become a pickpocket?. R. Polanski got in touch with my company, which supplies magicians for live events and I flew to Prague where they were going to shoot the film

• He interviewed me but he just asked me to steal his watch without him noticing. How long did you take to learn the tricks for becoming a pickpocket?

• The trick is to make people notice some things but not others, that is to say, to make people focus attention on something while you pick their pocket/while you steal from people´s pockets. Tourists are particularly at risk

• Do you know someone who has been robbed/mugged/burgled, has burgled his house, unfairly accused of shoplifting, stopped/pulled over for speeding/recless driving, offered a bribe, …

The PassiveSE DICE / ME DEJAN / LE ROBARON … / TE ...

People say that …12 It is said that …

My parents let me …

I´m allowed to …

Someone stole him…

He was robbed …

Active HE GAVE SHANNON A PRESENT

Passive A PRESENT WAS GIVEN TO SHANNON BY HIM

SHANNON WAS GIVEN A PRESENT BY HIM

1. If something is undrinkable that means that it can ´t ________ ________- What about the others?1. Washable _____________ 4. portable _________ 2. advisable

____________ 5. unusable _____________ 3. edible ______6. inevitable ______________

2. We use the passive because we are more interested in the action than in the person who did it. This is what happens in the next sentences. Fill in the gaps by using the passive.Many accidents _________________ by dangerous drivingCheese __________________ from milkThe roof of the building ____________________ in the storm a few days agoThere´s no need to leave a tip. Service ________________ in the billYou_____________________ to the wedding. Why didn ´t you go?A cinema is a place where films _______________In the USA, elections for President __________________ every four yearsWe were driving too fast but we __________________ by lots of other cars

The PassiveBE DRUNK

It can be washed It can be carried

It can be advised It can ´t be used It can be eatenIt can´t be avoided

Are caused

Is made was damaged

Is includedWere invited

are played

Are held

Were overtaken

Active or Passive?

3.I´ve sold it4. It´s been sold

5. Are made6. It might be stolen7. It must have been

stolen8. Must have taken it

9.Can be solved10. Should have left

11. Is delayed12. Is being built/are

expected

THE PASSIVE

• ARE BEING FOLLOWED• CAN´T BE EXPLAINed• HAD BEEN CANCELLED• HAS BEEN REPAIRED• IS BEING RESTORED• IS BELIEVED • I WOULD BE SACKED• MIGHT HAVE BEEN THROWN • WAS TAUGHT• BEING ARRESTED

• HAVE YOU EVER BEEN ARRESTED• WERE REPORTED • HAVE BEEN INJURED

1. It´s expected that the strike will end soon. The strike is expected to end soon_________2. It´s expected that the weather will be good tomorrow. The weather is_____________________________3. It is said that the thieves got in through the kitchen. The thieves are _________________________________4. It is reported that many people are homeless after the flood. Many people are __________________________5. It´s thought that the prisoner escaped by climbing a wall. The prisoner is _____________________________6. It´s said that than man drove through the town at 90 miles. He is ____________________________________7. It´s said that the building has been badly damaged by fire. The building is ____________________________8. It´s believed that the company lost a lot of money last year. The company is ________________________

IT IS SAID THAT HE …Dicen …Dicen que él… HE IS SAID TO …

Expected to be good tomorrow

Said to have got in through the window

Reported to be homelessafter the flood

Thought to have escaped by climbing a wall

Said to have driven trough the town at 90 miles

Said to have been badly damaged by fire

Believed to have lost a lot of money

HAVE SOMETHING DONE

• B• A• A• B

2. Use the words in brackets to complete the sentences with this structureWe ____________________________ (the house/repaint) at the momentI lost my key . I ´ll have to ______________________ (another key/make)When was the last time you ________________________(your hair/cut)This coat is dirty. I must ________________________ (it/clean)

Are having our house repaintedHave another key made

Had your hair cutHave it cleaned

Definitions • Insurance• Alibi• Acquitted• Convicted with / charged with• A statement• To tip off• A Witness• Evidence• To plead• On probation• Get away with• Solicitor/barrister• An offence/ a crime• A trial

Making the Punishment _______ the crimeBe arrested 1. bother neighbours

Be sentenced to a fine or 2. are offered a choice

He made 3. suspended or work as a school crossing guard

His ruling or creative justice 4. to choose between creative sentence or jail

He allows offenders 5. Beauty spots

Speeding offenders 6. these sentences, they don ´t usually reoffend

To have their licences 7. his tough family background

He attributes it to 8. has won national acclaim

A drawer in his 9. for committing a crime

When people fulfil 10.cramped office is full of thank-you letters

Barking dogs 11. short prison sentence

Spoil 12. His point

Men caught with a loaded gun 13. were told to organize a picnic for primary school

Teenagers who let down tyres on school buses

14. were sent to a mortuary to see dead bodies

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O _______ = synonym with criminal

B_________ = this is what dogs do

when a gun has got bullets is L ________

H_______ = when it rains balls of ice

J ____ = synonym with prison

R_______ = when you commit a crime again

S _______ = destroy / waste/

L_______= When soil slides down a mountain sweeping everything on its way

M__________________ = Salirse con la suya

A _______ = let someone do something

L______ D ____ T ____ = use a knife to break vehicle´s wheels

L ________ = what you can see after thunder

D_______ L _______ = carnet de conducir

B_________ information behind an event or fact

S _______ = not allow a worker to continue at work for some time

A F _____ of lightning

B________ S ______ = a beautiful place

C _____ place= with lots of things around

when there is water everywhere, there is a F __

D_______ = long period of hot weather

B _________ = annoy / disturb / nag someone

D ____ = object attached to a table used to store things

F_______ = long period of dying hungry people

S ______ = hacer turismo

OffenderJail

Make one´s point

Driving licenceBeauty spot

bother

BarkReoffend

AllowBackground

Cramped place

drawer

LoadedSpoil

Let tyres downSuspend

FloodFamine

HailLandslideLightning

FlashDrought

sightseeing

Listening:The Flood in Prague• The river was s___________ and finally o __________ in Prague, The C______ Republic• His flat was next to the river b _____• Do something s ____________• So far, so good!• He was a ___________ of l ____________ b ____________ into his house• He S__________ u _____ all night• He s _________ the w _________ evening and night listening to the News b ________ that

gave r ____________on …• The water level was r ____________ • He could hear cars s __________ and s _____ o _____• De vez en cuando = F ___________________________ I looked out of the window.• The car park finally was e ________, ,No quedaba ningún coche= ______________________ • He went to a r __________ house• The car in front w _________ in the water to make its way through the water• He thought he could make it• He m ____________ (= could) to do it• His flat was badly d __________

swollen overflew Czechbank

sensible

afraid looters breakingstayed upspent whole bulletins

reportsrisingstart set off

From time to time

empty there weren ´t any cars leftRelative´s

waded

managed

damaged

hurricane earthquake storm tornado wildfire

tsunami flood avalanche landslide Volcanic eruption

Thunder and lightninhg

hailstones drought famine

5. Weather conditionsNoun Adjective Verb Words connected

Sun

Cloud

Fog

Heat

Wind

Ice

Shower

Humidity

Storm

Thunder

lightning

snow

Sleet hail gale thaw smog melt freezing blizzardDrizzle shower thunder mist slush mild warm boiling drought flood chilly heatwave settle dry breeze pour down wet Overcast torrential hurricane

sun

fogheatwindice

cloud

rainthunder

stormsnow

sunny shine warm mildcloudy Set infoggy

rainy

Icy/freezing

windyhot

snowystormy

thundery

freezerain

strike

snow

Fog/set in

heatblow gale

hailsleet

sleet

overcastsmog

boiling

thaw

thaw melt

melt

blizzardblizzard

drizzle shower

mist

slush

drought

flood

chilly

heatwave

settle

breeze

wet

hurricane

THE WEATHER

• S ________• S ________• B ________• S ________• D ________• S ________• H ________• T ________• M _______• S ________

• SNOWDRIFTS• SLEET• BLIZZARD• SLUSH• D RIZZLE• SHOWER• HAIL• THUNDERSTORM• MIST• SMOG

• Melts/ thaws• Mild• Settle• Hazy• Breeze• Overcast / poured • Boiling/ humid• Storm / torrential / flooded• Damp• muggy• hail