Unit 4 Crime

1. Unit 4 Crime Performance Objectives • Describe criminal behavior • Report a crime • Describe changes in one’s career • Describe criminals • Describe how crimes are dealt with by the justice system • Offer advice on safety

2. Preparation Work Make a speech according to one of the following pictures and questions: Picture I Picture II

3. Picture III Picture IV

4. A. Suppose you witnessed the whole process of this crime in the spot, and you are expected to give a detailed description of this criminal by the police. The following questions are given just as references. 1.What sort of age was he? 2.How tall was he? 3.Was he a strong guy? 4.What about his hair? 5.Anything about his facial appearance that makes him easy to recognize? 6.Anything special about his wearing?

5. B. Here use your imagination, and suppose you’re a police, can you give a crime report after the investigation? You can also think the follow questions as references. 1.What’s the crime? 2.When and where did it happen? 3.Who is the victim? 4.What should the readers do if they have information as to the criminal’s identity? 5.What should the readers do if these things happen to him? 6.What will the police do to stop these things from happening?

6. Warm Up Before we come to the main content of this unit, you’re expected to do some preparation work, such as knowing something about this aspect and getting the vocabulary relate to crime. • Can you name these criminal activities in lexical items? • 1. I was walking in the street when a guy snatched my bag. • 2. He was put in prison because he used the company ‘s • money to buy a car of his own. rob / robbery / robber embezzle / embezzlement / embezzler

7. 3. He was caught by the police when transporting cigarettes from Hong Kong to the mainland of China. 4. They took away my little boy and demanded $100,000 for his safe return. smuggle / smuggling / smuggler kidnap / kidnapping / kidnapper 5. My bike was taken away by someone last night. steal / theft / thief

8. 6. A gang took control of the fight and forced the pilot to change his destination. 7. My house was broken into when I was away on holiday. 8. The other day when I was shopping in a supermarket, I saw a little boy take several packs of chewing gum and leave without paying for them. hijack / hijacking hijacker burgle / burglary burglar shoplift / shoplifting shoplifter

9. 9. After I got off from the crowded bus, I found the wallet in my back pocket had gone. 10. He made a living by buying and selling drugs. 11. He killed his best friend intentionally after he learned that his girlfriend was going to marry him. pickpocket /pickpocketing pickpocket traffic / trafficking trafficker murder / murder murderer

10. 12. A man followed me to a back street and attacked me. 13. He got caught when setting fire to a building. 14. They blew up a department store and threatened to do the same to another if their demands were not met by the government. assault / assault assailant set fire to / arson arsonist terrorise / terrorism terrorist

11. 15. Some tourists like carving their names on cultural relics. 16. He violently forced the girl to have sex with him. 17. He got this job by giving money to the person in charge. vandalise / vandalism vandal rape / rape / rape bribe / bribery briber

12. Activity 1 A Full Description • Suppose you have been a witness to a certain crime, what’s your • reaction to it? • Come out and stop it. • Call the police. • Help the victim. • Walk away pretending nothing has happened.

13. The items contained in a Crime Report Form: • ( which the police can use to write down the information a • witness can provide) • Informant’s name • Informant ‘s address • Reported crime / a description of the crime • Time of the crime • Place of the crime • Description of the criminal ( sex, age, height, build, hair, clothes) • Other information • Key Words: • build: the general shape or structure of the human body • greasy hair: the hair looks thick and oily

14. The mood of the informants’ speaking is generally divided into two types: • Sure • I’m sure… • …must be… • …that’s for sure. • If I’m not mistaken… • One thing’s certain… • …definitely… • Not Sure • I’d say… • Let me think for a while…may… • …seemed… • I can’t remember exactly • I seem to remember Practice: Can you give me a detailed description according to the picture on Page 170 ?

15. Activity 2 Crime Reports • I. A formal crime report usually covers the following questions: • What is the crime? • When did it happen? • Where did it happen? • What exactly happened? • What did the criminal look like? • What should the readers do if they have information as to the • criminal’s identity? Practice: Through reading Text 2.1, can you find the specific information about the questions above in it?

16. II. Please pay attention to the following words: indecent, accost, activate, approach, pedestrian, mousy, oval When you’re reading, before looking them up in a dictionary, maybe you can get the probable meaning of them. Can you paraphrase them in your own words?

17. II. Some knowledge about grammatical structures in this part: • 定语从句的使用 • e.g. Anyone who can recognise this man please contact • Crime stoppers on the above number. • （ 注意关系连词的选择和使用以及定语从句的位置 ） • 分词短语充当定语修饰名词或代词以及分词短语充当状语 • e.g. A woman walking alone along the A731 was approached • by a lone male pedestrian. • The man was seen leaving a house, carrying a television. • 1）分词短语充当定语修饰名词时，应放在名词之后。 • 2）分词短语充当状语时， 其逻辑主语应和句子主语一致。

18. Activity 3 A Career in the Police 1. The ranks in the British police force: High Low

19. 2. The description of changes in rank: 1) the expressions which suggests that a person takes a new job title become / join…as… / be appointed / take on the position of 2) the expressions which suggests that a person rises to a higher position be promoted to / There is a rise to… 3) the expressions which suggests that a person moves to a different place within the same organisation be transferred to 4) the expressions which suggests that a person is given some work to do be assigned the task of

20. 3. Pay attention to the following words: discriminate discrimination; appoint appointment promote promotion; resign resignation assign assignment The noun suffixes: -ment , -ation , -tion

21. 4. Question techniques of the interviewer: • ( the following expressions can help the interviewer to get the • information he / she wants and at same time avoid sounding • intrusive.) • use a tag question • Tell me… • …by any chance • …ever… • Could you tell us a bit…? • Is that correct / right?

22. Activity 4 Justice • I.You must be familiar with the following legal terms : • be charged with / be accused of ( a crime ) • 被指控（犯有某种罪行） • appeal / appeal against • 申诉 / 上诉 • sentence • 判决 / 宣判 • convict / conviction • 定罪 • be held in police custody • 监禁 • quash the conviction 撤销定罪 / 宣判无罪

23. You’re also expected to know the legal procedure for a • certain crime case in a flowchart. commit a crime be held in police custody be charged be brought into trial

24. be found guilty be found innocent be sentenced be released serve sentence appeal against the conviction serve sentence quash the conviction

25. Some noticeable features of news reports: 1. to put the outcome first 2. to keep paragraph short

26. Activity 5 Crime Prevention I. Make an intensive reading of the tips about the safety measures against the crimes. 1. Pay attention to some new words and expressions, can you paraphrase them in your own language: personal attack alarm spyhole clasp prowler