8 C R I M E A N D PUNISHAAENT

• VOCABULARY
Crime
1 Read the descriptions. Write the ñame of the c r i m e s . 3 Choose the correct options to complete the sentences.
1 The supermarket says that thousands of razors are stolen 1 Someone's stolen my apanment / traíñerslj
from their shelves every year. s'np'^'V' ^ V<(lg 2 My boss has been charged with €10,000 [íax^vasjm^
2 Five people w/ere almost killed when a car bomb was left 3 A boy at my school got arrested for'áreoñy some money.
near the pólice station. Pólice believe it was the work of
4 Don't do that! You're committing a fine / ú crimej^
a violent political group. \.pA\ovvs.'fi'. u-r-
5 Last week a man robbed my mobile phone //pareñts)
3 They stopped an eiderly man while he was waiking in the
park. They showed him their knives and toid him to give
6 The company was found guilty of í/Jega;pie sharfn^/ life
them all his money tf^^'j '
imprisonment.
4 Someone went into our house while we were on holiday
and stoie the TV. VÍJAO\^'<M
Scams
5 Some teenagers set fire to a school in their
neighbourhood. g^'J^o''^' 4 Complete the w o r d s .
6 In the novel that l'm reading, a rich businessman is shot
by a rival while he is sieeping. teOiML-._
7 Some kids broke all those Windows for fun.

8 They received a note yesterday saying their 21-year-

old son had been captured, and would not be released
unless they paid $2 million. „vLiÍ!i5S£^
2 Complete the t e x t w i t h the w o r d s and phrases from the
box. T h e r e is one that you don't need.

•GapJíaJ-^tífl+shmeflt CCTTmunity Gcrviee

cocpioíal -6fie 4mpmoTTmerft -prtssfi-seFrteftee

"* Have you ever been a victim of crime, Helmut?

Do existing punishments fit today's crimes?
T h e most serious penalty for a crime is
^^f'ly.mp-f-L , the death penalty. I n many countries.
this is not a legal punishment and life ^'^^ ÍÍÍI^ÍÍ; Dt'!:''^ -
is given instead for crimes like murder. However, despite
its ñame, this may only mean a • • o f
30 years. T h e reason is obvious. Too many people
are in j a i l and it's expensive to keep them there.
B Well, yes. It was a scam, really, not a big crime. I was
on holiday and I wanted to hire a quad bike. The man
asked for my ID card as security I was a bit
''"'^n A í 3 , really, because I trusted him.
I suppose if you're a normal, ^^^1 _11¿ -ab _1 A ¡ H g
j Citizen, you do trust people.

That's why governments prefer to tell people to pay 8 Yes, exactly When I returned the bike, the man said it
a íi^l^ for minor oíTences hke speeding, was damaged and that he wouldn't give me back my
and why younger crimináis can just be warned not ID card unless I paid a fine! We had a big argument and
to commit the offence again. Another punishment then this policeman appeared. Although I think he was i
is ^%a^J^íi:ii:^^íi*vwhere crimináis have to work •
"''b J?g 11 S „ one, because he didn't listen to me at all.
for free in their local área. Some people believe that
couldn't be sure if he was real or not, but I wasn't going
these punishments are not serious enough and that
to argüe with an ^*^a th j2. i 3 : y f Á. u X e like
®^i>-Mí'2ll3í^, punishment would be more effective
that. I just paid, and the man got an extra $100.
because physical pain has more impact on people.
M a k i n g the punishment fit the crime is a challenging A So the man renting quad bikes and the policeman were
issue faced by governments around the world. What both ^5'fr K A st S rs? Poor you. Well, put it down
do you think? T e l l us your opinión by adding your to experience. You won't be en A n like that
comments below. again.

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O n trial i - .
5 Read the clues. Complete the crossword with words for the law. \\

Across Down r
^ The ... accuse someone of a crime. The ... is the person on
Sí The ... speal< for the person who is trial. He/she has been
accused. accused of something. '
& The ... are members of the public. •2^ The ... supervises the
They watch the trial and decide if the trial and makes the final
person is guilty or not. decisión about what
punishment to give.
/ A ... is someone who saw the crime
and who tells the court what he/she 3" The ... is where the trial
saw. takes place.

•3 V O C A B U L A R Y E X T E N S I O N PoIice WOrk
5 a Read t h e w o r d s and their definitions. Then complete t h e sentences w i t h t h e w o r d s .
1 The pólice identified 4 Gordon's
alibi (n) a piece of information that proves y o u did not the murderer using is perfect. The robbery
do a c r i m e because you were somewhere else happened at 5 p.m., when
' bail (n) before a trial, y o u can pay this money to the 2 The judge has agreed he was on a plañe over the
court to be free and not i n prison that you can pay Pacific.
' c o n v i c t e d (adj) found guilty of a c r i m e by a court ^Wu of The pólice put VSAAGO^^S
D N A t e s t i n g (n) a w a y of looking at someone's genetic € 1 0 , 0 0 0 while you are on the mayor when they
code (DNA), e.g. f r o m blood, to identify them waiting for your trial. arrested him for corruption.
h a n d c u f f s (n) metal rings that the pólice put around 3 After the bank robbery, We bought a car that didn't
someone's wrists w h e n they arrest them the pólice arrested one work at all, and l a t e r w e
/ s u s p e c t (n) someone that the pólice t h i n k might have man, who they believe is learnt we had bought it from
committed a c r i m e the main _V0iJ5e,i'^_. a .^CíMi^^A^ fraudster!

b "4 ,,8-1 Listen a n d check.

B R I N G IT T O G E T H E R

Complete t h e t e x t w i t h the words from the box. There is one word that you don't need.

•éetfl capitel commit .guilty j-üége jury murder prosecution suspect testing'- -witness-

Th& C S I effect
I The TV programme CSI is so successful trustworthy When they investígate a
tliat it's having an impact on real-life crime, the TV characters quickiy identify a
DNA on the victim. But ¡n real life, when
people accuse someone of a crime such
triáis in the courtroom. This is calíed 'the ^^^lilSíñiby saying that his DNA matches as ^''•':í<wJióe.v, the experts can only
CSI effect'. ÍVlany crimes can be solved say DNA evidence could match. Their
based on normal evidence: if a ujAtvesS information is not really 100% accurate.
saw the defendant twvU'^ the crime, However, today people are suspicious
for example. However, in the USA, the of a case if it doesn't contain this type of
12 person (3)- now expects to evidence. It's difficult to believe someone
see forensic evidence as well. This is is ^ . o y y i B o f a crime without seeing the
particularly true where the verdict could be same forensic evidence as on TV. Often,
^'^'^agíVL punishment. the «5^::iá^e says this is unnecessary
The probiem is that when experts on CSI Nevertheless, the ^^^^asso^bsistill have
use DNA ^ ^ l i e S W j , on blood and hair, to provide this evidence, because that's
for example, they say that it is completely what the people on the jury expect!

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• GRAMMAR W i s h e s & regrets
i T s e n t e n c e s : i m a g i n e d s i t u a t i o n s (1) j^f^^o- a Order t h e w o r d s to m a k e s e n t e n c e s .

1 Complete t h e t e x t w i t h t h e correct f o r m of t h e v e r b in brackets.

a do the wish up would washing I he

b would put oniine they wish I the lyrics

c the Sunday opened only chemist on if

d knew drive to how if I only

e wish work I have I didn't to

f started classes if the only later

Luke Hartigan's crime blog... Pólice line-ups
b Match 1-6 to responses a-f in 3 a .
If the pólice svjsp£ct&^ (suspect) you of a crime, one thing
1 You can't do this course because you have
they would use to test your identity is a pólice line-up. If real life
football practice at the same time.
were like TV, everyone in the line-up '^'_j:^JQjÍlé_\ooL (look) more
2 Marco doesn't do much housework, does he?
or less the same. But, in fací, they often look completely different!
This is not a big probiem. If the pólice l^uV^ (put) the
3 There's no public transport to the festival so we
real criminal in the line-up, they would be identified correctly, after
can't get there. á
all. Or would they?
4 I really can't understand the words of this song.
In fact, pólice line-ups are often used to test witnesses. If a pólice
officer ^^
' ^ ^\}¡X\\V'£L(not/trust) a particular witness, they 5 It's a shame you can't come to the beach with
would show them two line-ups, the first one without the suspect. US. ^
They ^^'_:MíMj¿_í4hf?(only/show) them a second line-up if the 6 I have a terrible headache, but I can't find any
witness didn't wrongly identify a suspect in the first one. paracetamol. _ X
If the pólice only showed an^untrustworthy witness one line-up he
Choose t h e correct options to complete t h e
i or she ^^^-^o^"^ ]<¿ '•^'^'^(¡ust/choose) anyone.This is because a
conversations.
bad witness thinks the real suspect must be there! If a witness
^
' ""^ '^'^oAe. (make) a false Identification like this, an 1 A Rick got caught shoplifting at the local shop,
innocent person's life could be ruined. That is why the pólice need e Oh nq!_lf only he didn't beconíe /éáSñy
to control what happens in a line-up very carefully. 'Secomeífriendly with the wrong crowd!

2 A Someone has vandalised my car again!

if only we had found out / (^uld find qijpvjhc

Correct t h e s e n t e n c e s . Tick ( / ) t w o correct s e n t e n c e s .
keeps doing it!
1 If you-were-in the shop yesterday, would you have stopped the
robbery? A 1 wish we hadn't gone / could go on that
2 If the crimináis had %o to prison, they wouldn't have committed walk.
any more crimes. B 1 know. I can't believe that woman accused
3 You might not have got that virus last week if you hadn't US of trespassing!
downloaded tfiings from that file-sharing site.
A The pólice have said that internet crime is
4 There badiVt been so much crime last year, if there had been
rising all the time.
more pólice officers on the street.
5 If the jury-saw-this evidence in last year's trial, they could have íj If only they had n\onitored / cggd mon/fgp
everyone's computer to catch the fraudsters
found the man guilty of murder.
6 If there had been a lot of vandalism in the oíd days, everyone A Veronica's been accused of tax evasión.
would have tried to stop it.
B i^know. She toId me that she wishes s h e _ « .
Vitó A y{b^ttL
¿li^filled in her tax return more carefull>
7 I was mugged! If I didn't hide my credit card in my socks, they
would have taken that too! y^vjg í.sS\\j-erl\
8 If the flight hadn't been delayed, they would arrive five hours
ago.

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sentences: imagined
:uations (2), m i x e d t i m e
ames
Which sentences are correct? Tick ( / )
the correct box: a, b or both a and b.
1 a If they had found the burgiar guilty,
they would have sent him to prison
yesterday.
b If they had found the burgiar guilty,
he would be in prison today.
a ; í b í J both a and b \V
2 a If the woman had gone to prison,
she wouldn't be doing community
service now.
b If the woman had gone to prison,
she wouldn't have done community
service now.
a I '/I b both a and b | H
3 a If I hadn't bought a paper yesterday, I
wouldn't find out about the trial.
b If I hadn't bought a paper yesterday,
I wouldn't have found out about the
trial.
a ¡ i b I ¿j both a and b | J
4 a We would still have capital
punishment if the government hadn't
changed the law in the 1960s.
b We would still have had capital
punishment if the government hadn't
ch|figged the law in the 1960s.
b I both a and b
If we had caught the robber, he
would be at the pólice station by
now.
If we had caught the robber, he
would have been at the pólice station
by now.
both a and b I—]
YoLrw)uldn't have lost your money if
you hadn't left your bag open.
You would have some money now if
you hadn't left your bag open.
both a and b
If last night's fire was caused by
arson, there might still be evidence
there.
If last night's fire had been caused by
arson, there might still be evidence
there. ^ still happen today.
I "1 b [vj both a and b
6 Rewrite the sentences, using the w o r d s in bold. Keep the s a m e meaning.
1 l'm feeling ill so I didn't go to work this morning. if/weren't
If I weren't feeling ill. I would have gone to work this morning.
2 Yolanda didn't get the Job so she's still working in the same company.
if/wouldn't
3 You don't watch televisión, so you didn't see the news about the
kidnapping yesterday. if/have
4 I didn't cover up my PIN number. That's why the thief rK3w*las a l f n r / ^ ^'
money. if/had
..¡.^^ ¿) V)OUl-
5 Monica missed the bus so she's waiking home. if/caught^
Hof\\ Vta;¿ taoaVl We W ; sW v¿r>o'i¿<\'t '^s\lát>^ Vovwe.
6 They parked their car in the wrong place and now they have a parking
ticket, if/wouldn't
7 He visited the doctor That s the reason why he s m hospital now.
hadn't/might
8 We put security cameras in the shop so shoplifting isn't a big probiem for
US now. if/be
7 Complete the t e x t w i t h the correct f o r m of the w o r d ( s ) in brackets.
murder of his neighbour Twenty
M i s c a r r i a g e of justice
years later, the courts declared him
In the past, in Britain, crimináis
innocent because of his mental
could be executed by hanging. This
LJ State. Even if he
ended after a terrible miscarriage of
(be) at the crime scene, he could
justice.
not have shot the victim. If only
Back in 1950, Timothy Evans was
the court ^5Í..\^LMeád. (accept)
executed for the murder of his
this medical evidence back in 1990!
daughter after a very short trial. If
Fortunately, Fjell was able to enjoy
the trial had been longer and more
freedom again. If Norway
thorough, Evans ^'^J^míSMky^^^
^^LVuAVAXJt^JL (have) the death
(not/die) because in 1953 the pólice
penalty in 1990, he and other
learnt that another person living at
wrongly convicted people
Evans's house had murdered other
^^L-MOJil^.!(Í)e?<not/be) alive
people. If the jury ^^^^fcM-Jw^L
today.
(not/find) Evans guilty, the pólice
Many of us wish that things
might have stopped
like D N A testing
the real Jsiller earlier.
We all wish the pólice
(provide) definite
(3)_j;ji?^e_ (be)
proof of someone's
perfect. However,
guilt. However, there
mistalces like this
fl^k are stíU problems,
Take the case of
, jflf ' I ^^
'^
' ^ ^ ^ ^ reason,
[_J among others,
Norwegian Age Vidar
the death penalty
Fjell.
remains illegal in
In 1990 he was
many countries.
found guilty of the
SKILLS DEVELOPAAENT

FUNCTIONAL L A N G U A G E LISTENING

Changing the subject L i s t e n i n g for detail

1 Listen to three conversations.
Tick ( / ) t h e topics that are m e n t i o n e d .

•/arson burgiary-/courtdinner
fiaud graffiti judge meeting i/
•/money v a n d a l i s m /

2 a Complete t h e sentences from t h e

conversations in 1.
1 No, sorry. ^V-C w/ay, have you
heard that she's leaving?
2 Next week apparentiy.
reminds me, she borrowed some
money from me last week. I must get
i «4 8.3 Read Ben's notes about his journey. Listen to a n
it back before she goes.
a n n o u n c e m e n t and a n s w e r t h e questions.
3 ^:lx\^x^?^3, if you do see her, can
you remind her that we're going for
Gafch the 9 . 3 5 frain from Ganterbupy lo London.
dinnerthis evening?
4 lllteíí^A^iíHrials, did you see the Annive London Vicíopia 11.10.
report about vandalism on the news Change af London Victoria fbr ((.45 Brighfon frain.
last night?
Arnive Brighfon 12.40.
5 ^ e. ^ 0 1 1 I forget, can you come
in a bit early tomorrow? We've got a
1 How will Ben travel to London now?
lot to cover.
6 All right. ril try to be here by eight.
_¿,Wc-9ÍA%--- the subject, have you 2 W h a t t i m e will he leave? ,^ . , -• ,
heard if there's a date for the arson
court case? 3 What time will he arrive in London?
7 ^ ^ J ^ ^ ^ then, I should go. I
don't want to miss my train. 4 How does this affect his journey to Brighton?

b Listen again and check. G^^\a ílm^A&'ft \yt^^^t ^^^'^

b Listen again. Correct s i x mistakes in t h e t e x t below.

I^Ladies ái^^entlemen, can I have your attention p/ease?

I '^ytlnglootirii^n the railway Une, trains will not be running
I from Canterbury to London this morning. Passengerslor the
I 9.35 London service should wait inthe^^^^v^ffor the
i replacement bus service. Thq 5uses will depart at about 10.15
1 and should arrive at London Í^fe^e¡^at about 12.00. Trains
'•í -..-.I . ,1.. -.,
I from Canterbury to Dover are affected. Please see signs ir
I the station for more information. l'm very sorry for this change
I to your service, butthe^^/oplem was only discovered this
I morning by the ^ l í b S ^ i á í We hope that all services will be
I back to normal by-early ovgnmg.

S T R A T E G Y When you listen to a difficult audio, don't

panic if you don't understand every word. Try to stay focused anc
listen for the key information you need.

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 S 8

WRITING A story

Things that go bump in the night

0) I t a l l h a p p e n e d w h e n I w a s about 14 y e a r s (4) T h e r a i n h a d s t o p p e d and the moon was

oíd. M y p a r e n t s h a d gone o u t to a n i m p o r t a n t
d i n n e r , a n d i t w a s t h e first time t h a t I h a d s p e n t
a n e v e n i n g alone at h o m e . I t w a s r a i n i n g h a r d
a n d i t w a s v e r y w i n d y too, a n d I r e m e m b e r t h a t
I felt q u i t e s c a r e d as I l a y i n b e d . E v e n t u a l l y , I
'4tpppé3~oÍÍ
(2) S u d d e n l y , I w o k e u p . T h e r e w a s a strange n o i s e
downstairs! Silently, I lay i n bed, listening. A t
first, I t h o u g h t i t w a s m y p a r e n t s c o m i n g h o m e ,
but the clock said it w a s midnight, a n d I k n e w
t h e y w o u l d n ' t be b a c k u n t i l t w o . N e v e r t h e l e s s ,
there w a s ¿ " s t e á ^ t a p , t a p , tap. I w a s n o t alone!
shining through the Windows. I n its l i g h t ,
I saw a s h a d o w o n t h e k i t c h e n floor. I t h a d
f o u r legs a n d a t a i l m o v i n g f r o m side to s i d e . I t
did not look h u m a n . Happily, I r a n downstairs
t o w a r d s th<j:respassef;>It w a s a c a t !
(5) A l t h o u g h w e d i d n ' t have a n y pets, t h e k i t c h e n
door h a d {aT cáF f l a ^ p u t i n b y t h e p r e v i o u s
o w n e r s . T h e cat h a d got i n , b u t t h e n i t c o u l d n ' t
get o u t , so i t w a s t r a p p e d a n d i t h a d t o h i t
t h e flap w i t h i t s p a w ) t o t r y t o escape. T h a t
e x p l a i n e d t h e n o i s e . T h e poor animal w a s
s c a r e d , so I q u i c k i y o p e n e d t h e door a n d i t r a n

(3) ' I t m u s t be b u r g l a r s , ' I t h o u g h t . M y h e a r t w a s out i n t o t h e n i g h t .

b e a t i n g fast a n d I d i d n ' t k n o w w h a t to do. E v e n (6) T h e n e x t m o r n i n g w h e n I t o l d m y p a r e n t s

i f I w a i t e d i n b e d , t h e y m i g h t come u p s t a i r s . I about o u r v i s i t o r , w e a l l t h o u g h t i t
needed to phone for help, b u t there were n o was quite funny, but it d i d n ' , :
m o b i l e s i n those d a y s , a n d I n e e d e d to go to t h e l i k e t h a t at t h e t i m e !
l i v i n g r o o m to get to t h e p h o n e . S l o w l y , I got u p
and I started tO(tíce^ownstairs.

Complete the adverbs. T h e n check your a n s w e r s in the text.

answi vv\ weviv».^ 1 I felt quite scared as I lay in bed. Evi„e._'fi, tu _lAJy, I dropped off.
2 S ULi^da.tLly, I woke up. There was a strange noise downstairs! ¡
2 Wf V<2le?V«.'fle. 3 SÁ_l£_:!(i tiy, I lay in bed, listening. (
4 S_l<?LWLly, I got up and I started tocreep downstairs.
5 H „a 4 P L L y, l ran downstairs towards the trespasser.
6 The poor animal was scared, so I q _\ JL c J¿ S y opened the door...

Write a story that ends w i t h o n e of t h e sentences below. r

maaent cnanger
1 It's a day that l'll remember my whole life.
b Find w o r d s in t h e story that 2 That's how I met my best friend. W ü (i&a '"«¡•^ y^'*^ \i\)mtd av\ci V\ol'
mean Q> It was the best photo that I have ever taken '-^^V ^V\ so-^ <ov, so besm;
1 fell asieep (paragraph O- ¿xt>íve¿t^^ 4 Iwasabsolutelyfurious! ftb«l^ ^as ^ n g
2 regular, repeated {paragraph 2).sVesA^ "lahdcd lifñX '•y\im\
3 to move slowly and quietly c v e e í
(paragraph 3). When you write a story:
¿ • begin with a phrase like Once, One day or It
4 someone who has entered prívate
set the scene, e.g. It all happened when I wa:_
\
property without permission
(paragraph 4). ^•ies<?%ssex
;ribe what was happening when
5 aspecial doorto l e t a c a t c o m e in
K, the weather
and out of a house (paragraph 5). ^ ^ ^ ^
"i.ke your story interesting.
6 the f o o t o f a cat, dogor similar suddenly, amazingly strangely to
animal (paragraph 5). p^^u