UNIT 9 READING.

Task 1. Read the text and answer the questions. Use the vocabulary in brackets.

1. Who is George Orwell? What did he publish in 1949?

(AUTHOR/PUBLISH/ A NOVEL/ CALLED)
2. What is his novel about? (IMPOSSIBLE/HIDE
FROM/SURVEILLANCE/GOVERNMENT)
3. What reminds people that they are watched all the time? (PEOPLE ARE
REMINDED BY THE PHRASE..)
4. Can we say that Orwell’s prediction has come true Why?
(PREDICTION/ VIDEO SYSTEMS/ PEOPLE ARE WATCHED)
5. For what purposes are cameral in Paris used? (ARE USED/DIFFERENT
PURPOSES/APPROXIMATELY/CONTROL TRAFFIC/PREVENT CRIME)
6. Where are surveillance cameras placed in Britain? How many cameras
are to be found in Britain? (PUBLIC TRANSPORT/SHOPPING
AREAS/NEARLY)
7. Who uses information from surveillance cameras? (THE POLICE/IN
ORDER TO /CRIMINALS/COMMIT A CRIME)
8. How can information from surveillance cameras be used against
criminals? (CRIMINAL/COMMIT A CRIME/IS CAUGHT ON THE VIDEO)
9. Give an example of how the police uses information from surveillance
cameras (SCOTLAND YARD/PERCENT OF/MURDER CASES/IS USED AS
EVIDENCE)
10.What sign is often put up in public places? What’s the purpose of this
sign? (PUT UP A SIGN/IN OPERATION/TO MAKE AREA SAFER)
11.What are other purposes of using surveillance systems? (SAVE
PEOPLE’S LIVES)
12.Described what happened to a 18-year old boy in France. (LOST
CONSCIOUSNESS/DROWN/LIFEGUARDS/DIDN’T REALISE/)
13.How did the automatic system Poseidon help the boy?
(SURVEILLAINCE SYSTEM/NOTICE/SET OFF THE ALARM)
14.Is surveillance useful for fighting crime? What do some people say?
( ALTHOUGH /USEFUL/FIGHTING CRIME/ARE CONCERNED ABOUT)
15.What does an American lawyer say? (A HUGE INCREASE IN/NO
DISCUSSION/ ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES/BELIEVES/VOTE)
16. What fact can be mentioned about today’s word? (SURROUNDED
BY/SURVEILLANCE)
Task 2. Fill in the table.

NOUN VERB ADJECTIVE ADVERB

guilty

alarm

criminal

detect

publish

murder

notice
concerned
increase
lawyer