128 Vocabulary 1: Crime and punishment 1 © Tak abouta crime which has been in the news recently. Say what you know about the facts of the crime and, where relevant, the investigation and the trial. A. Crimes and criminals 1. Match the crimes in the box with each of the people in sentences 1-8. The first one has been done for you, dentity fraud internet pit shoplifting trafficking vand: 1 Ayoung man attacks another and robs him of his wallet. mugging 2A 78-year-old woman steals a scarf from a department store. 3 A 14-yearold sets fire to litter bins and breaks car windows. 4 A driver stops to sleep in his car; he has had three glasses of wi 5 Acriminal gang earns millions from buying and selling drug 6 A group of teenagers illegally distributes films online. ss this 7 Aman has tricked people into emailing him their bank details; he ws information to take money from their accounts 8 A journalist breaks into the town hall to steal documents that is guilty of corruption. ll prove the mayor 2. What title would be given to each of the criminals in exercise 1? Example: mugging ~ mugger B Punishment 1 Look at the following types of decisions which can be taken by courts. Put them in order from the least to the most severe. a to sentence s b to ord meone to life imprisonment someone to do 200 hours of community service © to acquit someone of all charges d to order someone to pay a fine of £2000 € to give someone a two-year prison sentence Useful language 2 © Decide what punishment, if Giving opinions Agreeing and disagreeing any, should be given to the person Inmyopiniontvew .. Thats righttrue. | thik so, too. or people in exercise AL above. Ee it. ce Discuss your Heas using some of Personally, J think ... [really don’t think so. ie ang uase rola areemen’ am opinion in the Useful language box. | strongly believe... I completely csegree.