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a) cultivate the calm attitude of mind;
b) encourage the qualities of tact and steadiness;
c) judge who is right and who is wrong;
d) use force rather than persuasion;
e) be able to steady the nerves of the people who have called him in;
f) control moral behaviour of individuals;
g) have the detailed knowledge of law.
Task 3. Answer the questions.
1. What are the two most important qualities, which a policeman needs?
2. What other features of character are necessary for successful work of a policeman?
Text 11. The work of policeman demands exceptional strength of character
The work of policeman demands exceptional strength of character and tact. In a recent case, the local police had had some
difficulty in catching a man who had been interfering with a number of women in a certain district. None of the assaults amounted to
rape, but on two occasions violence had been used, and there was an obvious danger that the man was working himself up to much
more serious crimes, possibly even murder. None of his terrified victims had been able to describe him properly – the crimes were all
committed after dark – and a policewoman was therefore asked to act as a decoy. She changed into plain clothes, and the plan was
that she should stroll down a road, which the man was known to appear while a police car waited round a corner near by. The first
part of the plan went forward without a hitch. The man appeared and went up to the policewoman. He began to make improper
suggestions to her and tried to take her arm. She shook herself free-she had to be careful that she did not act as an agent provocateur –
and continued walking along the road. The man followed her, but all the time she had been so absorbed in her role that she had not
realised that instead of walking towards the waiting police car she had been walking away from it and she was now almost out of
reach of any help she might need. The man again caught her arm and plucked at her dress. She turned on him angrily and told him to
take himself off, but inwardly she had become extremely frightened. The man held back for a moment, but once again he overtook
her. She was just preparing to shout for help when a group of people came out of a house on the road and the man hurried away. She
was able to give a complete and accurate description of the man, who was arrested on the following day. He was later picked out from
an identification parade by a number of his victims, and in due course he was sent to prison.
Task 1. Find English equivalents of the following Russian expressions in the text:
- работа требует;
- исключительная сила характера;
- заканчиваться изнасилованием;
- применять силу;
- явная опасность;
- ни одна из жертв;
- должным образом описать человека;
- совершать преступления;
- после наступления темноты;
- сыграть роль подсадной утки;
- переодеться в гражданскую одежду;
- звать на помощь;
- дать точное и полное описание человека;
- опознать человека.
Task 2. Fill in the gaps with a proper preposition:
a) In a recent case, the local police had had some difficulty … in catching a man who had been interfering … a number of
women … a certain district.
b) She changed … plain clothes, and the plan was that she should stroll … a road, which the man was known to appear while a
police car waited … a corner near by.
c) The first part of the plan went forward … a hitch.
In, into, round, without, with, down, in.
d) The man followed her, but all the time she had been so absorbed … her role that she had not realised that instead of walking
… the waiting police car she had been walking away … it and she was now almost … reach of any help she might need.
e) She was just preparing … shout … help when a group of people came … a house … the road and the man hurried away.
f) He was later picked out … an identification parade … a number of his victims, and in due course he was sent … prison.
In, to, out of, from, towards, out of, for, on, by, to, from.
Task 3. Match each word and expression on the left with their meanings on the right:
- to stroll down a road - to be absorbed by the role
- to identify a person - to make improper suggestion
- to interfere with somebody - to ac as a decoy
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