Закон в силе - Law Booster I. Дроботенко Ю.Б - 17 стр.

        3. A. Saskia Lane …
             1. was found dead                                                     Task III
             2. was reported to be drunk
             3. was arrested in suspicion of trafficking drugs                     I.   Listen to the Daily News report about the robbery in London and
                                                                                        reproduce the circumstances of the robbery using the following ex-
           B. It was said she …                                                         pressions:
             1. smashed her ex-husband car
             2. had overdosed sleeping pills
             3. distributed sleeping pills to teenagers

           C. The reason was …
             1. her nineteen-year-old son
             2. her last novel “Ex-wives of Manhattan”
             3. her depression after the fifth marriage

        4. A. Three men on motorcycles …
             1. attacked the police officers who were raiding around the bank
             2. attacked the security guards on their way from the bank to         - a bank robbery in central London         - to lie on the floor
                 the van                                                           - before closing time                      - to put the money in the sack
             3. attacked the cashiers of the bank                                  - to enter the Butcher Street Branch       - to try to ring the alarm
                                                                                     of the National Westminster Bank         - to be in St Patrick’s Hospital
           B. Consequently, …
                                                                                   - to carry a shotgun                       - to try to save the life
             1. five million pounds disappeared
                                                                                   - to wear a stocking mask                  - to arrest a man
             2. five million pounds appeared in the bank
                                                                                   - a few customers                          - enquiries
             3. the sum of stolen money is not known

           C. It is believed those men will be caught, owning to the fact …
             1. there was an installed video camera                                II. Work in groups of 2–5 persons. You need A4 sheets of paper, high-
             2. the mask of one of the men was pulled off                              lighters, colour pencils and markers.
             3. the masks were torn up in the fight                                     Task: Imagine you were one of those few customers of the bank and you
                                                                                              managed to notice some peculiarities of the robber’s appearance.
II. Answer the questions.                                                                     Your help is extremely necessary for further police investigation.
   a. What instances from the BBC news refer to the category of felonies/                     Make up a photofit of the robber and present it to your group-
      misdemeanors?                                                                           mates describing his/ her appearance.
   b. What should people know before going out onto the mountains?
   c. Do you think the divorce usually results in depression? Is the sui-
      cide an appropriate way for resolving the situation? Can anybody
      help divorcing person?
   d. Don’t you think that modern technology allows us to substitute se-
      curity guards for robot-guards? Can such a means reduce robberies?
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