Закон в силе - Law Booster I. Дроботенко Ю.Б - 38 стр.

III. FOCUS ON LEXIS:                                                               4. The members of the Justice Committee decided to put an end to
1. Find the explanations (a – l) for the words (1 – 12)                                knife crimes.
                                                                                   5. John denied to kidnap the daughter of Mr. Coverson.
      1. daily                         7. freelance                                6. The murderer tried to get rid of the witnesses.
      2. tabloid                       8. poll                                     7. Remember that it is dangerous to halt the car somewhere in an
      3. broadsheet                    9. article                                      abandoned place when somebody waves you to stop.
      4. circulation                   10. ads                                     8. The most senior judge in England and Wales says there is a strong
      5. headline                      11. column                                      case for a review of whether to appoint life sentences for all mur-
      6. editor                        12. feature                                     ders.
                                                                                   9. Home Secretary David Blunkett has promised that murderers sen-
    a. the number of copies a newspaper sells each day                                 tenced to "whole life" prison tariffs will not be freed.
    b. the person who decides what goes in a newspaper or magazine                 10. The recession of the early 1980s triggered the rising murder rates of
    c. the reporter that work for himself and is not employed by the news-             the past 25 years.
       paper                                                                       11. It was allowed to arrest the suspected woman and put her in cus-
    d. longer article about special subject                                            tody.
    e. newspapers smaller in size                                                  12. Public opinion had greatly influenced on the members of the gov-
    f. the title of a newspaper report printed in large letters                        ernment and they bent under its weight.
    g. a survey in which people are asked their opinions about about some-
       thing                                                                  3. You are given fifteen headlines. Find English equivalents underlined
    h. a piece of writing published in a newspaper or magazine                   in the headlines for the following Russian words:
    i. newspapers larger in size
    j. newspapers that come out every day                                               1. прикрытие                    9. предотвращать
    k. a section that is always written by the same person or about the                 2. перестраивать                10. признавать невиновным
       same topic                                                                       3. уходить на пенсию            11. попытка
    l. advertisements                                                                   4. поддерживать                 12. расследовать
                                                                                        5. имущество                    13. резко падать
2. Replace the words highlighted in the sentences by their synonyms                     6. веселый                      14. обращение
   from the box. Pay attention to the relevant verb forms.                              7. поменять                     15. незаконченный
                                                                                        8. важный
     to ban                to dispose of         to vow
     to abduct             to tackle             to buckle under                   A.    “New York crime rate plummets”
     to boost              to flag down          to enhance                        B.    “Americas Colombia’s justice minister quits”
     to stamp out          to apprehend          to impose                         C.    “Police plea over knife sentences”
                                                                                   D.    “Herbert Smith to overhaul corporate and litigation”
                                                                                   E.    “Top City trio use claim caps in auctions”
    1. The law includes measures that prohibit smoking in all public of-
                                                                                   F.    “The Bar: Lords back the Bar”
       fices.
                                                                                   G.    “Insurance: Work your assets”
    2. The bill will broaden police powers to stop any suspicious car.
                                                                                   H.    “Police probe Whitney drugs claim”
    3. Police officers should be ready to deal with different current prob-
                                                                                   I.    “Surgeon "Dr Joe" cleared”
       lems.
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