UNIVERSIDAD PRIVADA ANTENOR ORREGO

Grupo N°7-Integrantes:

- Asanza Aliaga, Luis German

- Ramos Cedano, Leydy Anayely

- Rosas Loro, Najhelly

- Sosa Mechato, Denis Omar

Docente:

Requena Becerra, Waldi

Curso:

Inglés Intermedio

PIURA – 2022
 ACTIVITY
Vocabulary
1. Match the words in the box to the groups of words. Use a dictionary to help
you.
Be commit evidence have

prison a suspect

 Be innocent/guilty/against the law

 find/plant evidence
 Commit a crime/murder
 go to/be in prison
 Have a motive/an alibi
 catch/arrest a suspect

2. Complete the facts with words or phrases from exercise 1.

CRIME IN THE US
Only 14% of people who (1) commit a (2)crime are total strangers to the dead person.
Nearly 90% are male and nearly 50% are under 25 years old. Most killers don’t plan a
murder or even (3)find a clear (4) evidence.
Most murders take place spontaneously during arguments or are connected to other
crimes such as robbery. Police catch or (5)prison a (6) suspect in about two-thirds of
murder cases.
DNA evidence can show if people are (7) innocent or (8) guilty . 252 Americans have been
proven innocent because of DNA evidence. On average they went to (9)prison for 13 years
for crimes that they didn’t commit.

Listening and Reading

3. Do you ever read crime novels or watch TV programmers or films about crime?
Are they popular in your country? How realistic do you think they are?
• I have watched criminal case that dealt with murders in which they had to discover
the murderer, they haven't very popular in my country, they have looked very realistic.
4. Strangers on a Train is a thriller by Patricia Highsmith. Look at the scene below
from the film directed by Alfred Hitchcock. Work in pairs and discuss the
questions.
• What do you think the men are talking about?
They have talked about changing roles, they have talk about getting rid of one's father
and the other's wife.
 • Do you think they like each other?
They haven't liked each other.
• Do you think the men are similar or different?
They are different.
• What do you think the film is about?
The movie is about a man explaining a great idea that occurred to him so that his
problem would end, which the man tries to convince the other.
5. Listen to the film script of the scene. What do you think Bruno means when he
says ‘criss-cross’ in the last line?
It means to "exchange" the deaths, that he killed his wife and the other to his
father. each one killed a stranger, "you commit my crime and I commit yours"
Grammar
6. Complete the sentences with the correct modal verbs. Then decide who could
say each one, Guy or Bruno.
• I know you; I’ve seen you before. You can’t / must be that tennis player.
• Listen to this. You must / might be interested.
• You have lots of detective novels. You might / must like murder stories.
• What do you mean? You could / can’t be serious.
• It’s quite a good plan. It must / could work.
• I think you wanted to meet me on the train. This might / can’t be an
accidental meeting.
Speaking
7. Work in pairs. Read the sentences about Strangers on a Train and decide how
likely you think each one is. Discuss your reasons.
•Guy forgets the conversation. Guy hasn't might forget.
•Guy kills Bruno’s father. Guy could kill.
•Bruno kills Miriam. Bruno definitely might kill to Miriam.
•Bruno tries to plant evidence on Guy. Bruno hasn't could tries to plan
evidence.
•Guy goes to the police. Guy has must to the police.
•The police arrest Guy. Guy has must arrest.
8. Now listen and find out.
Bruno did kill Guy's wife, but because he thought they had come to an
agreement. The police go after Guy because he must be him, he had reasons.
Without thinking that he could be the "unknown" Bruno.