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1 LISTENING 2 Imagine you are alone in the street at night in an area that you don't know well. Would you feel nervous? What might you do to feel safer? b Read the introduction to a page from a police crime prevention website and look at the pictures. With a partner, decide what advice you think is shown in each picture, and what the missing word in the headings might be. ¢ @8.1 Nowlisten to a Metropolitan Police podcast. Complete the headings. What advice did you predict correctly in b? Stay sa 2 Be Adapted fiom the Metropolien Police w @ s:0,,, d_ Listen again and answer the questions. 1. What should you plan in advance? 2 Why is it important to look confident? 3 What three things shouldn't you do in the street on » mobile phone? 4. What kinds of things should you keep out of sight? 5 Why should you walk facing oncoming traffic? 6 What three things make places safer to walk at nighyy 7 What should you do during an evening when you're gy, with friends? 8 Why shouldn't you let your drink out of your sight Was any of the advice about street crime new to youp Which tip do you think is the most useful? How sap unsafe is your town, or the area where you live? Street crimeis often unplanned, so making yourself less of a target, moving with will go.a long way to keeping you fe aif adsense cee safewhen you're out and about. Here are eight important pieces of advice 3 Be 4 | ) _—_ |ABULARY crime and punishment 3 PRONUNCIATION & SPEAKING do you think you know about the letter u 1+ | “Syourhome safe Can you best the Look atthe word in thelist, Which sound does the “15e the quiz to find out. \ letter u make? Put them in the correct row. “accuse drugs judge jury — Hels Muster patina Stig che mest coramon time of day to 'so00:nd 20am. | “fp 200 and S00 pm. ‘en 1000and 12.00 pm. do you think a burglar normally takes “Someone's house? . cies, b 20minntes ¢ 30 minutes things influence a burglar to choose ‘o break into? — _ Sh expensive area Now look at the pink letters in some more words yo one at home : nse | which include the letter u Put them in the corect row, ‘according to how the vowel sound is pronounced, “burglar caught court fraud gully murderer 3 puinings and antiques | ¢ fecley Peo ane ee g se = oo Tengen the ichen bSimanbedon Steen | ¢ nelfrbedoom | [re Wwhismostieeytopreventa bray? | ‘Tog’ burglar alarm ae 6 @ Communication Beat the burglar A p.181 © 8.5 Listen and check your answers to a and b. Then Bp.85 Find out the answers, according to answer the questions. snecburgla 1 lathe vowel sound befor a double consonant short or lang? € Now A tell B the answers to questions 1-3, Sanda weer amet at and BtellA the answers to questions 4-6. peat ernounce gubelore the eters a, andi as a pride wesc words in the quiz to d_ @8.6 Listen and write five sentences. Then Practise saying them, 1 (noun) a person who breaks in and aa fom prensa © Talkin small groups. Ask for more det 2 (verb, passive) to have sb enter your iS FSU TGR SET area fous ndake ange thet belong fo you ear oe inyou qf . {noun) the crime of entering @ house i egal and stealing things from it Have you ever witno was it? Where? —— (phe. verb) to enter a place by force asst speared crazy ete t0 take sth without intending to D2 YOU Know anyo ‘anit orpay fort ‘whose phone len + whose carhas * 922 Usten and check. '* who has been stc lice while driving i 232 Vocabulary Bank Crime and icra cea ae '* who has been offered a bribe OQ sPeakers oF spanish nln for extra Vocabulary > eybererie SPEAKERS OF SPANISH Go online or ext Pronunciation > vowel sounds in ime words EY 4 GRAM as pit ‘the passive (all forms); have something * ICIS said that..., he is thought to..., etc. Read three true crime stori A caught because of what B caught becouse fare © caught because of what th ies. In which story was someone...? ley stole ley Were wearing ey said ‘ie IPhone’ new GPS trading done eg worked nod GS cabkng device to some eustonicr: The tracker EEE tind the thie Seah / was caught a few mites later cher jewellery had -eh-speakng father ch, that twa all gone. While the police called /oas called. She & Read the stories again. Cirlathe correct form of verbs 1-9, active or passive. € Look at the extract from story 2. GREET ERSsaes Doesitdeseibe..? 1 something the person arrange for someone todo for her 2 something bad that happened to her 4 8.7 Now look at another headline and listen to the news story. In what way was the robber polite? Britain’s most polite robber Listen again and complete extracts 1-4. How is the structure different between 1 and 4, and 2 and 3? 1 Police in Stockport ae looking fora man who is sad ey Britain's most polite armed robber. fall man in is 2 itis believed early 40s 3 tis thought least four shops in Stockport in recent weeks 4 He is reported as £ @p.218 Grammar Bank 8A tobi vetins. 5 READING workin pats. Discuss the Question, SPEAKERS OF sPANisH you post photos on social mecky + ooyougontptte oon a Wiratiinds of photos do you post? 2. Who do you allow to 528 YOUr postey photos? Why? +3 How do you feel when other peopl rotos of you without your permet You're going to read an article abou Steve Bustin, who had problems with some photos he posted on Faceb First look at the four photos. Then read the article once and answer the questions 1 Who are the people in photo A? Who dig ‘Martin’ say they were? 2 Wihy did photos B anc C meke Constangs suspicious? 3: Whathag happened in photo D? Hougg the scammer use it? Read the article again. Choose a,b, ore 1 Whon Steve received Constance’ ema jy fol 2 surprised b pleased ¢ sony 2 Constance was attracted to Martin because. 2 she liked his profile photo Bb ho paid her lot of attention € he reminded her of her husband 3 Thanks to 8 website about dating sans, Constance was able to find out who 2 “Martn’ really was b the photo was really of «had originaly posted the photo 4 Ina typical dating seam, men like Marta stort by 2 being very nice to women B asking women for money € trying to get women’s sympathy 5 Asa esult ofthe scam, Steve has decded to be more careful about on social media 2 posting hliday chotos who can see what he posts © contacting friends and family Look at the highlighted words in the article related to seams and try to cout what they mean. Then match them to@ synonym in thelist. ites careful Tl chosen fudge make use of in a dishonest way) said tha even though it wasnt ve) “thought that. | trek ver) Go online for extra Listening twas froma, + when | glanced at the emailon my phone. weed Constance, a complete stranger to me, who ' was under, « we'd been in a relationship for several months. ‘anall-too-familiar story. Over the past two years, my ‘= been used to con 11 women on dating websites. These ‘ones | know about: the real number could be much higher. onstance and listened as she explained shed met aman ‘Martin Peterson on Blte Singles. He said he was Danish and a cower, Constance had joined the website hoping to find love, after ibang her husband three years eatier, and Martin had seemed kind ‘po understanding. He was interested in everything about her, texting erevery moming and ringing her for cosy chats in the evening. But con his dating profile were several photos, which were in fact, of me! ‘She forwarded me the pictures, and I shuddered when I saw one of ‘me and my sister, who Martin had said was his dead wife. Constance had begun to be suspicious of Martin when she noticed tishair colour and style change within the space of afew hours. He 3daimed he was on a business trip, and sent her a photo of me sitting inahotel garden having breakfast, with my curly grey hair in need of = atvim. Later in the day, he sent a second photo of me by a swimming pool in which my hair was shorter and darker In fact. these photos had been taken several years apart and had been ‘harvested’ from ‘my Facebook account. Constance began to look carefully at all the 2 pictures he had sent. She researched dating *scams online, and found 6 SPEAKING 8 How common do you think identify theft is nowadays? What can = i SS ‘away to find out where a picture had originated, By dragging a picture of Martin into a reverse image search’ on Google, she discovered that the pictures of the man shetd believed to be a Danish widower were actually of me, a public speaker from Brighton. People like Martin’ are known to § prey on older women. First, they gain their trust and bombard them with attention, then they say they are traveling abroad for work, where they are involved in an accident. Finally, they ask the woman to transfer money for medical treatment cor flights home. A few years ago, I scratched my face, and posted a photo online of me with blood on my face. This picture has now been Used by the scammer several times - he sends it alongside a picture of aa smashed-up car, and says he's been involved in a serious accident. Fortunately, Constance didn't hand over any money. But other women have, including one woman who lost thousands of pounds. These days, a lot more conscious of what | post online. | always used to share pictures of everything: holidays by the pool, work speeches, me and my dog, fancy dress parties...Now 've changed my privacy settings on social media. | suppose my account was” targeted because | had a range of photos and the scammer could build a whole life from them. An expert told me that my pictures had probably been sold on as a bundle on the black market. now encourage all my friends and family to be ® wary about what they post -once they're ‘out there, there's nothing you can do about it. Unfortunately forme, my identity is no longer my own. Do you think it should be illegal to...? * post a photo or video of someone online without their permission post aggressive or threatening ‘tweets’ or messages people do to avoid it happening? + download music, books, and films without paying for them * own an aggressive breed of dog b Look at the questions on the right. ‘* squat in an unoccupied house (live there without paying rent) For each on * decide what you think * think of reasons for your opinions. * decide how you think the ‘crime’ should be punished. Now discuss the questions in groups paint graffiti on a wall or fence smoke outdoors, e.g. in parks or in the street kill another person in self-defence If yes, how do you think they should be punished? If no, say why not. 7 WRITING @® p.192 Writing Expressing your opinion Write an article for an online forum, saying what you think about some aspects of crime. 0 online to review the lesson 1 VOCABULARY crime and Punishment 2 Complete the text with the words in the list. Eee ooh beburgled break into burglar burglary steal Beburaled breskinto burglar burglary steal Tnever thought that my flat would ' because Ilive on the third floor. But one day, I came home to find the lock on my front door was broken. When I called the police to report the @ police officer came to the flat ‘and had a look round. She said that the ? had probably climbed over the roofs of the houses behind to*_ the flat through a window. He had then broken the lock on the front door toleave.Thethiefdidn'tS much — Just some money and an old camera of mine — but I was ‘shocked that it had been so easy for him to get into my flat. b Read the definitions and complete the missing letters in the crime. entering a building illegally and stealing things from it burgdary 2 killing somebody deliberately m__d__ 3 giving money or valuable items to a person to persuade them to help you bebe 4 following and watching somebody over a long period of time in a way that is annoying or frightening ae ler 5 destroying or damaging something, especially public property, deliberately and for no good reason anoles 6 demanding money from a person by threatening to tell somebody else @ secret about them bho 7 using violence or threats to take control of a vehicle, often in order to demand something from a government hesjerdosan 8 selling illegal drugs dpe using violent action in order to achieve rce a government to act political aims or for ir ‘ Nlo-one truly knows @ nation, Hn ea ‘Nelson Mande [EEE IEE “iy a way to look at or change information on puter system without permissig 10 finding somebody else's com a 11 forcing somebody to have sex with you when they d not want to by threatening them or using violence re 12 stealing something from @ person or place thins cams 13. cheating somebody to get money or goods illegally fr 14. stealing money from a bank, shop, person, ete., especially using violence or threats fbb 45. attacking somebody violently in order to steal their money, especially in a public place m_9g_—_— 16 taking, sending, or bringing goods secretly or illegally into or out of a country 17 taking somebody away illegally and keeping them as a prisoner, especially in order to get money k__n_pp_ Complete the chart. burgle murder bribe [stalk vandalize blackmail hijack sell drugs set off bombs, etc. hack rape | steal commit fraud rob mug smuggle kidnap | he 10 " 2 B 1“ 15 % v smplete the sentences with the past simple forme fer from €. lice are looking for a man who attacked and __a woman yesterday afternoon as she as walking home. Fortunately, the gang ‘ere were no customers inside. he woman __ the actor for many years, sliowing him wherever he went. hey $1 million worth of electronic goods into the country before they were caught at the bank when customs. ‘he construction company —__ the mayor with tens of thousands of pounds for permission to build houses on the land. Tivo men _ my friend at knifepoint yesterday. They took all her money. The woman _____ fraud by pretending she was a psychic and charging people. Some teenagers my house while | was away and took all my music equipment. ‘Apparently, she _her husband by poisoning him because she was planning to claim the ingurance money. Someone my car from outside my house last night. They the businessman by threatening to 5 send the photographs to his wife if he didn’t pay them the money. ‘Two armed men ____ the plane and forced the pilot to take them to the nearest airport. The boy drugs because he thought it ‘was an easier way to get money than having a job. The terrorists a bomb inside a crowded shopping centre, A couple the politician as he left his house and later demanded £1 million for his safe return. Youths the park last night and damaged lot of trees and flowers. Someone my computer last month and stole my personal details. Complete the text with the words in the lists. Nouns court evidence judge jury proof punishment verdict witnesses Verbs accused acquitted arrest catch charged committed investigate question sentenced It s the job of the police to ' investigate _ crimes and try to? _ the criminal or criminals who? the crime. When the police have a suspect, they can* him or her and take them to the police station to * ‘them. Ifthe suspect is § with the crime, they have to appear in front of a” and maybe 2 (of 12 people) in Here they are " _ of the crime and" _____ may be called to give __If there is no ® that they were involved inthe rime, they are If not, they have to watt for the %___ If they are found guilty, they are givena In some cases, they may be ”____ to spend a period of time in prison. VOCABULARY FROM READING Complete the sentences with a word from the list. impression prey scam con claim hand over target wary 1 Be careful when buying something from an unfamiliar website, because someone might try to con you. 2 Fake gas inspectors on elderly people living alone. 3. We were under the that we had booked an apartment, but in fact it didn't exist. 4 The robbers ordered the bank staff to the money if they didn't want to get hurt. 5 He tried to_ ___he had made a mistake, but it was obvious he was lying. 6 I'm of giving someone my email address if| don't know them very well. 7 Acommon _ in big cities is for a tourist to be sprayed with a liquid and then have their wallet stolen by @ person helping to clean the mess. 8 The gang chose to__ ___ small jewellery shops in the hope that they would be easier 10 r0b. Caamann) I ‘the passive (all forms); have something done; it is said that. the passive (all forms) 1 The al isbeing held at the moment Jim was arrested last month, We sa that one ofthe windows had been broken People used tobe imprisoned for stealing bread He paid fin to avoid being sent 2 People think he was murdered by his wif “The body was discovered by 9 dog- walter. +1 We use the passive when we talk about an action but are net 39 interested in who or what does / did the action. + Tomake the tense or form, we use the verb be + past participle, eg. Murderers are usualy sentenced to life in Tha prisoner will be released next month. The tense __ changes are shown bythe verb be, eg are, willbe, te 2 To mention the person or thing that did the action the agent) we use by. However, in the majority of passive sentences, the agents not mentioned have something done (causative have) “1 ve jurthad my bank account hacked. | We had our passports stolen from our hotel room. Have you ever had your car vandalized? 2 We've ust had a burl alam installed ‘You ought tohave your locks changed, Wie need to have the broken window O29 a Rewrite the sentence in the passive. The police caught the burglar immediately The burglar was caught immediately Somebody has stolen my phone. My phone, 2 They are painting my house. My house. They'l hold a meeting to discuss the problem ‘A meeting, If they hadn't found the bomb, it would have explocled Ifthe bomb, 5 Miranda thinks someone was following her last night Miranda thinks she. 6 hate somebody waking me up when I'm fost asleep, Tate. 7 They're going to close the local police station. ‘The local police station, b Complete the second sentence using have something done. as mugged and my Phone was stolen Iwas mugged and I had my iPhone stolen, 1 Tim's social media account was hacked. Tim, GRAMMAR Bay he is thought to..., ete, 1 We en ute have somsthing done orfer 0 something {tual bad) thats done fou + nemursber,have the rain verb, soit chonge accord Copa tree We eu cular verb (do, i ec)ecrag uenions and negatives 2 Meerut alo ued tak about something tg Ming land usually pay for someone to do fr sb sree dont wontto do ourselves, oie O20 fede said thatthe fre war started deliberately, eis thoughe thatthe mayor willesgn 1 They sy thatthe fire was started deliberate People think thatthe meyor wilesign, 2 People say the man sin ‘The man is said to bein The police bolevehe has left He s believed to have le, the country. the county, + This formal structure is used especially in news reports with the verbs know, tol understand, report, expect, #9, beleva ‘and think ltmakes the information sound more impersong, 4 We use Its said, believed, ete. + that + clause, 2 Weuuse He, The man, et. (Lethe subject ofthe claus] + Is said, beloved, etc. + t0+ infinitive (eg, to be or perfect, (29, to have been) when taking about the pest, infinitive 2 Has someone ever snatched your bag? Have you ever 3 They need to get someone to check the CCTV to make sure that i's working They. 4 Someone took our photo in front ofthe Col We. 5 Asa result of the burglary, they're going to pay someone to put ina safe Asa result of the burglary they € Rephrase the sentence to make it more formal. People think the murcereris @ woman, {tis thought that the murderer is a woman, ‘The murderer is thought to be 2 woman, Police beliave the burglars local man, The burglar. i 2 People say the muggers are very dangerous. h 3 Police think the robbers entered through an open window. The robbers, 4 Police say the murderer has disappeared. I. 5 Lawyers expect thatthe trial will last three weeks The trial Or10 Crime and punishment VOCABULARY BANK SPEAKERS OF Spang Pocket Book p 36-37 1 CRIMES AND CRIMINALS 2 WHAT HAPPENS a Match the examples to the crimes in the chart. TO A CRIMINAL A Theytockeich-man'ssen-and-ssked-formoneyforhissafereturn. a Complete the sentences B She went to her business partner's house and shot her dead. with the words in the list. C Two passengers took control of the plane and made the pilot land in EThe crite: the desert. =e D After the party, the man made the woman have sex against her wil arrested /arestid/ caught /kout E We came home from holiday and found that our TV had gone charged AVaidsd/ committed ska muy F A teenager got into the Pentagon's computer systern and investigated /in'vestigetu downloaded some secret data. questioned /kwestfand/ a G Someone tried to sell me some marijuana during a concert, 1 Glad adn oe H When the police searched his car, it was full of contraband cigarettes, am committed aferima, They robbed a large supermarket 1 Someone thew paint onthe statue in the park 2 The police Gi J He said he'd send the photos to a newspaper if the actress didn’t pay Picarend camera) him a lot of money. driving to the airport in a stolen car K An armed man in 2 mask walked into a shop and shouted, ‘Give me 2 rs a all the money in the tll” Se ae ae LL The accountant was transferring money into his own bank account Biiaesics tena M The builder offered the mayor a free flat in rotura for giving his hous company permission to build new flats on piece of green land Py risan tie Gee N They left a bomb in the supermarket car park, which exploded. (= officially accused of armed robbery, © Somebody stole my car last night from outside my house P Aman held outa knife and made me give him my wallet. The trial ‘© Awoman followed a pop singer everywhere he went, watching him Sea ee a= Si and sending him constant messages on the internet, peceed si Se kets ‘Criminal | Verb Re guilty (opposite innocent) gilti/ 1 blackmailer blackmail judge sacs) jury Pdsuori/ =; = ccc. proof /prusf) punishment /panifmont/ 2| aoa drive UBDEEH beh 2 sentenced sentanst! verdict /vaidikt! 3 burglar [breakin/burgle = witnesses Mwuinaete 4 | drug dealer | sell drugs i a 5 = 5 | [fraud raid! fraudster | commit fraud ee eae 6 | MB) hacking *heekin/ hacker [hack (into) 8 They were of armed 7 |W hijacking Phaidsekin’ [hijacker __ jack robbery and car theft 8 | Al kidnapping ’kidnzpiy’ | kidnapper | kidnap, 2 Reaese snd the court what they _9 |B) mugging *maaio! peepee neat 10 The __(oF 12 people) looked 10 |) murder maida’ ‘murderer | murder at and heard all the - eB 11 || rape fre rapist rape ~~—SCSC*T After two days, the jury reached a i“ eae their Se ae apm a Eervon robert 12 Therwweenoc_ thet Adem 13/7) smuggling /smaalin’ | smuggler smuggle had committed the crime. 14 | stalking /stoikany stalker stalk 43 He was ‘and allowed to go ais) Merce hese aes ae free 15 | [Ml terrorism Mierorizam/ | terrorist off bombs, et Se re EE 16 | Ml thaft etl fan steal i fingerprints were on the gun used in xandalism Pvendalizam/ vandal | vandalize the robbery ake. 15 The decided what Car's b 8.3 Listen and check. erties 16 He him to ten yearsin ‘ACTIVATION Cover the chart and look at situations A-Q. Say the crimes. prison (ail) it b @8.4 Listen and check. Op.129

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