Ex. 1. Read the sentences, find predicate with modal verbs and translate them into Russian.

1. You can fool all the people some of the time, and some of the people all the time, but you cannot fool all the people all of the time. (Lincoln)

2. Little friends may prove great friends. (Aesop)

3. Important principles may and must be flexible. (Lincoln)

4. Books and friends should be few but good. (пословица)

5. The British Sovereign is to visit Japan next year.

6. Laboratory investigation of a paper sample can involve physical, microscope, ultraviolet, and microchemical tests.

7. The officer may use such force as it is necessary in selfdefence.

8. Any investigator must develop skill in interrogation through practice, experience and knowledge of human feelings and behaviour.

9. By the tracks of an automobile the police could establish a car model.

 

Ex. 2. Read and translate the sentences.

1. You must learn all these new words. 2. I can’t translate the text myself. I need your help. 3. You needn’t translate the sentences. 4. May I ask you to wait a little? I am not yet ready. 5. You needn’t go there today. 6. You should work hard and be more attentive. 7. You must bring me my text-book today. But you needn’t come very early. 8. Can you speak English well? – No, I am afraid, I can’t. I must work hard at it. 9. May I smoke here? – Excuse me, but you mustn’t. You should go out and smoke in the yard. 10. I ought to do some work in the library for an hour or two this afternoon. 11. I cannot translate this text without dictionary. Can you help me? – Excuse me, but I am busy now. I must see Professor N. and speak to him. 12. You ought not to waste your time. 13. Little girls and boys ought to be good and obey their parents. 14. The train is to arrive at 5 p.m. 15. You have to come here in the morning. 16. We can’t investigate criminal cases now. We shall be able to do it by the end of the final year of study.

 

Ex. 3. Ask questions to the following sentences and give positive (А) and negative (В) answers:

А. Model: She can read English.

– Can she read English?

– Yes, she can read English.

1. He can drive a car. 2. They must use weapon. 3. You have to interview witnesses. 4. He may interrogate the suspect. 5. You are to perform well under operational conditions. 6. You have to know all about his modus operandi. 7. He should be very careful. 8. I can investigate felonies. 9. They must deal with “juvenile troubles”. 10. She is able to find evidence.

B. Model: He can play football.

– Can he play football?

– No, he can’t play football.

1. They may deal with this business in future. 2. You should speak to the professor. 3. She must work out the plan. 4. You may look at this text. 5. He can solve this problem. 6. We must violate public order. 7. I should cross the street here. 8. He is to graduate from the University next year. 9. You have to read this text again. 10. She can remember all new words.

Ex. 4. Translate the sentences into English.

1. Вы должны опросить этого свидетеля, чтобы получить дополнительную информацию по этому делу. 2. Простите, можно войти? 3. Вы не должны опаздывать. 4. Вам следует быть более внимательным. 5. Вы можете мне помочь? 6. Я не могу перевести это слово. 7. Вы должны завершить расследование этого преступления к концу этой недели. 8. Вам придется осмотреть место преступления еще раз. 9. Простите, здесь можно курить? 10. Здесь нельзя разговаривать громко. 11. Вы должны были составить протокол осмотра места происшествия. 12. Лекция должна начаться в 11 часов. 13. Вы должны это сделать к вечеру. 14. Шерлок Холмс мог найти преступника, когда полиция Скотланд Ярда не в состоянии была это сделать. 15. Она должна закончить университет в следующем году. 16. Вам следует поговорить с преподавателем. 17. Я должен поговорить с адвокатом. 18. Она умеет работать с уликами. 19. Можно посмотреть ваше удостоверение личности? 20. Ему пришлось допросить подозреваемого еще раз.

 

 

II. TEXTS

Warming Up

 

Ex. 5. Before you read text 1 try to answer the following questions.

1. Do you know any international organizations fighting international crime?

2. What is a transnational crime?

3. What transnational crimes can you name?

4. Is it necessary for international organizations to combine their efforts and why?

 

Text 1

Vocabulary for reading the text:

1. increase (v) – возрастать, увеличиваться
2. sophisticated – сложный
3. to expand – расширять
4. opportunity – возможность
5. be subjected to – подчиняться
6. to define – определять, устанавливать
7. money laundering – отмывание денег
8. illicit arms trade –незаконная торговля оружием
9. hijacking of planes – захват и угон самолетов
10. fraud in insurance – мошенничество в страховой деятельности
11. trade in humans – торговля людьми
12. drug trafficking – незаконная торговля наркотиками
13. sham bankruptsy – ложное банкротство
14. bribing public figures – подкуп государственных служащих
15. currency counterfeiting – подделка валюты
16. escape – избежать, убежать; скрываться
17. gain – приобрести, получить
18. to conceal – скрыть, спрятать
19. subsequent - последующий

 

Ex. 6. Read the following words, determine their suffixes and say what part of speech they belong to.

growth, development, international, opportunity, enormously, activity, necessarily, ecological, corruption, leader, convention, offender, offence, finally, extremely, identification, preparation

 

Ex. 7. Study the following synonyms.

growth = increase

rapid = fast

criminal = offender

reach = get

individuals = persons

scheme = programm

cross-border = transnational

for instance = for example

 

Ex. 8. Learn the connectives given to understand the text.

although – хотя

however – тем не менее

because of – вследствие, из-за

while – в то время как

 

Ex. 9. Read text 1 and do the tasks that follow.