Ex. 41. Do the following tasks.

a) Make up a plan of the text.

b) Retell the text according to the plan.

с) Say what new facts about the FBI activity you have learned.

d) Speak about the structure and functions of the FBI using the scheme, given below.

		FBI

 

 

 

Text 6

Ex. 42. Read the text to learn information about the famous head of the FBI.

John Edgar Hoover

John Edgar Hoover was born in 1855. He was a native of Washington, D.C. He went to school there and then to George Washington University where he studied law. As a student he was brilliant and had a great choice after graduating from the University. But Hoover got a job in the Department of Justice. Very soon they sent him to the Federal Bureau of Investigation. That was in 1924 when J.E. Hoover was forty.

For many years he was the head of the FBI and made it the world’s greatest law enforcement organization. He opened a technical and scientific laboratory, identification division, set up a lot of training schools. He was also the initiator of the National Police Academy where he taught as the chief instructor. John Hoover had a photographic mind: he called agents by their first name; he remembered all investigations and their results.

He said: “The main task of the FBI is the protection of people against crime”. As to his personal life, he had no time to get married. When he was not busy with his service in the FBI, he usually went fishing or hunting. Hoover played tennis very well. He also liked good music.

 

Text 7

Training Division

Ex. 43. Read the text and find the answers to the questions given below.

1. Where are the FBI Agents trained?

2. What are the main types of training?

3. What is taught at these courses?

4. How do the courses range?

5. Why is thorough (тщательная) training given in firearms and defensive tactics?

6. What does the Training Division provide instructors for?

 

Training Division

All FBI Agents are trained at facilities in Washington, D. C., and at the FBI Academy in Quantico, Virginia. Today, the new Agents receive fourteen weeks of instruction. Two-week retraining courses are held periodically for all Agents. Although the theory of the various law enforcement arts and sciences is taught, the greater emphasis is placed on those practical skills and techniques demanded by day-to-day investigation.

The courses range from the Constitution and Federal Criminal Procedure to Investigative Techniques and the Collection, Identification and Preservation of Physical Evidence. Thorough training is given in firearms and defensive tactics in order that an agent may defend himself in those extreme situations where life may be in danger. The Training Division also provides instructors for thousands police schools conducted by local enforcement agencies in communities across the Nation.

 

Notes:

1. facilities – оборудование

2. retraining courses – курсы переподготовки

3. practical skills – практические навыки

4. firearms, n – огнестрельное оружие

5. defensive tactics – самбо

6. range, v – колебаться (в определенных пределах)

7. law enforcement arts – методы деятельности правохранительных органов

 

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FBI National Academy

Ex. 44.Read the text without a dictionary and write the summary of the text.

FBI National Academy

The FBI National Academy has long been a vital element in the continuing improvement of law enforcement standards, knowledge, and cooperation throughout the world. The national Academy experience and its sister program, “Field Police Training”, provide a wide range of leadership and specialized training, as well as an opportunity for professional law enforcement officers to share ideas, techniques, and experiences.

It is with the above concept that the National Academy Program was founded on July 29, 1935, with 23 students in attendance. Since that early beginning, the National Academy program has graduated 30,517 qualified students with the graduation of the 190^th Session on September 12, 1997. The program has enjoyed a world-wide reputation among international law enforcement and 1,689 officers representing 120 foreign countries have taken advantage of this training program.

Following graduation each officer has the opportunity to join the FBI National Academy Associates, a dynamic organization of more than 25,000 law enforcement professionals who have played a significant role in developing a higher level of competency, cooperation, and integrity within the law enforcement community.

Notes:

1. vital – жизненный, насущный

2. experience – опыт

3. leadership – руководство

4. share, v – делить, разделять

5. advantage – преимущество

6. integrity – целостность

Text 9

Ex. 45.Read the text with a dictionary. Write the summary of the text.