3. Прочитайте следующие высказывания и исправьте неверные высказывания в соответствие с содержанием текста:

1. The crime rate is decreasing in America.

2. Police statistics give real figures of the number of crimes.

3. When a police report that the crime rate is up people feel happy.

4. When a police department reports that the crime rate is up it really means that it has increased.

5. Nowadays we have reliable information on criminal activity.

6. Briberies of customs officials are usually undetected.

7. Many crimes are never solved.

8. Many rape victims don’t talk to the police.

9. The number of arrests tells much about the crime rate.

10. Arrest always leads to conviction.

11. Some people are more likely to be victims than others.

12. A low crime rate always means that the police are doing their job well

4. Заполните пропуски в предложениях следующими словами:

increasing measure victims statistics arrest social accurate reflect bribery relate likely real criminals unreported

1. Nobody knows the ….. statistics of crime rate.

2. Police statistics may not ….. the real number of crimes.

3. The …… number of crimes may mean that more are being caught.

4. We have no reliable …… of criminal activity.

5. Many crimes are ……..

6. Many …… are ashamed to talk to the police.

1. Crime statistics don’t include …… of customs officials.

2. For some crimes …… doesn’t lead to conviction.

3. Improved surveys can …… the fact of being a victim with some …… characteristics.

4. Some people are more …… to become victims than others.

5. The survey could give us some ……. information on crime rates.

6. Sometimes ……. show that the police are overlooking much of criminal activity.

5. Прокомментируйте следующие высказывания:

1. Ill-gotten goods never prosper.

2. If the cap fits, wear it.

3. Providence sees to it that no man gets happiness out of crim.

4. Whoever profits by the crime is guilty of it.

5. Crime is contagious. If the government becomes a lawbreaker it breeds contempt for it.

6. Every unpunished murder takes away something from the security of every man’s life.

6. Назовите причины, почему статистика не отражает реальной ситуации с уровнем преступности.

7. Напишите краткую аннотацию текста.

Раздел 5.3

1. Прочитайте отрывок из газетной статьи и мнение читателя. Поставьте абзацы в правильном порядке.

Up to the early twentieth century, marriage was considered a necessity. People chose partners who provided them with economic support and stability. Since then attitudes have changed and fewer people are tying the knots. Marriage is no longer necessity in modern society. Do you agree with this view of marriage? What are the arguments for and against marriage? PBS Student magazine invites readers to write in with their opinions.

A. Secondly, it has been suggested that marriage provides more

stability for children. Certain surveys of children in single-parent families claim they are more likely to commit a serious crime than children from two-parent, married households. But in spite of this, having married parents isn’t necessarily the best thing. It’s obvious that a stable single-parent environment is a lot healthier for children than an unhappy marriage.

B. First of all, it could be argued that marriage brings emotional and

financial security to a relationship. This is partly true as married people are still legally bound to support their spouses. On the other hand, getting married and divorced is becoming increasingly easy. As a result, fewer people are prepared to work at their relationship, married vows are broken, and many couples are left emotionally scarred.

C Finally, some people claim that marriage is becoming more flexible, with personalized vows and contracts enabling couples to define their relationship themselves. Nevertheless, precisely because the ceremony is flexible and easy to adapt, many people are abusing it. In America there have been televised game shows, where people can win and marry spouses, and in Australia one man actually married his television set.

D. To conclude, it’s clear that marriage is no longer necessary

to a successful, modern relationship. Nowadays a growing number of people simply prefer to live together. This continuing decline in marriages means there is greater freedom for individuals to choose their own partners and decide how they wish to live.

E. Marriage used to be considered a necessity for anyone

wanting to live together and start a family. But over the past two decades fewer and fewer couples have felt the need to tie the knot. What then are the advantages and disadvantages of marriage?