- •Vocabulary List
- •Vocabulary Notes
- •Scanning
- •Skimmimg
- •Vocabulary Work
- •Suggest Russian equivalents of the following words and expressions and use them in your own sentences based on the text.
- •Suggest English equivalents of the following expressions and use them in your own sentences based on the text.
- •Match the expressions on the left (a) with their proper translation on the right (b).
- •Guess the concept of the following definitions.
- •Give definitions of these words. Use the dictionary. Suggest the word-combinations in which these words can be used.
- •Match the words on the left (a) with their definitions on the right (b) and give their Russian equivalents.
- •Put in the missing letters.
- •Match the adjectives with similar meanings.
- •Match the nouns with similar meanings.
- •The letters in the words are mixed up (jumbled). Guess the words!
- •Translate the sentences from English into Russian.
- •Complete the sentences with the words from the box.
- •XIII. Refresh all the active word-combinations that contain prepositions in their structure. Then fill in the gaps with the appropriate prepositions from the box.
- •XIV. Translate the following sentences from Russian into English using the active vocabulary.
- •Remember if these juridical noun-terms from Chapter 21 are countable, uncountable or both.
- •Give your own examples illustrating the fact that the nouns from the 3d column can be both countable and uncountable.
- •II. Read and translate the following sentences. Compare the use of these nouns in italics when they are countable and uncountable, comment on the use of articles or on their absence.
- •III. At first read the definitions of the nouns that are always uncountable. Then analyse the examples of their usage in the context in Chapter 21.
- •IV. At first read the definitions of the nouns that are always countable. Then analyse the examples of their usage in the context in Chapter 21.
- •Say whether the following statements are true (t) or false (f). Explain why.
- •Answer the questions about the text.
- •III. Draw up the plan for rendering the text and then summarize it.
- •IV. Find the information on the Internet on the following themes and make presentations in class.
- •V. Discuss the following issues. (Points for discussion)
- •Watch some other videos on the young persons’ issues and prepare a summary of one of them for the group (including a list of new words).
Scanning
Look through the first two pages of the Chapter and illustrate the correlation of 7 terms naming young people up to the age of 18 and the names of the courts.
Scan the part YOUNG PERSONS ACCUSED OF CRIME. Describe the changes that were brought by the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 and illustrate the role of parents or appropriate adults in the cautioning and prosecution procedures.
Read quickly the part YOUNG PERSONS AS VICTIMS OF CRIME and describe the exact procedure of protecting by the law a child who has been the victim of crime, who has been harmed physically, sexually, or emotionally.
Look through the part CHILDREN AND THE FAMILY and name the components of the Children Act 1989 by which the courts are guided in the best interests of the child (general principles, range of options for dealing with the ranges of cases).
Scan the part ADOPTION and name useful additions or amendments that the Adoption and Children Act 2002 implemented for improving the performance of the adoption service.
Skimmimg
Look more thoroughly through the first part of the chapter and decide what it is devoted to.
the enumeration of certain things that children cannot do
the enumeration of legal prohibitions for children until they acquire full legal status
the rights and responsibilities of children
Look more closely through the end of the Chapter and decide which of the following statements renders the main idea of the given part.
“UN Convention on the rights of the child” reflects the interaction of official groups (the police, doctors, schools and the courts), government and the State with children.
In “UN Convention on the rights of the child” the obligations of the society to children are describe in detail.
In “UN Convention on the rights of the child” the rights of the child are detailed.
Vocabulary Work
Exercises
Suggest Russian equivalents of the following words and expressions and use them in your own sentences based on the text.
1. to refer to as infants/minors/children; 2. to serve on a jury; 3. to be sued; 4. to get involved with the courts; 5. to ensure sth/that; 6. to be presumed to do sth; 7. to do wrong; 8. to abolish; 9. to be legally responsible for sth; 10. to have one’s future life blighted; 11. to amount to inhuman and degrading treatment; 12. to flaw; 13. it may well be that; 14. to spell out; 15. a landmark judgment; 16. corporal punishment.
Suggest English equivalents of the following expressions and use them in your own sentences based on the text.
1. совершеннолетие; 2. за исключением предметов первой необходимости; 3. составлять завещание; 4. отказать в справедливом судебном разбирательстве; 5. вмешиваться в систему правосудия; 6. установить вину; 7. подвергать несовершеннолетнего подсудимого запугиванию, унижению и страданиям; 8. бессрочный судебный запрет; 9. в противоречии со статьей Европейской Конвенции; 10. поставить вне закона/запретить телесное наказание детей; 11. объявлять незаконным, запрещать, объявлять (кого-л.) вне закона; 12. завоевать доверие ребёнка; 13. логичность/последовательность/связность информации/доклада/отчета; 14. руководствоваться насущными интересами ребёнка; 15. уровень жизни; 16. развиваться в полной мере.