Shop-lifting. Английский язык.
Task 1. Make the sentences passive.
A
People in Chile speak Spanish.
Electricity drives this car.
They don't sell stamps in bookshops.
They make shoes in that factory.
B
My mother made this dress.
A drunken motorist knocked her down.
The Chinese invented paper.
They built that skyscraper in 1934.
C
They are repairing your car now.
The directors are still considering the application.
Somebody is using the computer at the moment.
They are building a new ring road round the city.
D
They have arrested her for shoplifting.
They have postponed the meeting.
Has anybody asked Peter?
They have built a new hospital near the airport.
E
They were cooking dinner when I arrived.
I didn't realise that somebody was recording our conversation.
F
They had finished the preparations by the time the guests arrived.
Someone had stolen the computer.
When we got to the stadium we found that they had cancelled the game.
G
You need hops to make beer.
People must not leave bicycles in the driveway.
You should have fixed your car.
Tony must have broken the glass.
Task 2. Write passive sentences.
Chinese ___________ (speak) in Singapore.
The Taj Mahal ___________ (build) around 1640.
The new hospital _____________ (open) next year.
She _______________ (interview) now.
I realised I ______________ (follow).
__________________ (you invite) to Andy’s party?
He found that all his money ________________ (steal).
These computers _____________ (make) in Korea.
Passengers _______________ (ask) not to speak to the driver.
Sorry about the noise - the road _______________ (mend).
The village church __________________ (burn down) last year.
A Roman pavement __________________ (just find) under Oxford Street.
Task 3. Make these sentences passive. Only use by if it is necessary to say who did the action.
1. Shakespeare wrote ‘Hamlet’
2. They are repairing your car now.
3. Steve Jobs founded Apple Computers.
4. The board will discuss the proposal.
5. Did anyone inform Mrs Wilson?
6. They make Renault cars in Slovenia.
7. They have transferred him to the New York office.
8. The princess opened the new conference centre.
9. They had made a full investigation.
10. I didn’t realise someone was listening to my telephone conversations.
Task 5. Sally went to see a landlady called Mrs Mawby about a flat. Now she is telling her friend, Paul, about it. Report the sentences.
Example
'The rent is ?50 a week.'
^ The landlady said the rent was ?50 a week.
a. 'It's a quiet flat, and the neighbors are nice.'
b. 'The rent includes gas and electricity.'
c. 'I need ?100 deposit.'
d. 'I decorated the living room recently.'
e. 'Other people have been to see the flat.'
f. 'You'll have to make up your mind soon.'
g. 'The previous occupants looked after it very well.'
h. 'I've replaced all the carpets.'
i. ' You can move in immediately.'
j. ‘I will give you a ring soon,' said Sally.
Task 6. Read. Translate
Shop-lifting
1. My ideas of shop-lifting were bound up with teenage memories of nicking packets of chewing gum from the local newsagents. A lot of guilt and not much loot. After a few conversations with professional shop-lifters, I realized that “blatant” was just about right.
2. Nobody took a couple of ties: they took the whole rack. The first member of the gang would walk in nice and purposefully. Their job was to set up the goods: perhaps put an elastic band round the ends of a few dozen silk scarves; move the valuable pieces of jewellery nearer the edge of the counter; slide the ties on the rack into a compact bunch. Then, while somebody else diverts the assistant or provides some sort of masking, the third member lifts the lot.
3. If the walk to the door is a little long, then there may be someone else to take over for the last stretch. No one is in possession for more than a few seconds, and there’s always a couple of spare bodies to obstruct anyone who seems to be getting too near the carrier. Store detectives who move forward with well-founded suspicions may still find themselves clutching empty air.
4. Store detectives watch for three main give-aways: any sort of loitering which looks different from the usual handing around and dithering that characterizes the real customer; any covert contact between individuals who’ve shown no other sign of knowing each other; any over-friendliness towards sales staff which might be acting as a distraction. “There’s one other little angel,’’ said one detective. “I often pop round the back stairs; that’s where you’ll occasionally find one of them; trying to relax and get themselves in the right mood before starting the next job.”
Task7. Answer the following questions:
1) When did shop-lifting become widespread?
2) What made stealing from a shop or a supermarket so tempting?
3) What shop-lifting techniques are mentioned in the text?
4) How well have security measures worked?
5) Is shop-lifting a common crime in your country?
Task 8. Give Russian equivalents of:
shop-lifting
a lot of guilt
store detectives
suspicion
a member of the gang
security measures
to divert the assistant
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