VOCABULARY. arson поджог resentment чувство обиды arsonist; dwelling жилище rationally разумно gravity серьезность

arson	поджог	resentment	чувство обиды
arsonist; dwelling	жилище	rationally	разумно
gravity	серьезность, тяжесть	burglar	вор-взломщик
extent	степень	anxious	озабоченный
endanger	подвергать опасности	phenomenon	феномен
revenge /vengeance	месть	premises	дом с прилегающими пристройками и участком
jealous	ревнивый	fraudulent	мошеннический
excitement	возбуждение	insurance claim	иск из страхования
pathological	патологический	suicidal impulse	влечение к самоубийству
impulse	побуждение	sick fancies	болезненные фантазии

1) What did arson consist of in common law? 2) What is now arson in English law? 3) What may the gravity of the crime depend on? 4) What act may arson be committed as? 5) Whom may arson be committed by? 6) Pathological behaviour is impossible to control, isn't it? 7) When do pupils usually set schools on fire? 8) Who may set fire to a house to conceal the evidence of his crime? 9) Who may be anxious to conceal accounts from an auditor? 10) Who sets fire to premises in order to make a fraudulent insurance claim?

► Ex. II. Agree or disagree with the following statements.

1) Arson includes setting fire to the dwelling of another person.

2) Setting fire to rubbish is absurdity. 3) Any kind of damage involuntarily caused by fire is arson. 4) The gravity of the crime doesn't depend on the extent to which life is endangered. 5) Arson may be committed as an act of vengeance against an employer. 6) A lucky lover may commit arson. 7) Persons who are not interested in fires may commit arson. 8) Arson may be committed by persons who have suicidal impulses to set fires. 9) Pupils out of amusement sometimes set schools on fire. №) Pupils out of sick fancies sometimes set schools on fire. 11) A burglar may set fire to a house to hide the evidence of his crime. 12) An employee sets fire to cover accounts from an auditor. 13) A fire setter sets fire to his own premises in order to make a dishonest insurance claim.

► Ex. III. Restore the word order in the following statements.

1) Arson of setting fire to the dwelling of another person consists. 2) Setting is fire to rubbish arson. 3) Any kind is of damage deliberately caused by fire arson. 4) The gravity of the crime depend on the extent to which life is endangered may. 5) Arson may be as an act of revenge against an committed employer. 6) A commit jealous lover may arson. 7) Persons commit who find excitement in fires may arson. 8) Arson may be by persons who have pathological impulses to committed set fires. 9) Pupils set out of resentment sometimes schools on fire. 10) Pupils set out of simple vandalism sometimes schools on fire. 11) A burglar set fire to a house to conceal the evidence of his may crime. 12) An employee fire to conceal accounts from an auditor sets. 13) A fire setter fire to his own premises in order to make a fraudulent insurance claim sets.

► Ex. IV. Translate the following words and phrases from Russian into

English.

Ревнивый; возбуждение; патологический; побуждение; чувство обиды; разумно; вор-взломщик; озабоченный; феномен; поджог; влечение к самоубийству; жилище; тяжесть; степень; подвергать опасности; месть; мошеннический; иск из страхования; забава; нелепость.

► Ex. V. Complete the following statements.

1) Arson consisted of... 2) Any kind of damage deliberately caused by fire is... 3) Setting fire to rubbish is... 4) The gravity of the crime may depend on... 5) The law may distinguish... 6) Most systems consider... 7)... differs. 8) Arson may be committed... 9) Schools are set on fire by... 10) A burglar may set fire to... 11) An employee may set fire to... 12) Another phenomenon is...

Ex. VI. Choose one topic to speak of arson:

a) its conception;

b) its motivation.

Retell the text “Arson”.

Unit 9

► Ex. I. Scan through the text Work in pairs to answer the questions that follow.

Theft. Theft (or larceny) is probably the most common crime involving a criminal intent. The crime of grand larceny in some U.S. jurisdictions consists of stealing more than a specified sum of money or property worth more than a specified amount. The traditional definition of theft specified the physical removal of an object that was capable of being stolen, without the consent of the owner and with the intention of depriving the owner of it forever. This intention, which has always been an essential feature of theft, does not necessarily mean that the thief must intend to keep the property—an intention to destroy it, or to abandon it in circumstances where it will not be found, is sufficient. In many legal systems the old definition has been found to be inadequate to deal with modern forms of property that may not be physical or tangible (a bank balance, for instance, or data stored on a computer), and more sophisticated definitions of theft have been adopted in modern legislation. The distinction that the common law made between theft (taking without consent) and fraud (obtaining with consent, as a result of deception) has been preserved in many modern laws, but the two crimes are rarely regarded as mutually exclusive, as they were in the past. It is now accepted that an act may constitute both theft and fraud, as in the theft and subsequent sale of an automobile. Burglary is the crime of breaking into a dwelling or into a building by night with intent to commit a felony or to steal things. The essence of burglary is normally the entry into a building with a criminal intent. Entry without the intent to commit a crime is merely a trespass, which is not criminal in many jurisdictions. Although the motivation of most burglars is theft, but it is possible, for instance, to commit burglary with intent to rape. Robbery is the commission of theft in circumstances of violence. It involves the application or the threat of force in order to commit the theft. Robbery takes many forms—from the mugging of a stranger in the street, in the hope of stealing whatever he may happen to have in his possession, to much more sophisticated robberies of banks, involving numerous participants and careful planning.