VOCABULARY. security police полиция безопасности run руководить venturesome (always ready to take risks) идущий на риск

security police	полиция безопасности	run	руководить
venturesome (always ready to take risks)	идущий на риск	underworld	преступный мир
rash	неосторожный	reliance	опора
youth	юноша	resign	уходить в отставку
convict	осужденный; каторжник	cardboard mill	картонная фабрика
dare-devil	сорвиголова	dismiss	увольнять
jail-breaker	заключенный, бежавший из тюрьмы	allegedly	якобы
approach the police	обратиться в полицию	audacious	дерзкий

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

1) Vidocq tried to become rich and socially important using dishonest and immoral methods. 2) Vidocq created the security police in England. 3) Vidocq was always ready to take risks. 4) Vidocq sometimes did something too quickly, without thinking carefully about whether it was sensible or not. 5) People called Vidocq a coward because he would not fight. 6) Vidocq spent many years in prison for serious crimes. 7) Vidocq's war against crime was completely unfortunate. 8) Vidocq is someone who enjoys adventure.

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

I) Vidocq a venturesome rash youth was. 2) Vidocq always ready to take risks was. 3) Vidocq several spent periods in prison for petty offenses. 4) Vidocq his hand at a number of trades tried. 5) Vidocq his services to the state and created a new police department offered. 8) Vidocq's experience of life among thieves to the effectiveness of the security contributed police in France. 9) Vidocq a convict and a daredevil jail-breaker was. 10) Vidocq the police and offered to use his knowledge of the criminal world in exchange for his freedom approached.

II) Vidocq chief of the criminal police became. 12) Vidocq the

security police ran in France with the philosophy that to know and capture criminals one had to be a criminal oneself. 13) Vidocq a network of spies and informers in a war against crime directed. 14) Vidocq's war against crime completely successful was. 15) Vidocq's knowledge of the underworld the reason for his success was. 16) Vidocq's reliance on criminals to catch criminals the reason for his success was.

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

Полиция безопасности; причина успеха; захват преступников; идущий на риск; неосторожный; каторжник; сорвиголова; заключенный, в обмен на свободу; бежавший из тюрьмы; обратиться в полицию; руководить полицией безопасности; преступный мир; опора на преступников; уходить в отставку; увольнять; дерзкий; сеть шпионов и информаторов; знание уголовного мира.

► Ex. V. Complete the following statements.

1) Vidocq had bright beginnings in... 2) Vidocq spent... 3) Vidocq tried his hand at... 4) Vidocq approached... and offered... 5) Vidocq founded... and became... 6) Vidocq ran... 7) Vidocq's experience of life among thieves contributed... 8) Vidocq directed... 9) Vidocq's knowledge of... and his reliance on... were... 10) Vidocq was responsible for... 11) Vidocq resigned in... to start... where he employed... 12) Vidocq was dismissed for... 13) Vidocq created... 14) Vidocq was known as... 15) Vidocq was a friend of... 16) The figure of Vidocq is believed to have inspired...

► Ex. VI. Choose one topic to speak about Vidocq:

a) his character;

b) his friends;

c) his career.

Retell the text “Francois-Eugene Vidocq”.