VOCABULARY. influence фактор влияния abduct насильно увозить mug грабить на улице ice pick пестик для колки льда

influence	фактор влияния	abduct	насильно увозить
mug	грабить на улице	ice pick	пестик для колки льда
shoplifting	кража в магазине	slit	разрезать в длину
extortion	вымогательство	leave for dead	оставить, приняв за мертвого
extort	совершить вымогательство	abductor	похититель
jail	тюрьма	bear down	нападать
heroin	героин	brothel	публичный дом
earn	заработать	indict	предъявлять обвинение
lucky	счастливчик	try	судить
evade arrest	ускользнуть из-под ареста	convict	признать виновным
craps	азартная игра в кости	sentence	приговорить
bootlegging	бутлегерство	commute	смягчать наказание

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

1) Luciano was the most powerful chief of French organized crime. 2) Luciano immigrated with his friends from Palermo to Chicago in 1910. 3) At the age of 6 Luciano participated in extortion. 4) Luciano spent ten months in jail for selling morphine. 5) Luciano deserved his alias for success at evading arrest. 6) Luciano was good at craps games. 7) Luciano made and sold alcohol illegally. 8) Luciano didn't take an active part in bloody gang wars. 9) Luciano was sentenced for a 10-year term. 10) From his prison cell Luciano wrote letters to his parents. 11) In 1946 his punishment was mitigated. 12) Luciano was deported to France, where he settled in Paris. 13) Luciano died of tuberculosis in Paris in 1972.

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

1) Luciano the most powerful chief of American organized crime was. 2) Luciano with his parents from Sicily to New York City immigrated. 3) Luciano was in mugging and extortion involved. 4) Luciano six months in jail for selling heroin spent. 5) Luciano bootlegging and protection racket directed. 6) Luciano an active part in the bloody gang war of 1930-31 took. 7) Luciano was for a 50-year term sentenced. 8) From his prison cell Luciano to rule and issue orders continued. 9) Luciano of a heart attack in 1962 died.

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

Шеф; иммигрировать; вовлекать; красть; преступление; прятать; проводить время; продавать героин; прозвище; успех; одержать победу; сбыт наркотиков; требовать; причинять повреждения собственности; нанести удар колющим оружием; остаться в живых; кровавый; война гангстеров; обвинитель; собирать свидетельские показания; фактор влияния; грабить на улице; кража в магазине; вымогательство; тюрьма; заработать; счастливчик; ускользнуть из-под ареста; бутлегерство; насильно увозить; оставить, приняв за мертвого; похититель; нападать; предъявлять обвинение; судить; признать виновным; организованная преступность; приговорить; высылка; смягчать наказание.

► Ex. V. Complete the following statements.

1) Lucky Luciano was... 2) Luciano immigrated... 3) At the age of 10, Luciano was involved in... 4) In 1916 Luciano spent... 5) Luciano earned his nickname for... 6) In 1920 Luciano directed... 7) In 1929 Luciano was abducted... but survived. 8) Luciano never named... 9) Luciano took an active part in... 10) By 1934 Luciano had become... 11) In 1936 Luciano was...and sentenced for... 12) From his prison cell Luciano continued... 13) In 1946 his sentence was... and he was deported to... 14)... continued to direct the drug traffic into the United States and the smuggling of foreigners to America. 15) Luciano died of...

► Ex. VI. Choose one topic to speak about Lucky Luciano:

a) his youth;

b) his nickname;

c) his criminal activities in the US;

d) his abduction;

e) his life since 1936 and his death.

Retell the text “Lucky Luciano”.