\n[Vocabulary related to crime]\n
Types of crime<\/p>\n
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- Robbery –\u00a0\u00a0the crime of stealing<\/strong><\/em> from somewhere or someone<\/li>\n
- Mugging\u00a0 –\u00a0an act of attacking someone<\/em><\/strong> and stealing<\/em><\/strong> their money<\/li>\n
- Theft –\u00a0(the act of) dishonestly taking<\/strong><\/em> something that belongs to someone else and keeping it<\/strong><\/em><\/li>\n
- Shoplifting – steal from shops<\/li>\n
- Hit and run –\u00a0the driver<\/strong><\/em> who caused the accident drives away<\/strong> <\/em>without helping the other people involved and without telling the police<\/li>\n
- Smuggling –\u00a0the crime of taking goods or people into or out of a country illegally<\/li>\n
- Drug dealing – buy and sell drug<\/li>\n
- Fraud – trick and deceive people<\/li>\n
- Bribery –\u00a0giving someone money or something else of value, often illegally, to persuade that person to do something you want<\/li>\n
- Vandalism – intentionally damages property belonging to other people<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Types of Punishment<\/p>\n
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- prison\/jail<\/li>\n
- a warning<\/li>\n
- a fine<\/li>\n
- community service<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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- I walked through\/across\/around the park on my way to the bank.<\/li>\n
- The mugging was at 1830 in the evening on Sun.<\/li>\n
- The police found a lot of stolen money in the boot of the car.<\/li>\n
- The car was driving quickly all the way along\/down High Street.<\/li>\n
- He ran across the street to the other side.<\/li>\n
- They both ran round the corner.<\/li>\n
- The fugitive hid behind the wall and the police\u00a0couldn’t see him anymore.<\/li>\n
- On Sun evening, the bank was robbed.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
\n[Language]\nI ( background info<\/strong> –<\/strong> was\/were + verb.[ing]<\/strong><\/em> ) and\u00a0 I (main action –<\/strong> did<\/strong><\/em>)<\/p>\n
e.g I (was doing<\/em> something) and I (did<\/em> other thing).<\/p>\n
e.g I (was watching<\/em> TV) and I (got<\/em> the call from Ivy).<\/p>\n
e.g I (was shopping<\/em> in the local supermarket), when (I lost<\/em> my purse).<\/p>\n
e.g When my sister (was snapping<\/em> on the bus), her wallet (was stolen<\/em>).<\/p>\n
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To\u00a0give\u00a0a factual account of a crime you witnessed:<\/p>\n
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- I was walking and I saw the whole thing happen…<\/li>\n
- I’d like to report a theft.<\/li>\n
- I was walking down the street and someone snatched (= TAKE QUICKLY \u6436) my phone right out of my hand!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
\n[from\/out of nowhere<\/strong> =\u00a0very suddenly and unexpectedly]\ne.g The cyclist just came out of nowhere<\/em> and I didn’t have time to stop!<\/p>\n
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Summary The topic of the lesson\u00a0was crime.\u00a0I could: role play giving a factual account of a crime you witnessed focus on crime-related vocabulary review past tenses used to describe past events practise the weak and strong form of ‘was’ and ‘were’ to sound more natural. [Vocabulary related to crime] Types of crime Robbery –\u00a0\u00a0the crime
- Mugging\u00a0 –\u00a0an act of attacking someone<\/em><\/strong> and stealing<\/em><\/strong> their money<\/li>\n