A Listen to the dialogue. Match the columns to form the dialogue.

1. Good afternoon, sir. What can I do for you?	a Michael Crawford.
2. Right. I’ll just take some details. What is your name?	b I want to report a theft. My briefcase was stolen.
3. When and where did the theft take place?	c I don’t think so.
4. Now, can you tell me exactly what happened?	d Well…I was drinking a cup of coffee. My briefcase was under the table. I left the table for a moment and when I returned my briefcase was gone.
5. Did anyone witness the theft, sir?	e About 15 minutes ago, at the Cornmill Café on Chapel Street.
6. Please fill in this form with your details, a description of the briefcase and a full list of the contents.

b Take roles and make up similar dialogues. Think about:

- what was taken

- when/where it happened

- the event in detail

Task 2. Listen to the news reports and match each person with the crime described, then write headlines for each news report.

1 John Pierce a fraud

2 Sally Smith b terrorism

3 Ann Daniels c blackmail

4 Tom Corman d joyriding

5 Jerry Parr e drug trafficking

Task 3. Listen to the radio announcement and fill in the table below. Using the notes, describe each suspect; then, write each suspect’s description.

Suspect 1Suspect 2

Height	short	tall
Build	quite muscular	skinny
Age	……	……
Complexion	tanned	……
Face	……	square
Hair	thick, ……, grey	short, ……
Eyes	……	slanting
Nose	crooked	curved
Lips	thin	……
Special features	walks with a limp	……

Task 4. Listen to the news report and fill in the gaps.

"Yesterday morning Gregory Briggs appeared in Shellsby Crown Court

1) ……… of robbery. The judge 2) ……… him to ten years in prison.

Briggs was 3) ……… last May as he was trying to rob Lloyds Bank in Shellsby. One 4) ……… told reporters that Briggs had run into the bank holding a gun and threatened to shoot everyone unless the manager gave him all the money in the safe. Fortunately 5) ……… Gary Thomas, who happened to be in the bank at the time, was able to grab Briggs 6) ……… before he had a chance to hurt anyone.

As Briggs walked into the courtroom yesterday morning with his lawyer, he 7) ……… having broken the 8) ……… and told reporters that he was 9) ………. However, after hearing the witnesses and seeing the evidence supplied by the bank's security cameras, the jury quickly came to the conclusion that Briggs was 10) …….

Last night Police Chief John Brown praised Thomas for his brave arrest of the violent criminal and for preventing what might have turned into a tragedy."

Task 5. Listen to Chief Inspector Ronald Lewis advising people on how to protect themselves from certain types of crime and fill in the table below. Listen again and give a short talk on the topic

mugging	· carry a personal …………………………… · attend ……………………………… classes
kidnapping	· teach children not to talk to ……………….. · if approached by strangers, they should go to the nearest ……………………………… place · if you can afford it, hire a …………………...
car theft	· fit an ……………………………… system · park in an ……………………….. car park · make sure your car is securely ……………

Task 6. Listen to the following street survey about the rise in crime and fill in the table below. Looking at your notes, give a one-minute talk on the rise in crime, then write about it. Start like this: One of the main reasons that there is a rise in crime is unemployment. Some people may turn to crime ….

Use expressions such as: first of all, what is more, another reason, finally etc.

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