Vocabulary and Speech Exercises

I. Find the English equivalents for the following word combinations; memorize them.

1. идентификация личности

2. на скамье подсудимых

3. совершить преступление

4. полагаться на показания очевидцев

5. формальность процедуры опознания

6. группа крови

7. отпечатки пальцев

8. видимые и невидимые шрамы и отметины

9. портрет, составленный по описанию; фоторобот

10. лицо, находящееся в розыске

II. Translate the following derivatives into Russian.

1. person (n) – человек, лицо à personal, personally, personality

2. identical (a) – идентичный, схожий à identity, identify, identification

3. rely (v) – полагаться, доверять à reliable, unreliable

4. recognize (v) – узнавать à recognizable

5. describe (v) – описывать àdescription, descriptive, described

6. vision (n) – зрение à visible, invisible, visualize

7. except (v) – исключать à exception, exceptional, exceptionally

III. Fill the gaps with prepositions.

1. Can we tell for sure that the man … the dock and the man who committed the crime are one and the same person?

2. In detecting the crime the investigator relies a good deal … the testimony … eyewitnesses.

3. The testimony … an eyewitness may be followed … the formality … an identification parade.

4. Several personal characteristics may be used … identification.

5. Most police officers are trained to describe personal appearance … precise and recognizable terms.

6. A list … standard descriptive terms are prescribed … several headings.

7. The picture … the suspect got … the help of the Identikit is photographed … circulation.

8. A lot … wanted criminals have been traced … the help … Identikit.

IV. Fill in the gaps in the text below with the appropriate words from the list.

Theft; sentence; charge; fine; fingerprints; oath; arrest; evidence; cell; court; magistrate; handcuff; witnesses; investigate; detained; pleaded; found.

A policeman was sent to (1) ______ the disappearance of some property from a hotel. When he arrived, he found that the hotel staff had caught a boy in one of the rooms with a camera and some cash. When the policemen tried to (2) _____ the boy, he became violent and the policemen had to (3) _____ him. At the police station the boy could not give a satisfactory explanation for his actions and the police decided to (4) _____ him with the (5) ________ of the camera and cash. They took his (6) ______, locked him in a (7) _______, and (8) ________ him overnight. The next morning he appeared in (9) ______ before the (10) ______. He took an (11) _______ and (12) _____ not guilty. Two (13) _______, the owner of the property and a member of the hotel staff, gave (14) ________. After both sides of the case had been heard the boy was (15) _____ guilty. He had to pay a (16) _____ of $50 and he was given a (17) _______ of three month in prison suspended for two years.

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