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8A Cutting crime

1 LISTENING using your knowledge of the world to help you understand

formal advice
c 1 prepared 2 assertive 3 aware 4 Hide 5 against 6 instincts 7 plan 8 trouble

d 1 Your route
2 It makes you appear in control and less vulnerable.
3 Call, message, look up information
4 Your phone, camera, iPod, jewellery
5 It makes it more difficult for thieves on bikes to ride up behind you and snatch your bag.
6 A lot of activity, good lighting, CCTV
7 Make a plan of what you would do if something went wrong, agree a backup plan, keep an eye
on each other during the evening
8 Someone might put something into your drink

Vocabulary Bank Crime and punishment

1 CRIMES AND CRIMINALS

a 1 J blackmail, blackmailer, blackmail
2 M bribery, bribe
3 E burglary, burglar, break in / burgle
4 G drug dealing, drug dealer, sell drugs
5 L fraud, fraudster, commit fraud
6 F hacking, hacker, hack
7 C hijacking, hijacker, hijack
8 A kidnapping, kidnapper, kidnap
9 P mugging, mugger, mug
10 B murder, murderer, murder
11 D rape, rapist, rape
12 K robbery, robber, rob
13 H smuggling, smuggler, smuggle
14 Q stalking, stalker, stalk
15 N terrorism, terrorist, set off bombs
16 O theft, thief, steal
17 I vandalism, vandal, vandalize

2 WHAT HAPPENS TO A CRIMINAL

a The crime
1 Carl and Adam committed a crime. They robbed a large supermarket.
2 The police investigated the crime.
3 Carl and Adam were caught driving to the airport in a stolen car.
4 They were arrested and taken to a police station.
5 The police questioned them for ten hours.
6 Finally, they were charged with armed robbery.
The trial
7 Two months later, Carl and Adam appeared in court.
8 They were accused of armed robbery and car theft.
9 Witnesses told the court what they had seen or knew.
10 The jury looked at and heard all the evidence.
11 After two days, the jury reached their verdict.
12 There was no proof that Adam had committed the crime.

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13 He was acquitted and allowed to go free.

14 Carl was found guilty. His fingerprints were on the gun used in the robbery.
15 The judge decided what Carl’s punishment should be.
16 He sentenced him to ten years in prison.

3 PRONUNCIATION & SPEAKING the letter u

c 1 short 2 caught and court 3 /g/

4 GRAMMAR the passive (all forms); have something done; it is said that… , he is
thought to… , etc.
a A Story 2 B Story 1 C Story 3

b 1 being caught 2 landed 3 was spotted 4 snatched 5 was demonstrating 6 was caught 7 had
been broken 8 called 9 has been charged

c 2

d He always says ‘please’ and ‘thank you’ when he orders people to give him money.

e 1 to be 2 that he is 3 that he has robbed 4 to be polite

After is said and is reported…, use to + infinitive.
After it is believed… and it is thought…, use that + subject + verb.

Grammar Bank 8A

a 1 My phone has been stolen.

2 My house is being painted.
3 A meeting will be held to discuss the problem.
4 If the bomb hadn’t been found, it would have exploded.
5 Miranda thinks she was followed / was being followed last night.
6 I hate being woken up when I’m fast asleep.
7 The local police station is going to be closed.

b 1 Tim had his social media account hacked.

2 Have you ever had your bag snatched?
3 They need to have the CCTV checked to make sure that it’s working.
4 We had our photo taken in front of the Colosseum.
5 As a result of the burglary, they’re going to have a safe put in.

c 1 The burglar is believed to be a local man.

2 It is said that the muggers are very dangerous.
3 The robbers are thought to have entered through an open window.
4 It is said that the murderer has disappeared.
5 The trial is expected to last three weeks.

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5 READING understanding truth and lies

b 1 Steve and his sister; Martin said it was him and his dead wife.
2 Because one showed Steve (having breakfast in a hotel) with long hair, and one that was
supposed to have been taken later the same day showed Steve (in a pool) with shorter, darker
hair.
3 Steve had scratched his face; the scammer used it to claim he (Martin) had been in a car accident.

c 1c 2b 3b 4a 5b

d 1 thought that 2 trick (vb) 3 said that (even though it wasn’t true) 4 fraud 5 make use of (in a
dishonest way) 6 give 7 chosen 8 careful

7 WRITING expressing your opinion

a The writer thinks that, in general, community service is a good thing.

b 2 In most cases 3 Firstly 4 For instance 5 whereas 6 Secondly 7 so 8 Finally 9 In addition

10 In conclusion

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8B Fake news

1 LISTENING & SPEAKING identifying the main events in news stories

d 1 red grape skins
2 Spain (Almeria), he couldn’t get anyone in France to become involved
3 about €12
4 the summer / drinking on the beach or by a swimming pool
5 an animal with strange stripes
6 he’s an artist and he knows what the two animals look like
7 zebras usually have a black nose and mouth, and this animal didn’t
8 the animal was a donkey

2 GRAMMAR reporting verbs

a 1E 2B 3F 4A 5D 6C

Grammar Bank 8B

a 1 Jamie insisted on paying for the meal.

2 Lauren has agreed to work late next week.
3 I warned Jane not to wear those shoes to the park.
4 The man admitted stealing the woman’s handbag.
5 The doctor advised Lily to give up drinking coffee.
6 The boss persuaded Megan not to leave the company.
7 Freya accused me of trying / having tried to steal her phone.
8 I apologized to Evie for not remembering her birthday.
9 Did you manage to convince your parents to come tonight instead of tomorrow?
10 My neighbour denies damaging my car, but…

b 1 Ryan suggested going for a walk.

2 The teacher accused Simon of copying Anna’s exam.
3 Sam’s neighbour threatened to call the police if he had any more parties.
4 The children refused to go to bed.
5 Peter invited me to have dinner with him.
6 Molly reminded Jack to phone the electrician.
7 Ricky promised to never do / never to do it again.
8 Sarah recommended trying Giacobazzi’s.

3 PRONUNCIATION word stress

b Sts should have circled offer, order, promise, and threaten.

4 VOCABULARY & SPEAKING the media

a 1 sport 2 politics 3 celebrity gossip 4 business

b 1 leaves 2 is predicted 3 is going to marry 4 separate

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Vocabulary Bank The media

1 THE LANGUAGE OF HEADLINES

a 1 D Prime Minister backs his Chancellor in latest scandal
2 A Thousands of jobs axed by UK firms
3 F Stock market hit by oil fears
4 C Astronaut bids to be first man on Mars
5 E Ministers clash over new car tax proposal
6 H Bayern Munich boss vows to avenge defeat
7 B Police quiz witness in murder trial
8 G Actress rows with co-star over unfair pay

2 JOURNALISTS AND PEOPLE IN THE MEDIA

a 1 critic 2 commentator 3 reporter 4 editor 5 presenter 6 freelance journalist 7 newsreader
8 paparazzi 9 agony aunt

3 ADJECTIVES TO DESCRIBE THE MEDIA

a 1 D The reporting in the paper was very sensational.
2 E The news on Channel 12 is really biased.
3 B I think The Observer is the most objective of the Sunday papers.
4 A The film review was quite accurate.
5 C I think the report was censored.

5 READING using headings to understands the main point of a paragraph

a Because he isn’t experiencing the real France.

c 1 sense 2 name 3 addresses 4 date 5 spellings 6 fake 7 images 8 trust

d Introduction For political or personal gain

1 Because they don’t exist.
2 There is no such newspaper.
3 It isn’t the correct URL for ABC news, just deliberately similar.
4 They were actually of another attack in Russia five years earlier.
5 Because authentic news sites use editors to check the text is accurate.
6 Because the surname is spelled wrong.
7 Because these types of images are often used in order to make a fake story more likely to go
viral.
8 Check that the information appears on other, reputable news sites.

e 1 exaggerated, misleading, improbable, doctored

2 legitimate, reliable, trustworthy

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6 VIDEO LISTENING
a 1 live Twitter feeds 2 Facebook 3 the Boston newsletter 4 the telegraph line
5 radio and television 6 cable TV

b 1 In Washington, DC; 30,000

2 He was believed to be one of the most dangerous pirates at the time; 1718
3 On horseback; the roads were bad, so it was very difficult to send news over long distances.
4 By telegraph line
5 They were very biased because journalists represented their own side in the war and reports were
usually censored by the army or the government.
6 The inventions of radio and television
7 The plane landing on New York’s Hudson River

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7&8 Revise and Check

GRAMMAR
1 must have left 2 should have told 3 might have got 4 can’t have been 5 as if 6 tastes like
7 smells awful 8 was being repaired 9 never be found 10 to be 11 is said
12 the shower fixed 13 to talk 14 killing her husband 15 apologized for being

VOCABULARY
a 1 remind 2 matter 3 stole 4 raise 5 argue 6 refuses

b 1 calf (the others relate to hands)

2 hip (the others are organs)
3 wink (the others are things you do with your hand)
4 vandal (the others are all kinds of thieves)
5 smuggler (the others are crimes)
6 evidence (the others are people)

c 1 chew 2 scratch 3 stare 4 frown 5 hack 6 blackmail 7 bribe 8 quit

d 1 critic 2 biased 3 censored 4 newsreader 5 accurate

PRONUNCIATION
a 1 elbow /əʊ/ 2 honest (the h is silent) 3 journalist /ɜː/ 4 shoulder /əʊ/ 5 jury /ʊə/

b 1 realize 2 blackmail 3 vandalism 4 commentator 5 objective

CAN YOU understand this text?

a A web sleuth is a citizen-detective who investigates crimes by going online.

b 1B 2F 3D 4E 5A 6C

CAN YOU understand these people?

1a 2c 3b 4a

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