Переведите предложения.

1. Modern industrial societies are characterized by a net of global business relations.

2. The wrongdoer's criminal record is long.

3. The Council of the European Union represents national governments.

4. The militia officer's actions at the crime scene helped to apprehend the offender.

5. The selection process to police departments involves backgrounds checks of applicants.

 

3. Переведите сочетания «существительное + существительное:.

the Department of Homeland Security, terrorist attacks, border patrol agents, credit checks, drug test, law enforcement, selection process, police activity, crime causes theories, crime causation, construction company, court system, street crime.

 

4. Переведите словосочетания и определите степени сравнения:

much larger than	a little longer
the worst conditions	the most important method
heavier traffic than	much more important result
lower rates of crime	much nearer
the oldest means	the most efficient
twice more expensive than	as brave as a lion
poorer street criminals	much higher rates than

Переведите предложения и определите функцию и значение глаголов to be, to have, to do.

1. My father is a forensic expert.

2. He does everything wrong.

3. Philippov V.G. was one of the best criminal investigators in the Russian history.

4. What language do you speak?

5. We have no news today.

 

Выделите в предложениях сказуемые, определите видовременную форму глаголов в активном залоге и укажите их инфинитив. Переведите предложения.

1. We had studied English before we entered the University.

2. The divisional inspector was protecting the crime scene when the police dog-handler arrived.

3. Speakers at the forum are discussing the security threats.

4. Most large police departments operate their own laboratories.

5. In five years we will graduate from the University.

 

7. Переведите предложения, содержащие оборот there is / there are. Обратите внимание на употребление неопределенных и отрицательных местоимений и их производных.

1. There are a lot of suspects in this case.

2. There wasn't anybody behind the door.

3. There are about 5,000 languages is the world.

4. There were no witnesses of a car crash.

5. The prosecutor is sure that there will be a lot of hearings of this case.

 

Прочитайте текст. Выпишите из него интернационализмы и слова, о значении которых можно догадаться без словаря (не менее 10 слов). Приведите их русскоязычные соответствия.

 

Text

Recruitment and Training: Becoming a Police Officer in the USA

(Part 1)

To meet basic requirements to police work applicants must:

· Be a US citizen.

· Not have been convicted of a felony.

· Have or be eligible to have a driver's license in the state where the department is located.

· Be at least twenty-one years of age.

Beyond these minimum requirements, the selection process involves: background checks, including drug tests; a review of the applicant's educational, military, and driving records; credit checks; interviews with spouses, acquaintances, and previous employers.

It is difficult to find a profession that puts potential employees through a more strenuous series of tests than law enforcement. To start with, police applicant must take a written examination to measure the applicant's knowledge of basic information and ability to comprehend certain situations, mathematical ability and writing skills. The written exam is generally pass/fail, and the applicant must pass it to continue with the employment process.

After the written examination, the applicant moves on to physical agility tests.

Recruits with college or university education are generally have an advantage in hiring and promotion.

Most police departments have a number of factors that automatically disqualify a person from employment. According to statistics, around 20 percent of the nearly 70,000 persons who apply for police jobs annually are rejected.

Определите тематику текста, выбрав из предложенных вариантов 3 правильных, расположите их в последовательном порядке и переведите их.

This text …

· explains what is involved in extensive background checks of prospective police officers.

· lists basic requirements to police work applicants.

· identifies the three traditional forms of police corruption.

· identifies the five basic values of the police subculture.

· is about testing of police applicants.

· lists stressors found in police work.

 

Перепишите вопросы к тексту и письменно ответьте на них.

1. What tests are police applicants required to pass?

2. How many persons, applying for police jobs are annually rejected?

 

11. Письменно переведите текст.

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