Task I. Agree or disagree with the following statements.

1. It is difficult to give an exact definition to a crime because there is a great variety and difference in the offences.

2. Public law is the law regulating relations between different countries.

3. A crime is an offence against only one person.

4. Crimes are unlawful acts, which can not be punished by the state.

5. A person who committed an offence must be punished by the state.

6. Crime is punishable by fine, imprisonment, but not death.

7. The way of punishing people guilty of crime varies from country to country.

8. Bigamy is a crime in Saudi Arabia.

9. It is a crime to smoke marijuana in England.

10. It is not a crime to drink alcohol in Egypt.

11. Theft and assault are considered to be crimes all over the world.

12. A crime is an offence against the state punishable by fine, imprisonment, or death.

 

Task II. Translate the words in brackets to complete the following sentences.

 

1. It is very difficult (дать точное определение преступления).

2. There is a great variety of crimes different in (тяжесть преступления).

3. Any offence is (против общества и государства) although it might affect only one person.

4. The person who (совершил преступление) will be punished by the state.

5. A crime is an (противоправное деяние) which is an offence against the public.

6. A crime is an offence against the state (наказуемое штрафом, тюремным заключением или смертной казнью).

7. Such crimes as (воровство, убийство, ограбление) are liable to legal punishment in all the countries.

8. The way of punishing people (подозреваемых в совершении преступления) is different from country to country.

 

Task III. Translate the following sentences into English.

 

1. Непросто дать точное определение преступления.

2. Существует огромное количество преступлений, отличающихся степенью тяжести.

3. Любое преступление направлено против общества и государства, даже если оно совершено против одного человека.

4. Человек, совершивший преступление, понесет наказание в установленном государством порядке.

5. Преступление – это противоправное деяние, наказуемое штрафом, тюремным заключением или смертной казнью.

6. Деяния, являющиеся преступлениями в одной стране, не являются преступлениями в другой.

7. Тем не менее, такие преступления, как воровство, убийство, изнасилование являются уголовно наказуемыми во всех странах.

8. Мера наказания за одно и то же преступление может быть разной в различных странах.

Task IV. Answer the following questions on the text.

 

1. Why is it difficult to give an exact definition of a crime?

2. What type of law deals with crime?

3. Why is criminal law classified as public law?

4. Is crime an offence against only one person?

5. A person who committed an offence must be necessarily punished by the victim, mustn’t he?

6. How can a crime be punished?

7. Is there any crimeless country in the world?

8. Is there a universal way of punishing criminals?

9. What is a definition of a crime in the English criminal law?

 

Task V. Give a summary of the text “What is a Crime?”

 

Reading and Speaking

 

 

Task I. Read the following article fairly quickly.