How to talk about Crime and Court in English
(Oxford online English) Script Video
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Part 1
Dialogue 1
Gina: How was your trip?
Liam: My trip was good… But my house was burgled while I was gone.
G: Oh no!
L: Yeah… I came back to find the back window broken, and everything was messed up inside.
G: I’m so sorry to hear that. Do you know when it happened?
L: Not exactly. Apparently there have been several break-ins in the area recently, though.
G: Did they take much stuff?
L: Some electronics, a laptop, a few other small things. It’s all replaceable, but it’s still not a good feeling.
G: I’m sure. Still, maybe the police will catch them and you’ll get it back.
L: Maybe, but I doubt it. They came and dusted for prints, but they said that there was almost no chance of recovering my things.
G: Really?
L: They say that stolen goods tend to be moved out of the city and sold somewhere else, so they’re very difficult to trace. The detective told me that there’s a whole network of fences around the country, and they move stolen items between them.
G: Sounds like big business.
Assignment. Insert the missing word in the sentence and make the necessary form of the words below. Then check yourself.
Look at a sentence you heard at the start of the dialogue.
My house was __???______ while I was gone.
Do you remember the missing word?
The word was ‘burgled’, from the verb ‘to burgle’.
With crime vocabulary, you often need to learn words in threes.
burgle -> verb
burg.. -> n. person
burg ….—- -> n. activity
Do you know the noun forms?
Here they are.
burgle -> verb
burglar -> n. person
burglary -> n. activity
Sometimes, some of the forms might be the same. For example: murder, murderer, murder.
murder -> verb
murderer -> n. person
murder -> n. activity
Sometimes, one of the forms might be a completely different word, like this: steal, thief, stealing.
steal -> verb
thief -> n. person
stealing -> n. activity
Let’s look at some other useful vocabulary from the dialogue.
Assignment
Translate the sentences into Russian. Match each word to the definitions given below (in blue)
There have been several break-ins (1) in the area recently.
They came and dusted for prints(2).
Stolen goods (3) tend to be moved out of the city and sold somewhere else.
There’s a whole network of fences (4) around the country.
a/ Items taken from someone illegally.
b/ When a house is burgled.
c/ Someone who buys and sells stolen items.
d/ To spread fine powder everywhere in order to find fingerprints.
‘Break-in’ and ‘burglary’ have a similar meaning; you could use either word in this sentence.
‘Fence’ is a colloquial word, but it’s useful sometimes as there’s no single word with the same meaning.
Assignment
Give your own or find a definition of the word “FENCE” in English
Part 2
Talking About Street Crime
Dialogue 2
Liam: That was fun!
Gina: Yes, we should do it again some time.
L: By the way, how are you getting home?
G: I’ll walk through the park, and then get the bus, I think.
L: Maybe get a taxi instead? My colleague was mugged near here last week.
G: Really? I didn’t think there was much street crime here.
L: No, me neither, but it’s better to be careful. She was robbed at knifepoint. She’s fine but it was scary.
G: I bet. I know there’s a lot of pickpocketing on public transport here, but I didn’t think there was much violent crime.
L: Well, maybe it was just bad luck, but better to be safe, I think.
G: Yeah, I’ll get a taxi.
Assignment
Insert the missing word in the sentences given below. Then check yourself
My colleague was ___???_____ near here last week.
I didn’t think there was much ___???_____ crime here.
She was ___???_____ at knifepoint.
There’s a lot of ___???_____ on public transport.
Answers
My colleague was mugged near here last week.
I didn’t think there was much street crime here.
She was robbed at knifepoint.
There’s a lot of pickpocketing on public transport.
Assignment.
Translate the following sentences into Russian.
1 Mugging is a kind of robbery. In general, ‘robbery’ means stealing by using violence or the threat of violence. Mugging is robbery which takes place on the street, or in another public place.
2 ‘ Street crime’ includes crimes like mugging, pickpocketing, graffiti, and so on. In general, it refers to crimes which are committed in public.
‘She was robbed at knifepoint’ means that someone threatened her with a knife.
3. You can also use the word ‘gunpoint’. For example, ‘The gang held the bank staff at gunpoint during the robbery. ’
4. Pickpocketing means stealing from someone’s bag or wallet, usually in a crowded public place.
5. Here’s an important point: in English, there are many different words for different types of stealing. You’ve heard some of them already: burglary, robbery, mugging and pickpocketing. There’s also shoplifting – stealing from a shop.
It’s more common to use these specific words when possible, instead of using general words like ‘stealing’.
Don’t forget also to learn the three words for each crime. For example: mug, mugger, mugging.
mug -> verb
mugger -> n. person
mugging -> n. activity