Look through the following synonyms. Translate into Russian.

 Action – operation

Crime – offence

Criminal - offender

Investigation – inquiry

Security – safety

Staff – personnel

To identify – to establish

Matter – affair

To handle – to deal with

To apprehend – to arrest

Division – department

Property – estate

To operate – to function – to fulfil – to do – to make

 4. Give the corresponding verbs of the same root (корень) from the following nouns. Translate them:

Conviction, apprehension, intimidation, assignment, appointment, arrest, limit, violation, extortion, dependent, control, fulfillment.

5. Make as many different word-combinations as you can:

               A                                   B

1) to give                                       a) crime

2) to identify                                  b) suspect

3) to solve                                      c) evidence

4) to commit                                      d) innocence 

5) to investigate                             e) organized crime

6) to prove                                      f) fingerprint

7) to fight against                                g) guilt

 6. Find in the text the English equivalents for the following:

- посредством идентификации отпечатков пальцев

- разыскиваемый опасный беглец

- единственное средство опознания потерпевшего

- осудить обвиняемого

- научные экспертизы

- на основе материальных улик

- доказать невиновность лица

- подозревать в совершении преступления

- наиболее ценные версии

- уголовный архив

- главное управление ФБР

- курсы переподготовки

- огнестрельное оружие

- тщательная подготовка

- идентификация и сохранение вещественных улик

- основанная на страхе, запугивании, взяточничестве и силе

- собрать достаточно улик

- выстроить сильное обвинение

- расследование дел о беглецах

- собрать достаточно улик

- выстроить сильное обвинение

- привлечь к суду

- осуществлять надзор за расследованием

- обнаружить местонахождение и задержать

- сбежавшие из тюрьмы заключенные.

7. Write out the only words which are the names of crimes:

Defendant, racketeering, embezzlement, extortion, deserter, victim, fugitive, fraud, prisoner, espionage, employee, theft, robbery, field officer, FBI agent, bribery, conviction, innocence.

8. Give all possible word combinations:

Crime (организованная, совершить, расследовать, подозревать, бороться против, раскрыть, доказать);

To handle (преступления, уголовные расследования, отпечатки пальцев, информация, внутренняя безопасность);

Fingerprints (ценные, идентифицировать, сохранить);

Fugitive (установить местонахождение, задержать, найти, арестовать, опасный);

Evidence (материальные, вещественные, достаточные, собрать, сохранение, идентификация);

To fight against (рэкет, организованная преступность, хищение, взяточничество, азартные игры, мошенничество, вымогательство);

Investigation (иметь дело, уголовное, тщательное).

9.Use the verbs in correct forms and translate the sentences:

1. The F.B.I. (to create) in 1908.

2. The Identification Division of the F.B.I. (to found) in 1924.

3. One of the aims of the Division (to be) to provide a national collection of 

    fingerprints.

4. The Division (to keep) records on all political suspects and actual criminals.

5. The F.B.I. (to supply) information for evidence and crime problems throughout the country.

6. Training schools for Special Agents (to set up) in Washington.

10. Complete the sentences using the words in brackets:

( bribery, intimidation, fugitive, identify, convicted, leads, organized crime, responsibilities, fingerprint, robbery, the collection, identification, preservation).

1. The fight against … involves a great deal of efforts in the work of the FBI Special Investigation Division.

2. To fight against a threat to the Nation’s security is one of the … of the FBI.

3. In a number of crimes some of valuable … in an investigation result from information contained in the files of law enforcement agencies.

4. Many crimes are solved through … identification.

5. The dangerous … was located and arrested on the basis of the information of the witnesses.

6. Laboratory examination proved the innocence of the defendant suspected of having committed …

7. Laboratory examination of the fingerprints found on the murder victim helped … the murderer.

8. The gang leaders were … on the basis of sufficient evidence collected by the FBI Agents together with the officers of the local enforcement agency.

9. Practical skills and techniques are paid great attention to in the course of training and retraining FBI Agents. The courses involve … and … of physical evidence.

10. Organized crime is built on fear, …, …, and force.

11. Read and translate the following sentences without dictionary:

1. The FBI headquarters is the largest in the world.

2. The FBI closely cooperates with state and local police agency.

3. The collection of fingerprints is the largest in the world.

4. They always relay on scientific training, selection of personnel and cooperation.

Read, translate and reproduce the following dialogue

Imagine that you are a journalist interviewing the FBI’s Agent.

You: Good morning, sir!

Special Agent: Good morning!

You: I’d like to ask you some questions about the FBI and its work if possible.

S.A.: Of course you can.

You: What was the purpose of creating the FBI?

S.A.: It was created primarily to handle criminal investigations for the Department of Justice.

You: And what matters does it deal with?

S.A.: The FBI handles over 180 different investigations including Federal   

criminal violations, internal security matters and civil inquiries in which the        

   Government has an interest.

You: And what divisions does it consist?

S.A.: It is composed of many divisions: General Investigation Division, Special Investigation Division, Identification Division, Domestic Intelligence Division, Files and Communications Division, Training Division and others.

You: It’s very curious to learn something about the FBI Agent’s training. Where are they trained?

S.A.: All FBI Agents are trained at facilities in Washington, D.C., and at the FBI Academy in Quantico, Virginia.

You: How long does the training last?

S.A.: Today, the new Agents receive fourteen weeks of instruction. Two week retraining courses are held periodically for all Agents.

You: Thank you very much. This information will be of great interest for our readers.

S.A.: Not at all. Good-bye.

You: Good-bye.

13. Find in the text above the answers to the following questions:

1. What does the FBI handle?

2. What are the main divisions of the FBI you can name?

3. What are the matters within the FBI jurisdiction?

4. In what way are the FBI Agents devoting their efforts to the fight against organized crime?

5. Who directs the efforts to locate and apprehend fugitives, escaped Federal prisoners, deserters from Armed Forces?

6. Where can valuable leads in an investigation be found very often?

7. Where is the largest collection of fingerprints in the world?

8. What is the value of fingerprints in a number of crimes?

9. On the basis of which evidence are many crimes solved and many defendants convicted?

14. Guess the words in the blanks, the first and the last letters are given:

If the police want to enter and search a building, they need a w____t, which they obtain from a local s_____f. They do not need one of these if they need to get into a building to a____t someone, to s____e someone’s life, or to prevent d____e or d___e.

15. Speak in a brief way on:

1. FBI, its composition and the matters within its jurisdiction.

2. Special Investigation Division.

3. Identification Division.

4. Laboratory Division.

Just for fun

The Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD), the FBI, and the CIA are all trying to prove that they are the best at apprehending criminals. The President decides to give them a test. He releases a rabbit into forest and each of them has to catch it.

The CIA goes in. They place animal informants throughout the forest. The question all plant and mineral witnesses. After three months of extensive investigations they conclude that rabbits do not exist.

The FBI goes in. After two weeks with no leads they burn the forest, killing everything init, including the rabbit, and they make no apologies.

The LAPD goes in. They come out two hours later with a badly beaten bear. The bear is yelling: «Okay! Okay! I’m a rabbit! I’m a rabbit!»