CRIME AND PUNISHMENT

1. Crime
Useful Vocab:
- Offence
(s vi phm)

Offensive

Offender = criminal

to offend

re-offend

- Crime:
arson (t nh)
burglar
burglary (= robbery/ theft)
fraud (gian ln)

corruption (tham nhng)

kidnapping (bt cc tr)
murder (git ngi)
smuggling (bun lu)

- Petty crimes:
pickpocketing
vandalism

- Swearing: is offensive but is not a crime (chi th)

- Dumping toxic waste: is not considered a crime in all areas (x rc)
- Supervision
- to cultivate (the mind) = trau di. Ex Violent media cultivate the images and it becomes
normal for children to see violent behaviour.
- to get/ become involved in (crime) dnh vo, lin ly, b lin quan n
- to escalate (= increase rapidly) to more serious crime
- to deter = to prevent = to enforce (ngn cn)
- to appear in court (c mt ti ta)
Word building

 Example:
- All criminal acts shoud be punished.
- Every society needs a strong system of law enforcement.
- People who commit crimes are often victims themselves.
- I think dumping toxic watse should be made a criminal /punishable offence. There is
little to deter people from doing this at the moment.
- I think we could have prevented this crime by fitting an extra lock on the door.
Ideas:
QUESTION
If young people commit a
crime, who do you think is
responsible?

Do you think young people

today are well behaved?

Do you prefer going out

along or with friends?

TYPES OF CRIMINAL
ACTIVITY
Petty crimes (n cp vt)
Serious crimes
Robbery (cp ti sn)
Car theft (trn xe)
Graffiti (v by ln tng)
Vandalism (ph hoi)
Juvenile crime (ti phm v
thnh nin)

POSSIBLE CAUSES
children left alone
loss of family values
hang out with wrong people
loss of respect for the rules
of society
peer pressure (p lc mun
bng bn b)
too much violence in the
media

Knife crime (ti phm c dao)

increasing unemployment
Stabbing (getting stabbed)
(m chm)
levels
Mugging
economic reasons
(bp c t sau cp)
Theft

Synonyms:
- violate (xm hi) the law = break the law
- conscious knCHs = aware ( thc)
- elusive iloosiv = difficult to find (kh nm bt)
- is linked = correlates (tng quan)

 Collocation:
1. CRIME:

statistics

prevention

rate

2. unsolved

organised

petty

juvenile

gun

3. CRIMINAL:

act
offence

investigation

activity

record (tin n)

4. convicted

petty

hardened

armed

: CRIMINAL

: CRIME

Ex:
- Vandals are generally seen as petty criminal
- If young people become involved in juvenile crime, they are more likely to have a
criminal record when they are older.
- The crime rate has actually decreased in some parts of NY in recent years.
- He was a hardened criminal with a long list of previous convictions.
- Prosecutors have launched a criminal investigation into the firms (hng) accounting
practices.
- Police and federal officials (quan chc lin bang) are working together to targer (nhm
vo, nhm tn cng ~ the attack) gun crime.

2. Punishment
Useful Vocab:
- List of people
the accused kyoozd: the person who is on trial (b co) = THE defendant/ a suspect
the judge: decides how a criminal should be punished (thm phn)
the jury: decides whether the accused is innocent or guilty (hi thm)
the prosecutor prsikyootr: tries to prove the accused is guilty (cng t vin)
the lawyer: tries to prove the accused is innocent
the victim: gives evidence against the accused (b hi)

- a suspect/ a criminal/ the defendant/ the accused

- abiding bdiNG (citizen)
- strict = severe
- Arson is a crime against property
- a parking fine (pht tin)
- combat (crime)
- penalty (pht)
- crime prevention
- sentence (n/v) tuyn n, s tuyn n = conviction. Ex: prison sentence(s) (pht t)
to sentence someone to a month's imprisonment
to LIFE (chung thn)/ DEATH
- to accuse (t co)
- to charge (buc ti)
- to arrest (bt gi)
- to defend (bo v vd: thn ch)
- to commit (bt giam, tng giam) sb / (phm phi)
a crime/ two rapes (2 ti cng hip)
- Sometimes the police feel that they are above the law and should not be punished for
traffic offences
- the law was abolished years ago (bi b)

 Useful phrases:
- accept the consequences OF
- accuse the defendant/ a criminal/ a suspect OF
- be a victim OF
-

arrest a suspect FOR

be on trail FOR
convict the defendant/ a criminal FOR
punish a criminal FOR

- charge the defendant/ a criminal/ a suspect WITH

- sentence a criminal TO
- commit a crime
Ex:
1. Children should be taught to accept the consequence OF their actions.
2. The graph shows that today, three times as many as people are likely to be arrested FOR
shoplifting (n cp ) than in 1970.
3. If you are a victim OF a violent crime, it can take years to get over it.
4. If a person is charged WITH a crime they did not commit, its my job as a criminal
lawyer to defend them.
5. If you commit a crime, you should be punished.
6. A local drifter (ngi v gia c) was sentenced TO life without parole (s tha/ c x)
for the murder.
Useful words for this topis:
- shocking:

atrocious

appalling

horrifying

(ng s, ng gh tm, sng st)

- minor:

petty

trivial

insignificant

- severe:

harsh

heavy

strict

- worrying:

concerning

troubling

disturbing

(ng lo ngi)

 Collocation
- commit a crime

- a life sentence

- convict a criminal

- a treatment programme

- impose a fine
- a heavy fine
- pass a law
- accept the consequences
- capital punishment
- community service
- a prison term/ sentence

Useful phrases to support for opposition to an idea (Speaking):

- Im totally opposed to/ object to (phn i)
- I cant condone (khng th b qua/tha th)
- I dont agree with
- I can see a need for
- I dont approve of