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МИНИСТЕРСТВО ОБРАЗОВАНИЯ И НАУКИ РФ

ГОСУДАРСТВЕННОЕ ОБРАЗОВАТЕЛЬНОЕ
УЧРЕЖДЕНИЕ
ВЫСШЕГО ПРОФЕССИОНАЛЬНОГО ОБРАЗОВАНИЯ
«ВОРОНЕЖСКИЙ ГОСУДАРСТВЕННЫЙ
УНИВЕРСИТЕТ»

А.Б. Зотова,
П.В. Живалов,
А.Ю. Климова

MISS MACTAGGART WON’T LIE DOWN

PART II

Учебно-методическое пособие для вузов

Издательско-полиграфический центр
Воронежского государственного университета
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Утверждено научно-методическим советом факультета романо-германской

филологии 18 января 2011 г., протокол № 1

Рецензент канд. филол. наук, доцент ВГУ С.А. Трухина

Учебно-методическое пособие подготовлено на кафедре английского языка

гуманитарных факультетов факультета романо-германской филологии Во-
ронежского государственного университета.

Рекомендуется для студентов 1–2-го курсов д/о.

Для специальности 030501 – Юриспруденция

ГСЭ.Ф.01

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Содержание
1. Пояснительная записка……………………………………………………….4
2. Episode 3. Offences ……………………………………………………...........6
Pre-watching Tasks ………………………………………………………..……..6
Viewing Tasks ……………………………………………………………………8
After-viewing Tasks……………………………………………………………..10
Comprehension Tasks ……………………………………………………..……14
Follow-up Activities ……………………………………………………………16
3. Episode 4. In the Court ………………………………………………............21
Pre-watching Tasks ………………………………………………………..……21
Viewing Tasks …………………………………………………………………..24
After-viewing Tasks……………………………………………………………..25
Comprehension Tasks ……………………………………………………..……29
Follow-up Activities ……………………………………………………………31
4. Библиография………………………………………………………………..36

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1. Пояснительная записка
Данное учебно-методическое пособие “Miss Mactaggart won’t Lie
Down” рекомендуется для студентов 1 курса дневного отделения юридиче-
ского факультета.
Целью пособия является развитие у студентов необходимого уровня
коммуникативной компетенции для решения социально-коммуникативных за-
дач в различных областях культурной и профессиональной деятельности.
Основными задачами, которые решаются в данном учебно-методическом
пособии являются формирование навыков восприятия на слух и понимания
просматриваемых фрагментов фильма с полным пониманием и с пониманием
основного содержания, а также развитие лексико-грамматических навыков,
развитие умений монологического высказывания по предложенным вопросам и
умений обсуждать полученную информацию в различных формах взаимодей-
ствия студентов в пределах группы.
Пособие состоит из двух разделов (эпизодов фильма), включающих
вводные задания, затем сопутствующие просмотру фрагмента фильма задания
– на заполнение пропущенной информации или извлечение необходимой ин-
формации, задания после просмотра фильма: а) задания направленные на тре-
нировку лексического материала, б) репродуктивные задания (выражение мне-
ния по предложенным темам, изложение краткой информации по проблемам,
поднятым в тексте), в) задания, представляющие дополнительную информацию
по теме раздела, а также дискуссии на заданные темы. Все упражнения рассчи-
таны на формирование умений и навыков, необходимых для осуществления
различных видов речевой деятельности.
На каждый раздел рекомендуется отводить 4-6 аудиторных часов и 2,5
часа для самостоятельной работы, хотя в зависимости от уровня подготовлен-
ности студентов программа может меняться.

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Авторы надеются, что данное пособие будет соответствовать принципам

коммуникативной направленности, культурной и педагогической целесообраз-
ности, а также позволит студентам соответствовать уровню выпускных требо-
ваний по дисциплине «Иностранный язык» с учетом специфики вуза и потреб-
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Miss Mactaggart won’t Lie Down

Episode 3. Offences
Pre-watching tasks

Task 1. Warming-up Activity

Discuss the following questions with your groupmates. Express your own
point of view and be ready to react to your groupmate’s opinion.
1. What is an offence? What kinds of offences do you know? (Name as many as
you can remember)
2. What is your understanding of the words listed below. Give your examples.
misdeed, misconduct
crime, offence, wrongdoing
unlawful act, violation of the law, lawbreaking
harm, sin
3. Why do people commit crimes?
4. What steps can society take to cope with crime?

The following expressions may be useful:

True… but…
This is my way of looking at it.
I think it goes further than that… a lot further.
Well, you see what I mean.
That’s one way of looking at it. But…
You may be right… All the same…
That’s what I thought…
And that’s another thing.
There’s much variety in…, etc.

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Task 2. Match the following words and word combinations with their defini-
tions:
1) nuisance (n)
2) confound (adj)
3) tiara (n)
4) common sense (n)
5) vicinity (n)
6) admit (v)
7) steal (v)
8) temporary (adj)
9) accompany (v)
10) fingerprint (n)

Definitions:
1) a piece of jewellery that looks like a small crown, worn on the head by women
at formal dances, dinners, etc;
2) lasting only for a limited period of time;
3) to go with somebody;
4) the surroundings; area very near to or around the stated place; neighbourhood;
5) practical good sense and judgment gained from experience, rather than special
knowledge from school or study;
6) used to express annoyance;
7) a person, thing, or situation that causes annoyance or inconvenience;
8) to take what belongs to someone else without any right to it;
9) to state or agree to the truth of (usually something bad);
10) a mark made by the pattern of lines on the bottom of the end of a finger, as
used in the discovery of crime.

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Viewing tasks

Task 3. Watch the third episode of the film and fill in the missing phrases in
the following dialogues.
Offences
(Mr. Morrison, Miss MacTaggart, detective Freizer, McLaut Sergeant, police-
man)

the sound of the bagpipes

MM: Who’s making this horrible noise? Madam, Jennie MacTaggart! For heav-
en’s sake.
MMct: You’ve recognized me at last, John Morrison. You can say my name
without joking.
MM: I’ve recognized you for the ________ ________, with pretty sake would
you go home?
MMct: Couldn’t you have arrested me for ________ the peace? Then put my
name in the charge book that could be me again. Would it note I’m only walking
up, that made him very angry.

She is reading a newspaper at home.

MMct: Princess Ingrid …stay…carefully visit…they would be holding a ball in

her honor…a ball… there’ll be all the rubies, diamonds right a jewelry, that
would be ________. She will be wearing a tiara. She should have a tiara. They’ll
have to notice me. That shouldn’t be impossible just a little bit of ________
________, offence with the gloves for fingerprints, dark net and the dark clothes.
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She is coming toward the castle.

Policeman: Mr.Freizer, have a minute.

In her house.
MMct: Come in. What can I do for you sergeant?
MLS: Jennie, Miss McTaggart, we’ve found this up at the castle this morning.
That’s yours?
MMct: Yes, of course, I left it for you.
DF: Madam, I have ________ ________ that you’ve been in the vicinity of the
castle in the early hours of this morning.
MMct: Yes, of course, I was, I went up there to take the jewelries.
DF: You’ve admitted you stole the tiara.
MMct: I stole; they told me it’s temporary rearrangement.
Oh, Sergeant Mc Clout if you just please arrest me (wouldn’t it certainly) no time
at all.
DF: You’ll certainly be arrested. I should like to take the tiara with me right
away.
MMct: I am afraid that is not just possible, not until the proper trial.
MLS: Miss. McTaggart, would you kindly ________ us to the police station,
please?
MMct: Oh, sergeant, I am ready and wait.

In the cell

MLS: Come in. I am sorry about this Jennie, but something had to be done.
MMct: Of course, is if what I have been telling all alone, sergeant. All right you
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MLS: Could you do with a cup of tea?

MMct: Yes, I could, I’d like that thing.
Locking me up at last stuffy Morrison. Hey, hey …

After Viewing Tasks

Task 4. Match the word or the word combination to its synonym.
1) horrible (adj) a) cautiously (adv)
2) vicinity (n) b) go with (v)
3) disturb (v) c) web (n)
4) entertainment (n) d) amusement (n)
5) offence (n) e) crime (n)
6) net (n) f) correct (adj)
7) reasonable (adj) g) confess (v)
8) accompany (v) h) surroundings (n)
9) proper (adj) i) frightful, horrific (adj)
10) carefully (adv) j) fair, moderate, sensible (adj)
11) admit (v) k) bother, distress (v)
Task 5. Fill in the gaps with the suitable verbs from the list below and put
them in the correct form.
To recognize, to disturb, to arrest, to notice, to admit, to accompany, to lock up,
to steal, to worry
1) The powers of a police officer in England and Wales to stop and search,
________ and place a person under detention are contained in the Police and
Criminal Evidence Act 1984.
2) Residents of the Northern district complained to the judge that the tramps were
littering the beaches and ________ the peace.
3) A former political agent was jailed for three years at Truro Crown Court for
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4) During the three-day hearing last month, the firm ________ they failed ade-
quately to inspect the property and to see the evidence of deathwatch beetle and
its effect on the timber in various parts of the house.
5) One of the salesmen in the supermarket _________ Anna Bronx, the well-
known TV personality who stole goods worth 67$. So she was arrested at once
outside the store.
6) The PC Peter Hilton ________ 287 criminals in 11 months that’s why he was
honoured for his devotion to public service with a commendation from Greater
Manchester Chief Constable David Wilmot.
7) The increasingly poor quality of the work of the Criminal Investigation De-
partment is beginning _________ the London Metropolitan Police.
8) When he returned home, he was so upset by his dismissal that he didn’t
________ that his house was burgled.
9) The policeman _________ the suspect to the police headquarters in order to
interrogate him there.
Task 6. Match the words on the left to the words on the right to form collo-
cations. Then choose any three and make sentences of your own.
1) to make a) the peace
2) confound b) sense
3) to disturb c) beliefs
4) to wear d) of the castle
5) common e) a horrible thing
6) reasonable f) a tiara
7) the vicinity g) nuisance
8) to take h) rearrangement
9) temporary i) to the police station
10) to accompany smb. j) up the castle
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Task 7. In this episode Miss Mactaggart has committed several crimes. How
do we call people who commit crimes?
• a law breaker, an offender, a criminal
What is your understanding of these words? If necessary, consult the dic-
tionary and point out differences and similarities in the meaning of these
words. Name as many criminals as you can remember.
Task 8. Match the criminal on the left with the crime he commits on the
right:
1) an arsonist a) attacks and robs people, often in the street
2) a shop-lifter b) sets fire to property illegally
3) a mugger c) is anyone who breaks the law
4) an offender d) breaks into houses or other buildings to steal
5) a vandal e) steals from shops while acting as an ordinary customer
6) a burglar f) kills someone
7) a murderer g) deliberately causes damage to property
8) a kidnapper h) steals things from people's pockets in crowded places
9) a pickpocket i) gets secret information from another country
10) an accomplice j) buys and sells drugs illegally
11) a drug dealer k) takes away people by force and demands money
for their return
12) a spy 1) helps a criminal in a criminal act
13)a terrorist m) uses violence for political reasons
14) an assassin n) causes damage or disturbance in public places
15)a hooligan o) hides on a ship or plane to get a free journey
16) a stowaway p) takes control of a plane by force and makes the pilot
change course
17) a thief q) murders for political reasons or a reward
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19) a forger s) makes counterfeit (false) money or signatures

20) a robber t) is a member of a criminal group
21) a smuggler u) steals money, etc. by force from people or places
22) a traitor v) marries illegally, being married already
23) a gangster w) is a soldier who runs away from the army
24) a deserter x) brings goods into a country illegally without paying tax
25) a bigamist y) illegally carries drugs into another country
26) drug smuggler z) betrays his or her country to another state
Task 9. Fill in the gaps in the following sentences with the words from Task
8:
1. ……. usually find out secret information about another country, business or
organization, by becoming involved in their work.
2. If you catch a……. breaking open your door, shout like hell.
3. A………. is a person who has two wives.
4. If a person hides on a train to get a free journey, then people call him a ……….
5. Nowadays, there are a lot of ………, that is soldiers who leave the army.
6. If you kill another person, people will call you a ………
7. A person who has broken the law is called an ……… .
8. Criminals seldom commit crimes alone, they usually have ………. .
9. ………. take away children and demand money for their return from their par-
ents.
10. If a person makes false money, paintings or documents, people call him a
…….
Task 10. Continue the following table with the words from Task 8 where
possible. The first few are done for you. Consult the dictionary where neces-
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Crime Criminal Criminal Act

treason traitor to betray

theft thief to steal
murder murderer to murder

Comprehension Tasks

Task 11. Discuss the following questions with your groupmates.

1) What are the main characters of this episode?
2) What musical instrument was Miss MacTaggart playing?
(piano, violin, trumpet, horn, trombone, drum, clarinet, bagpipes, etc)
3) Why did Miss MacTaggart disturb the peace in the neighborhood?
4) How did Mr. Morrison react when he realized that Miss MacTaggart was caus-
ing disturbance in the public place?
The following words and expressions can help you:
(shocked, amazed, surprised, astonished, excited, upset, in despair, at a loss, terri-
fied (badly frightened), scared, angry, irritated (annoyed), in a rage or fine, great,
happy, bright, pleased etc.)
5) What did Miss MacTaggart steal in the castle? What did she do it for?
6) How did she organize the stealing of the tiara?
How was she dressed?
The following words and expressions can help you:
TYPES OF CLOTHES: coat, cardigan, pullover, tracksuit, skirt, tights, socks,
stockings, raincoat, dress, trousers, trainers, jeans, belt, boots, jacket, high/ low
heeled shoes, broad-brimmed hat, etc)
STYLE OF CLOTHES: short-sleeved, long-sleeved, sleeveless.
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dressed (slob).
7) What kind of person is she judging by her deeds in this episode?
(Intelligent, educated, professional, personable, compatible, sincere, sensitive,
artistic, vivacious, self-confident, reserved, practical, shy, calm, optimistic/ pes-
simistic, kind, affectionate/ rude, mean, nervy, moody, etc.)
8) Why did she want the policeman to arrest her?
Task 12. What crimes has Miss MacTaggart committed in this episode?
Were they civil or criminal crimes?
What other kinds of civil and criminal crimes do you know? (Use the infor-
mation from “Miss MacTaggart won’t Lie down”, Part 1, Episode 1, Task 20).
Work in teams and compare your lists with those of other teams.
Task 13. What punishment would Miss MacTaggart get for her crimes?
Think of possible punishments for crimes that you’ve remembered in Task
12.
(Use the information from “Miss MacTaggart won’t Lie down”, Part 1, Episode
1, Task 21).
If you were a judge, how would you punish Miss MacTaggart?
Task 14. Act out a conversation between the following characters of this epi-
sode:
a) Miss MacTaggart and Mr. Morrison
b) Miss MacTaggart and detective Freizer
c) Miss MacTaggart and McLaut Sergeant
Use the following expressions:
Handling a dialogue
I say … I’m afraid I don’t know much about …
Honestly … Have I got it right?
The point is … Well, I don’t (didn’t) think …
Don’t you agree that … ? I really couldn’t imagine …

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Have you heard about …? I really feel bad about it.

Someone has told me that … That’s what I heard.
Task 15. Summarize the main events of this episode and tell your group-
mates about them.
While speaking, use the following expressions:
I would like to begin with…
From the point of view…
Additionally…
It has been pointed out that …
I’d just like to say …
As I see it …
The way I see it …
There’s one more thing to be noted.
Moreover …
What’s more …
I might as well add that …
All things considered I must say that …
To sum up …

Follow-up Activities

Task 16. Read the text about criminal law and pay attention to the words in
bold. Four sentences have been removed from the text. Choose from the sen-
tences A-E the one which fits each gap. There is an extra sentence which you
do not need to use.
A Only the highest body of state power may enact criminal laws.
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C Combating crime criminal law helps to strengthen the state and maintain law
and order.
D Criminal law usually takes the form of Criminal Code which consists of a general
and a special part.
E Responsibility can exist only in the presence of guilt
Criminal Law
Criminal law is a system of legal rules approved by higher bodies of state
power and defining the general principles of criminal responsibility, indi-
vidual types of crimes and the penalties applied to criminals.
The task of criminal law is to protect the social and state system, existing
law and order against criminal encroachments. The state combats crime and
other antisocial acts above all by persuasion and by extensive educational
work.
1
Criminal laws like all laws of the state are obligatory to all citizens. Criminal
laws determine general principles of combating crime
2
No other organ has the right to approve or amend criminal laws.
3
The General Part determines the general principles of criminal responsi-
bility for each crime. It defines the grounds for criminal responsibility, the
scope of criminal law, the general (main) elements of a crime, the responsibility
for a completed or incompleted crime, and for complicity in crime; it sets the
purposes of punishment, lists penalties, establishes the procedure of their ap-
plication and the release from punishment and so on.
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Criminal law is ________ of legal rules. These rules are approved and enacted by
________ . The task of criminal law is to ________ . Criminal law helps to
_________ . Criminal laws are ________ to all citizens. The General part of
Criminal Code determines ________ . The Special part defines ___ _____ .
Task 18. Think of 7 questions on the text about criminal law, using words
and expressions in bold in each question. Ask your fellow-students to reply
to them.
Task 19. Study the following list of offences. Rate them on a scale from 1 to
10 (1 is a minor offence, 10 is a very serious crime). They are in no particular or-
der. You don't have to apply your knowledge of existing laws —your own
opinion is necessary:
□ driving in excess of the speed limit
□ common assault (e.g. a fight in a disco-club)
□ drinking and driving
□ malicious wounding (e.g. stabbing someone in a fight)
□ murdering a policeman during a robbery
□ murdering a child
□ causing death by dangerous driving
□ smoking marijuana
□ selling drugs (such as heroin)
□ stealing 1,000 $ from a bank by fraud
□ stealing 1,000 $ worth of goods from someone's home
□ rape
□ grievous bodily harm (almost killing someone)
□ shop-lifting
□ stealing 1,000 $ from a bank by threatening someone with a gun
□ possession of a gun without a licence

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Task 20. Give Russian equivalents for the following general types of punish-
ment. Put them in descending order of severity.
• Capital punishment
• Community service
• Disciplinary training in a detention centre
• Fixed penalty fine
• Life imprisonment
• Probation
• Short-term imprisonment
• Suspended sentence
• Long-term imprisonment
Task 21. Which of the sentences listed in Task 20 fit the offences in Task 19?
Give your reasons.
What are the most frequent crimes or offences in your country nowadays?
Discuss them in class.
Use the following expressions:
Personally I believe / think / consider / feel ...
In my opinion (view) …
As I see it.
The way I see it.
Well, my opinion is that …
My view is that …
There's one more thing to be noted.
On the one hand / on the other hand …
Task 22. Look at the following questionnaire. Answer on a separate sheet
of paper as honestly as you can. Have you ever been guilty of the following
offences?
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a) Dropping litter
b) Exceeding the speed limit
c) Riding a bicycle (car) at night without
lights
d) Smoking a cigarette in a non-smoking
area
e) Taking a coin from a public telephone
and using it yourself
f) Traveling in public transport without
a ticket
g) Disturbing your neighbours
h) Wrong parking
Task 23. Find out the most law-abiding member of the group.
1) Form groups of five or six and discuss your answers. Establish which
of the above offences the members of your group commit often, some-
times, or never. (It would be useful to elect one member to act as a recorder
and draw up a data sheet for this information).
2) Are there any other technical offences which members of your group
have committed? If so, add these to the list from the questionnaire and
include the results in your data sheet.
3) Decide upon a method of presenting the information in a tabular form
that is acceptable to the whole class.
Task 24. Group discussion.
Give your views on the problems listed below.
1. “Many commit the same crimes with a different result. One bears a cross for
his crime, another a crown”. (Juvenal)
2. “It is much more prudent to acquit two persons, though actually guilty, than to
pass sentence of condemnation on one that is virtuous and innocent”. (Voltaire)

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3. “The pain of the penalty should outweigh only slightly the pleasure of success
in crime”. (J. Bentham)
While taking part in the discussion use the following expressions:
As I see it...
I'd like to point out that...
I sometimes think that…
Would you agree that…
Do you think it’s right to say that…?
I don't quite follow what you mean, I'm afraid.
I don't quite see what you mean, I'm afraid.
I don't quite see what you are getting at.
If you ask me…
Wouldn’t you say that…
Don’t you agree that…

Episode 4. In the Court

Pre-watching tasks
Task 1. Warming-up Activity
Discuss the following questions with your groupmates. Express your own
point of view and be ready to react to your groupmate’s opinion.
1. Why do people usually call upon the court?
2. Why do people appear before the court?
3. Have you ever been to a court?
4. What is your understanding of the words and expressions listed below.
• Acquittal / Sentencing
• Apprehension
• Bringing charges
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• Imprisonment
• Jury trial
• Police custody
• Questioning
Arrange the legal actions listed above into a logical chain.
5. What types of court do you know?
While speaking, use the expressions from Task 1, Episode3 and the following
word combinations:
Agreeing
I quite agree here.
Naturally. Certainly. Sure. Exactly. Definitely. Quite.
Most likely. Absolutely.
I couldn’t agree more.
Beyond all doubt.
That’s a good point.
Disagreeing
I’m afraid I don’t agree.
I’m not so sure.
I really couldn’t agree with …
I personally think…
I doubt it.
There’s something in this, but …
Just the other way round.
Task 2. Match the following words and word combinations with their defini-
tions:
1) predicament (n)
2) welfare (n)
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4) research (n)
5) a nuclear submarine
6) to insist on (v)
7) to convict (v)
8) devious (adj)
9) to appeal (v)
10) to hinder (v)
11) to dismiss (a case, v)
12) authorities (n)
Definitions:
a) to stop a court case before a result is reached;
b) not going in the straightest way; not direct and not completely honest;
c) serious and detailed study of a subject, that is aimed at learning new facts, sci-
entific laws, testing ideas etc.;
d) formally to ask a higher law court to change the decision of a lower court;
e) to prove or declare that someone is guilty of a crime after a trial in a court;
f) a difficult or unpleasant situation in which one does not know what to do or
must make a difficult choice;
g) a ship which can stay under water and which is driven by power from a nucle-
ar reactor;
h) to declare firmly, especially in the face of doubt or opposition;
i) a person or group with this power or right, especially in public affairs;
j) health, comfort, happiness; well-being;
k) an act of entering privately owned property or land without permission;
l) to stop or delay the advance or development of (a person or activity); prevent
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Viewing tasks

Task 3. Watch the fourth part of the film and answer the following ques-
tions:
1. Where does the action take place?
2. What are the main characters of this episode?
3. Why has Miss MacTaggart gone before the court?
4. Whom has Miss MacTaggart decided to visit at the end of the episode?
Task 4. Watch the fourth episode of the film once again and fill in the miss-
ing phrases in the following dialogues:
In the Court.
(Miss MacTaggart, Judge)
J: Miss McTaggart, I want you to know that the benches have a certain degree of
sympathy with you and your ________ , on the other hand your behavior is not
helping in your case at all. Now, just, listen to the juries: willfully breaking a
window in the local Police station, trotting in the woods round the Lawn Bray
House, riding a bicycle on a wrong side of the road without ________ , disturb-
ing the peace by playing the big pipes, if that’s the right word, in the public
________ in small hours of the morning, stealing a car and driving without a li-
cense.
MMct: It is not at all than, more than that.
J: Yes go on.
MMct: Well, that was _______ in the grounds of the Atomic research establish-
ment and the smoke bomb in the American ________ ________ and of course
there was a tiara. It is a very long list.
J: Indeed you are becoming a small crime wave on your own?Now. When is it
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MMct: Well it cannot stop until the law is changed. It is such a silly law. An old
French law 300 years old.
J: Yes, I know about this. I must _______ you are going about things in quite
the wrong way.
MMct: There is no other. You cannot convict a dead woman. You and I are both
_______ of violence of papers and treaties.
J: That is so. Please I suggest you about this in a less _______ way in putting
your case. Why don’t you appeal to ________ ________ ?
MMct: I’m not very hopeful. I’ll try.
J: Meantime I can do nothing to either help or hinder you. Case dismissed.

In her room at home

MMct: That’s the Law Travesty in Edinburg, pretty he is a very understanding
man, and of course the Minister for Scottish Affairs, the _______ _______ and
the Prime Minister and failing these I just have to go and see the Queen.

Voice: I am sorry Miss McTaggart but nothing can be done!!! (3 times)

After Viewing Tasks

Task 5. Match the word or the word combination to its synonym.

1) predicament (n) a) calmness (n)
2) to disturb (v) b) useful; reassuring (adj)
4) peace (n) c) to find guilty
5) to steal (v) d) to impede (v)
6) to convict (v) e) to pilfer (v)
7) highway (n) f) deceitful, sly (adj)
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9) helpful (adj) h) dilemma, fix (n)

10) to hinder (v) i) to disrupt; to bother, to distress (v)
11) understanding (adj) j) main road
12) sympathy (n) k) compassion (n)
Task 6. Think of antonyms to the following words.
a) straightforward (adj)
b) to acquit (v)
c) to help (v)
d) unsympathetic (adj)
e) private (adj)
f) to bring an action against smb.
Task 7. Word check: word formation. Noun or verb? These words from the
4th episode can be verbs or nouns. Decide how they were used in the film.
Appeal, trespass, research, convict, change
Task 8. Fill in the gaps with the suitable verbs from the list below and you
are to put them in the correct form. Some verbs can be used more than once
and as nouns.
To steal, to disturb, to trespass, to insist, to convict, to suggest, to appeal, to hin-
der, to dismiss, to change, to break
1) People were rather ________ by the way the government tried to cover up the
truth.
2) The Court of Appeal has ruled that Lambeth council, south London, was
________ of discrimination when it advertised for Afro-Caribbean or Asian peo-
ple to fill two senior housing posts.
Delivering judgment yesterday, Lord Justice Balcombe said Lambeth had recog-
nized the posts required knowledge of the special problems of ethnic minorities,
but the council’s Guardian advertisements, in 1987 and 1988, clearly ________
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3) In June Lady Isabel Barnett, a well-known TV personality was ________ of

________ a tin of tuna fish and a carton of cream, total value 87p, from a small
shop.
4) Defenders of the death penalty ________ that because none of the laws of cap-
ital punishment causes sexist, racist, or class bias in its use, these kinds of dis-
crimination are not sufficient reason for abolishing the death penalty.
Opponents have replied that the death penalty can be the result of a mistake in
practice, and this ________ the fair administration of justice to a large extent.
5) Depending upon the type of case and the amount of money involved, if a de-
fendant feels the court decision was unjust, he or she can ________ the judgment
of the court.
6) Simply entering land without the owner’s permission is not a crime in English
law. It is, however, the tort of ________ . In order to prevent ________ or to get
compensation for any inconvenience caused, the occupier will have to start a civil
action in tort.
7) Many people ________ that a contract is a written agreement between people
stating the exact details of promises they have made to each other.
8) In Britain some people argue that the government has too much freedom and
that it is easy to ________ the constitution since all that is needed is a new statute
or even a ________ in traditional procedure.
10) The judge ________ all the charges against Smith, saying “Case ________ !”
Task 9. Fill in the gaps in the following text with the job titles listed below.
Some of them can be used more than once.
Courtroom Personnel
In addition to the lawyers and ________ , three other people will play an im-
portant role in the trial. ________, who sits close to the witnesses and
________, puts down every word that is spoken during the trial and also may
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track of all documents and exhibits and notes down important events in the trial.
________ helps to keep the trial running smoothly. ________ is in the custody
of ________, who sees to the jurors comfort and convenience and helps them if
they are having any problems related to ________ service.
Job titles: the court reporter, the judge, the clerk, the jury, the bailiff
Task 10. Fill in the gaps with the prepositions. Some of these can be used
more than once.
before, in, to, of, with, from
1. He is being kept ________ custody.
2. He was sentenced ________ five years.
3. She got a sentence ________ six months.
4. He was accused ________ murder.
5. She has been charged ________ theft.
6. He appeared ________ court ________ handcuffs.
7. They were brought ________ the judge.
8. What is your attitude ________ the problem of crime prevention?
9. All the sympathies of the jury were ________ the defendant.
10. Finally the criminal was convicted ________ a violent assault.
11. The detective took pains to extract information ________ the eye-witness.
12. After a long questioning the suspect had to confess ________ committing a
robbery.
Task 11. Match the words on the left to the words on the right to form collo-
cations. Then choose any three and make sentences of your own.
1. a certain degree of a) for Scottish affairs
2. to break b) the bagpipes
3. to disturb c) the peace
4. to play d) without a license
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6. a research f) violence of papers

7. a small crime g) a case
8. to dismiss h) higher authorities
9. victims of i) General
10. to appeal to j) wave
11. the Attorney k) a window
12. the Minister l) sympathy

Comprehension Tasks

Task 12. Discuss the following questions with your groupmates.

1) What offences was Miss Mactaggart convicted of?
2) Why did she commit those crimes?
3) What was the judge’s verdict? Was justice done?
4) If you were the judge, would you give a different sentence?
5) How would you feel if you were Miss MacTaggart? What would you do?
6) Describe the order of events during the trial.
Task 13. Think of 5-7 questions on the episode “In the Court”, using new
words and expressions in each question. Ask your fellow students to reply
them.
Task 14. What do these people do in the court:
A judge, a prosecutor, a witness, a defendant, a juror
Task 15. How did Miss MacTaggart behave during the trial? Did she try to
justify herself? Did she achieve her aim? Why did the judge decide to dis-
miss the case?
Task 16. Role-play the Miss MacTaggart trial using new words and expres-
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Step 2. Act out a conversation between Miss Mactaggart and the judge.
Use expressions from Task 14 Episode 3 and the following expressions:
If you ask me … I hear that …
You know what I think … Not that I know of …
Tell you what … I wonder if you remember …
Do you happen to know that … Am I right to believe …?
Have you got any idea …?
Task 17. Summarize the main events of this episode tell your groupmates
about them.
While speaking, use the expressions from Task 12 Episode 1 and the follow-
ing expressions:
I would like to start with…
First of all…
In my opinion / view…
In addition…
On top of that…
Something else I’d like to say is…
Talking of …
Besides…
Not to mention the fact that…
All things considered …
In conclusion…

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Follow-up Activities
Task 18. Read the following text presenting information about the order of
events during the tril. Use the correct derivative form of the words in brack-
ets.
Court Procedure
The courtroom trial procedure for civil law cases and criminal law cases is
(base) the same, although there are a few differences.
Courtroom procedure follows good common sense. When two persons go to
court, it is the (responsible) of the complaining party to show that something is
wrong or that he or she has been injured. The defendant must dispute the com-
plaint or show that the plaintiff is not entitled to relief. The court acts as the (repre-
sent) of all the people.
Court begins when the judge enters the courtroom, the bailiff announces
the opening of court, and all stand until invited to be seated by the judge.
After the jury has been selected and sworn in. the trial of the case proceeds
in the following manner:
• An opening statement is made, first by, the lawyer for the plaintiff, then by the
lawyer for the defendant. The purpose of this statement is to outline to the jury, or
judge, the (fact) situation and what each side expects to prove by evidence to be
submitted.
• The plaintiff's lawyer calls witnesses and asks them questions in an effort to
prove the plaintiffs claims. This is called direct (exam). The defense lawyer then
has the right to cross-examine, or check the answers given by the witnesses. When
the plaintiff's witnesses have been presented, the plaintiff's lawyer says, "I rest my
case."
• The defense lawyer now has the opportunity to bring in other witnesses in order
to present the defendant's side of the case. The plaintiffs lawyer has the right to
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• Many times during the trial the lawyers may make (object) to evidence pre-
sented by the other side or to questions asked by the other lawyer. Lawyers are
allowed to object to these things when they consider them improper under the
laws of evidence. It is up to the judge to decide whether each (object) was valid
or invalid, and whether, therefore, the evidence can be admitted or the question al-
lowed. If the objection was valid, the judge will sustain the objection. If the objec-
tion was not valid, the judge will overrule the objection. These rulings do not re-
flect the judge's opinion of the case or whether the judge favours or does not fa-
vour the evidence or the question to which there has been an objection.
• The lawyers for both parties then make closing (argue) in which they try to con-
vince the jury (or judge) that their client is in the right.
When the lawyers have finished their closing arguments, the judge will in-
struct the jury as to what law it must follow in deciding the case.
When the judge has finished, the jurors leave the courtroom and go to
the jury room to consider the issues of the case and to reach a verdict. The jury
first elects a foreman who will see to it that (discuss) is conducted in a (sense)
and (order) fashion, that all issues are fully and fairly discussed, and that every
juror is given a fair chance to participate.
When a verdict has been reached, the foreman signs it and informs the bailiff.
The jury returns to the courtroom, where the foreman presents the verdict. The
judge then discharges the jury from the case.
After the jury gives its verdict of guilt or innocence, the judge enters
(judge). In a criminal case, if the defendant is convicted, the judge will set a
date for announcing (punish). In most states, the judge decides on the sentence,
but sometimes the jury decides this.
A higher court, called an appeals court, ordinarily cannot reverse the ju-
ry’s decision in a criminal case if it is “not guilty”. This (acquit) is final for all
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law. But if the defendant is found “guilty” a higher court can reverse the (con-
vict) it some error was committed during the trial or if there was not sufficient
evidence to justify the finding of guilt.
Task 19. Find in the text the words that mean the following:
1. to show or prove who or what sb \ sth is
2. to become or make sth greater in number, quantity, size, etc.
3. information that gives a strong reason for believing sth or proves sth
4. to change sth completely
5. having committed a crime or done wrong
6. a group of people in a law court who have been chosen to listen to the facts
in a case and to decide whether the accused person is guilty or not guilty
7. a thing that is used in a court of law to prove that sb is guilty or not guilty
Task 20. Fill in the gaps with the suitable words and word combinations
from the list below:
the representative, to be maintained, on the evidence, to justify, to preside over,
obey, good common sense, guilt or innocence
1. The court is _________ of all the citizens of the state.
2. It’s a good idea to follow _______ _______ when you are in a predica-
ment.
3. The judge is elected or appointed _________ the court.
4. Quiet must _________ in the courtroom.
5. Every citizen must _________ the laws of the country.
6. The jury decision must be based only _________ given in court.
7. It is the duty of the jury to give a verdict of _______ _______.
8. There must always be sufficient evidence _________ the finding of guilt.
Task 21. Decide whether the following statements are true or false:
1. The courtroom trial procedure for civil law cases and criminal law cases is
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2. The plaintiff must dispute the complaint to show that the defendant is not
entitled to relief.
3. If the case is heard without a jury, the judge will not only rule upon points
of law dealing with the trial procedure but also determine the facts.
4. In criminal cases if a defendant can’t afford a lawyer, the court will appoint
a lawyer for free.
5. A citizen doesn’t have to accept jury duty when called.
6. In all the states, the judge decides on the sentence.
7. If the jury’s decision in a criminal case is “not guilty”, it cannot be re-
versed by a higher court.
8. The jury should be familiar with the details of the case before they enter
the courtroom.
Task 22. Give as much information as possible on the given items 1-3.
1) the manner in which the trial of the case proceeds.
2) how objections are made
3) jury deliberations
Task 23. Compare the Miss MacTaggart trial and the court procedure pre-
sented in Task 18. Point out differences and similarities. While speaking, use
the following expressions and linking words;
To make contrasting points
Nevertheless But
Although While
Yet Even if / Even though
However At the same time
In spite of / Despite
To emphasise what you say
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Of course
To express reality
In fact In practice
Actually The fact of the matter is that
As a matter of fact
Task 24. Role-play once again the Miss Mactaggart trial following the order
of events presented in Task 18.
Step 1. Prepare the speeches for the opening and closing arguments of the parties’
attorneys.
Step 2. Role-play the trial: the lawyers deliver their speeches; the defendant testi-
fies in court.
Step 3. The rest of the group – the jurors – deliberate the evidence and bring in a
verdict of their own.
Task 25. Compare the court procedure presented in Task 18 with the one of
your own country. Are they different or the same? While speaking se the ex-
pression from Task 23.
Task 26. Group discussion. Discuss the following with your group-mate. Say
whether you agree or disagree with them and why. Give your arguments.
1. Legal cases are best decided by professional judges, not by ordinary members
of the public.
2. A higher court should reverse the jury’s decision in a criminal case even if it is
“not guilty”.
3. Witnesses should be examined with a lie-detector.
4. Court procedure should follow common sense only.
5. The judge should be completely replaced by the jury.
While speaking, use expressions from Task 24, Episode 3 and Task 1, Epi-
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