Presentations and dialogues
Presentations
1) Are you an adventurous person?
2) Dangerous sports should be banned.
3) Life without adventures is a spiceless dish.
4) Do mishaps make you feel embarrassed?
5) The world capital I’d like to travel to.
6) Group tourism is boring and uninformative.
7) Travelling is the best way of getting to know a foreign country.
8) Telling a true story about an encounter with the police; a journey that went wrong; an
incident.
9) Do you believe a lenient or a tough approach to crime is more effective?
10) Are there any crimes in our country that you think are treated too harshly, or too
leniently?
11) Prisons should provide education and vocational training.
12) The main causes of crime are poverty, unemployment and lack of education.
Words
Adventure, adventurous
Mishap
To appeal to smb
Retreat
Law-abiding
Scary
Posh
Crime
Vandalism
Truancy from
Tough on smb / smth
Virulent
To frisk
Lenient
To overwhelm
Smart
Fake
Devastating
Setting
Climax
Narrative
Cosmopolitan
Arduous
Intrepid
To overwhelm
Replica
To unwind
To recharge
Discerning
Awe-inspiring
Jury
To prosecute
To persecute
Capital punishment
Corporal punishment
A fence
Confused
Embarrassed
Desperate
Humiliated
Plagiarism
To expel
To acquit
Phrasal verbs
To leave out
To appeal to smb
To cover for smb
To lock out / in
To suspect of
To arrest for smth
To accuse of
To charge with
To let smb off with smth
To set smth up
To go off
To break out
To bring in
To chase after
To come forward
To get away with
To hold up
To look into
To prosecute for
To evict from
To clear up (about crimes)
Set expressions and idioms
To play it safe
To take notice of
To laugh one’s head off
Can’t believe one’s luck
At gunpoint
To be / feel like jelly
To put smn at their ease
To take risks
To put on probation
To catch smb redhanded
To keep to the straight and narrow
To get itchy feet
To boost the spirit of …
Their spirits are high
To keep one’s eyes peeled
If your budget doesn’t quite stretch to …
To wander off the beaten track
Con trick
An inside job
To blow the whistle on smb / smth
To case the joint
To cook the books
To do a bunk
To do time
To fall off the back of a lorry
Phrases
to produce guidelines
to follow guidelines
to break the rules
to be a deep sleeper
an increase in violent crime
to fight against crime
crime prevention
petty / serious crime
to commit, do a crime
to investigate a crime
anti-social behaviour
drug abuse
to handle any emergency
to be in trouble
to offer a host of cultural and sightseeing
opportunities
a rarity among capital cities
sights not to be missed
to be top of one’s list of holiday destinations
to enjoy the hospitality of …
an experience of self-discovery
to be within easy reach of a hotel
to do some damage
to make progress
to play practical jokes on smb
to make a fake
without one’s knowledge
for safe keeping
the beauty of smth was lost on smb
to end up an exhausted nervous wreck
What a nuisance / a shame!
For goodness sake!
To go in for dangerous activities
To relieve the unhappiness and troubles
To try out new things
To derive pleasure from
Suspended sentence
To see smth in person
To marvel at smth
It’ll blow your mind!
To go straight
To get off scot-free
To grease smn’s palm
To launder money
To play truant
To take into care
Behind bars
To witness smth spectacular
To experience the thrill of
The pace of life
To affect one’s standard of living
To go into a state of panic
To experience the fear of …
To enjoy the excitement of …
To relax and get relived
to prove one’s bravery
to face challenges
a thirst for adventure
sheer epic grandeur
to escape the crowd
to get back to nature
to seek smth out of the ordinary
to develop ecotourism
maximum security prison
death row
to escape punishment
to put on trial
to serve out one’s sentence
to release smn for good behavior
miscarriage of justice
unreliable evidence
trumped-up charges
extenuating / mitigating circumstances
to remand in custody
to award damage
to overturn the verdict
to do community service
to receive a warning
to lose one’s licence
to tighten safety
to buy smth on the black market
to be under arrest for stealing
to put at risk one’s safety
to impose a sentence on smb
to abide by the law
to adhere to the rules
level of stamina and endurance
Crimes
Treason
Murder
Robbery
Assault
Rape
traffic accidents
slander
libel
personal injury
medical malpractice
trespass
homicide
arson
burglary
larceny
kidnapping
tax evasion
drug dealing
disorderly conduct
public drunkenness
ordinary
automobile
driving violations
perjury
libel
selling liquor to minors
battery
The language of holiday brochures
Breath-taking
Intoxicating (views)
Exhilarating
Legendary
Exotic
Mighty (river)
Glamorous
Picturesque
kidnapping
sedition
rebellion
swindle
counterfeiting
tax cheating
hijacking
assassination
bombing
taking of hostages
crime of passion
drink-driving
Sublime
Unsurpassed
Unspoilt (charm)