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II. Language Points
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III. Guided Writing
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IV. Presentation and Exercises

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Background Information
 Identity theft
What is identity theft?
Identity theft occurs when someone uses your personally identifying information, like your name, social security number, or credit card number, without your permission, to commit fraud.
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Background Information
 Identity theft
When thieves have stolen identity, they use it in a variety of ways. For instance:
 Opening new credit card accounts in your name;
 Opening a new phone account in your name;
 Using your name to get utility services like electricity, heating, or cable TV;
 Opening a bank account in your name and write bad checks;
 Getting a job using your identification number.
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Background Information
 Identity theft
If your identity has been stolen, the following steps should be taken as soon as possible. To fill in a police report, to check your credit reports, to notifying creditors such as a bank, to dispute any unauthorized transactions ( 未经
许可的交易 ).
There are many things we can do to help fight identity theft. Be aware of how information is stolen and what you can do to protect yours.
Uncover any problems quickly. Armed with the knowledge of how to protect yourself and take actions.

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Background Information
 Leonardo DiCaprio
Leonardo was born in Hollywood, California on
November 11, 1974.
He attended Seeds University
Elementary School at UCLA where he also took summer courses in performance art before moving on to the
Center for Enriched Studies in Los Angeles. After CES, the next step was to enroll at John Marshall High School in the Los
Feliz area of Los Angeles.
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Background Information
 Leonardo DiCaprio
Always drawn towards performing, he started auditioning for parts in 1988 at the age of fourteen and appeared in a series of commercials and educational films.
From that point he navigated a gradual hill up of the acting chain.
He is known for his roles in This Boy ’ s Life, Titanic,
Romeo and Juliet, Blood
Diamond, Catch me if You
Can and others.

Language Points
Sentences Study
1.
That was the strapline of the 2002 film Catch
Me if You Can, which tells the story of Frank
Abagnale, Jr. (Leonardo DiCaprio), a brilliant young master of deception who at different times impersonated a doctor, a lawyer, and an airplane pilot, forging checks worth more than six million dollars in 26 countries. He became the youngest man to ever make the FBI ’ s mostwanted list for forgery.
 翻译： 这是2002年的电影《有种来抓我》的剧情简介。影片讲述
了小弗兰克 · 阿巴格纳尔（莱昂纳多 · 迪卡普里奥饰演）的故事，
影片主人公是一位聪明绝顶的年轻骗术大师，曾在不同时间扮演
医生、律师和飞行员的角色，在26个国家伪造了价值600万美元
以上的支票。他成了联邦调查局有史以来伪造罪头号通缉令名单
上最年轻的通缉犯。

Language Points
Sentences Study
2. Few people could imagine how important things like taking mail to the post office and not leaving it in the mailbox for pickup, shredding documents instead of throwing them out with the trash, even using a pen costing a couple of bucks, have become to avoid life-changing crimes.
 全句主干：主语+谓语+ “ how ” 引导的宾语从句： Few people could imagine how important things … have become ...
 目的状语：to avoid life-changing crimes
 翻译时将目的状语提前：“为了 ······ 做什么事变得很重要”结构
 翻译： 很少有人会想象到，为了预防这种改变人生的犯罪，采取
一些预防措施有多么重要，比如把邮件拿到邮局去寄而不是丢在
信箱里等人来取、把文件切碎而不是把它们连同垃圾一道扔出去，
甚至使用几美元一支的（特效）笔等等。

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Sentences Study
3.
If you haven ’ t had your identity stolen, it ’ s only because they haven ’ t got to you yet.
 have something done : negative sense, have something unfortunate happen to you by someone you don ’ t know.
 翻译： 如果你的身份尚未失窃，那只是因
为他们还没有对你动手。

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Sentences Study
4. There is no escaping the fact that right now fraudsters are finding identity crime all too easy.
 There is no escaping that … : something is definitely true or important, even if you may prefer to think it is not.
 翻译： 一个无法回避的事实是：现在的诈骗
者觉得身份犯罪简直是太容易了。

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Words Study
1. deception : the action of deceiving someone
Examples :
 The man obtained property by deception.
 This is a range of elaborate deception.

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Words Study
2. fraud : wrongful or criminal deception intended for result in financial or personal gain
Examples :
 He was convicted of fraud.
 He told people he was a doctor, but he was a fraud really.

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Words Study
3. fraudster : someone obtains money by deceiving.
Examples :
 New measures are needed to prevent fraudsters opening bank accounts with stolen identity.

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Words Study
4 ． forge (v.) forgery (n.) : to make illegal copy of something to deceive.
Examples :
 The student forged his supervisor ’ s signature on the dissertation.
 He increased his income by forgery.

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Words Study
Words comparison
 deception : It has the widest range of uses of deceiving.
 fraud : It often suggests financial dishonesty.
 forge : Illegally copy sth., esp. printed or written.

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Words Study
5. custody :
A. someone to be arrested and kept in prison until they can be tried in the court.
B. legal right to keep or look after
Examples :
 The father is going to court to get custody of the child. But child custody is normally given to the mother. So there will be a bitter custody battle.
 The suspect has been taken into custody.

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6. anonymous :
A. you do not let people know you were the person who did things.
B. unknown by name
Examples :
 The man is the anonymous donor of the money for the Hope Project.
 The terrorist sent an anonymous letter to the government threatening another suicide bombing in the city.

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Words Study
7. count on/upon : depend on; expect
( 指望，期待 )
Examples :
 We didn ’ t count on so many people coming to the party.
 count down : count the number of sth. until ( 倒计时 )
 count in : include sb./sth. in an activity
 count out : not include, decide sb./sth. not important

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Words Study
8. look through :
A. to look for sth. among a pile of papers, in a drawer, etc.
B. not to notice or pretend not to notice
Examples ：
 I have looked through all my papers, but I still can not find the contract.
 I saw Mary in the street yesterday and she looked straight through me.

Write a passage about downloading essays.
Use impersonal structures and adverbs to give your opinions.
You will need to add connectors to make the passage flow smoothly.
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 Writing plan
Language Functions connectors
It’s true that…
Significantly,
It’s important to say that…
Clearly …
Introduction: main point in favor
Introducing other important points and arguments in favor
Introducing arguments against
Introducing opinion and, also, in addition, as well but, however then, as a result, all in all, therefore

Giving advice face to face
Work in pairs. You are an expert in security use of computer.
Read the list of advice and choose some for your partner.
Then change roles.
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Advice
 Give out as little information about yourself as possible.
 Do not join lucky draws and competitions which demand a lot of personal information.
 Be alert. Read privacy statements and small print about what use may be made of your information.
 Do not carelessly throw away documents with your bank account numbers, address, telephone number etc. on them. Tear them up or burn them.
 Make enquiries if documents you usually receive do not arrive. Someone may have changed the address.