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Vocabulary. II. Answer the following questions:
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| headquarters the Metropolitan Police royalty the English Court department the Commissioner crime detection emergency service violent crime the Mounted Branch detection of drugs to handle crimes rogue bobby efficiency founder | главное управление городская полиция в Лондоне члены королевской семьи Королевский двор в Англии отдел комиссар раскрытие преступлений неотложная полицейская помощь насильственное преступление конная полиция обнаружение наркотиков расследовать преступления жулик, мошенник разг. полисмен эффективность, оперативность, результативность основатель |
II. Answer the following questions:
1. What does the name of Scotland Yard symbolise?
2. Whose name is the formation of Scotland Yard associated with?
3. What is the structure of Scotland Yard?
4. How large is the organisation?
5. What is the history of its name?
6. What is Scotland Yard remarkable for?
7. Who is the nickname " bobby" related to?
8. What are the main duties of Scotland Yard?
III. Match the following:
| 1. to detect 2. to head 3. to provide 4. to handle (crimes) 5. records 6. efficiency 7. to supervise 8. related 9. to keep 10. emergency | a) осуществлять надзор b) досье c) обнаружить d) возглавлять e) иметь дело с f) обеспечивать g) оперативность h) неотложность i) связанный j) поддерживать |
Text 4. The Federal Bureau of Investigation (The FBI)
I. Read and translate the text below:
The FBI is an agency of the Department of Justice responsible for investigating violations of Federal laws. It was formed in 1908 as a Bureau of Investigation; the word " federal" was added in 1935. The FBI investigates not less than 200 categories of federal crimes. It is asked to investigate over 36 000 serious crimes a year, including suspicious deaths and murders. It has over 30 000 people on its staff, among them special agents, linguists, scientists, IT specialists, and others.
The FBI has 15 departments, the largest of them being the CID - the Criminal Investigations Division.
One of the main tasks of the FBI is to fight organised crime which dominates gambling, drug-traffic, racketeering and other spheres of making easy money. The FBI also locates and apprehends escaped federal prisoners (fugitives) and deserters from the Army, investigates ethnic crimes, electoral fraud, corruption in the government, kidnapping, bank holdups, serial murders, and many others.
The FBI has a large collection of fingerprints, which helps identify criminals all over the country.
The FBI Laboratory provides analysis of material evidence which plays a vital role in criminal investigations.
The FBI has an effective Communications system which provides contact between the FBI headquarters and its numerous agencies.
The Crime Records Division has information on crime from all parts of the country.
The FBI trains highly qualified agents and provides instructors for the country's police schools.