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Types of crime and types of criminals Grammar – The passive Emergency numbers Functions: Emergency Situations Grammar: The Passive Vocabulary: Crime and Criminals IntroductionThis chapter is focused on vocabulary associated with crime. Have you ever been the victim of a crime? Have you ever witnessed a crime? zvýrazněná slovíčka po přejetí ukáží překlad It doesn´t matter if you are a tourist or a guide, in either case you need to know what to do in these situations and what vocabulary to use. You will need to know the following expressions to understand the chart in the next section: a CRIME – something someone does that is illegal a CRIMINAL – someone who das something that is illegal to COMMIT a crime – to do something illegal Types of crime and types of criminals
Exercise: Crime and CriminalsRead the definition and guess the word. You can write the word or click on the letters one by one.
Talking about robberyRobbery is a term that is overused; people often say after becoming a victim of any kind of theft, “I’ve been robbed”. But robbery is when something is stolen and there is threat of violence or use of violence at the time and in order to steal from a person.Items robbers are looking for are easy to steal, easy to carry, easy to get rid of or use themselves to be honest so, iPods, iPads, Blackberrys were a favourite at one point, cash, they’ll take handbags because they want the cash out of them. When a robbery is being investigated, the police is looking at where they were touched, those are the areas where there may be some evidence, things like DNA and they need to be premise about where they were touched. Things like what was the offender doing before the robbery, were they smoking, drinking from a beer can? If so where are those items now? Another questions is was the offender injured as well, is there blood at the scene or even blood on your clothing? Often in terms of clothing, we’ll seize the whole item so it may mean we’ll take items of your clothing if they’ve been in contact with the offender. Exercise: Choose correct optionRobbery is a term which is Robbers like stealing things which are Handbags are being stolen because Evidence is The police may take the victim´s clothes Grammar: What is the difference between rob and steal?to steal something from somebody: My handbag was stolen. He stole my handbag. They stole it from me. to be stolen - taken away by the thief – něco bylo ukradeno to rob somebody/a bank/a shop/ a house etc: I was robbed. The bank was robbed on Thursday. They robbed the local shop yesterday. to be robbed - have their property taken from them – někdo byl okraden, něco bylo vykradeno Exercise: Try to complete these sentences for practiceThe men were planning to the local bank. My house has been already three times. My laptop was when I fell asleep in a train. He the videogame but he returned it. He thought his purse was but he left it at home. Grammar: Construction of the Passive VoiceThe structure of the passive voice is very simple: subject + the verb be + main verb (past participle - 3rd column of irregular verbs) Example: My car was stolen. In the example, the focus is on the fact that my bike was stolen. I do not know who did it. Use of Passive We use the passive when we do not know the subject (who or what “did” that) and we want to make the object more important. Example: The shop was robbed. In passive, we do not have to include information about who is performing the action (mum). Example: Dinner will be cooked (by mum). Emergency numbersIf the problem has already happened, call the police on the free telephone number 158 or the general, free emergency number 112. Czech Republic Emergency Numbers Ambulance: 155 Police: 158 Fire Department: 150 Foreign Missions to the Czech Republic – Contact information http://www.mzv.cz/jnp/en/diplomatic_missions/foreign_missions_to_the_czech_republic/index.html Státy světa - informace na cesty (Základní informace o teritoriu…) http://www.mzv.cz/jnp/cz/encyklopedie_statu/index.htmlThe way people cope as victims of crime depends on how others treat them immediately after the crime. REMEMBER!
When a guide has to solve a problem of similar nature with his clients – tourists, it is important to be calm and make the “victim” feel better. The tourist needs to believe in your abilities to solve the situation. Facial expressions may be of good help.
Vocabulary list
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