Key to the Exercises

Pre-class Work II the crime problem; serious; crimes; criminals; ine third of; 4

1 million; 36 to 40 million soft; crimes and criminals evidence; deters; punishment there are too many of them; Saudi Arabia; have their hands

cut off; 35 million commit 5 serious crimes; elite universities practical; in prison; longer imprisonment; can bear the cost the court and police; solution to the crime problem; getting t

ough with criminals is not the answer

3. Choose words and expressions from the text that are related to cri

me, law and court.

crime correctional personnel property crime arrest record crime rate harsh punishment crime problems prison sentence conviction a sentence of five years convict to receive a sentence criminal to commit a crime murderer to convict sb. offender to prosecute sb.

prison cell to arrest sb. to punish crime to send a criminal to prison released prisoner to imprison / jail a criminal (for a crime) police to get tough with criminals judge to keep a criminal in prison Justice Department to release a prisoner evidence to gain release witness to execute a murderer parole board to supervise a criminal prison official to allow the arrested to live in the community criminal justice system under supervision to reduce / prevent / deter crimes

4. Pick out new idiomatic expressions from the text.

to get tough with sb. instead of to amount to under supervision the more… the more / the less… to make room for sb. / sth. to cut off to lock sb. up / away the other way around to be worth (doing) sth. to gain admission / release / approval to pay for sth. to accept sb. into (an institution) to release sb. from prison on the whole to some extent / to a certain extent to be soft / easy on sb. a drop in the bucket to be measured against sth. to commit a crime to have charge of sb. / sth. to work out to to lead to to be faced with sth. due to so…as to do sth.

Written Work Sample: I don’t think that severe punishment is the answer to the problem of cri

me. But I look at the matter from a different point of view. The author simply believes harsh punishment isn’t feasible because it costs too much. My view is that punishment, including harsh measures, is necessary but punishment alone won’t help much. It is effective only when governments make effort to wipe out what gives rise to crimes, for example, poverty, inequality, racial hatred, money worship, TV violence, etc., in short, to remove barriers for less fortunate members of society to better themselves. Punishment can produce good results only when it is combined with effective correctional measures to make law-abiding citizens out of criminals. This is a difficult but worthwhile job. (124 words)