English Vocabulary in Use Elementary (Unit 34: Crime - murder, prison, guilty)


A. Crimes and criminals

crime robbery murder /ˈmɜːdə/ burglary /ˈbɜːɡləri/ mugging [attacking a person in a public place and stealing their money]
person a robber a murderer a burglar a mugger
verb to rob somebody or a place (e.g. a bank) to murder somebody to break into a house / flat (break / broke / broken) to mug somebody

crime car theft drug dealing terrorism shoplifting
person a car thief /θiːf/ a drug dealer a terrorist a shoplifter
verb to steal a car (steal / stole / stolen) to sell drugs (sell / sold / sold) to attack somebody or a place to steal things from a shop

There was a burglary at the school last night.
John West murdered his wife.
There are a lot of muggings in the city centre.

The bank was robbed yesterday. My sister was robbed last week.

Common mistakes

A thief steals something (steal / stole / stolen).
Somebody stole my bicycle. [NOT Somebody robbed my bicycle.]
I was robbed last night. [NOT | was stolen] .

B. The law /lɔː/

A student was arrested for shoplifting this morning.
The police came to the school and spoke to his teacher.
The student has to go to court next week.
If he is guilty he will have to pay a fine. /ˈgɪlti/
If he is innocent he can go home. /ˈɪnəsənt/
I don’t think he will go to prison.

C. Other crime problems

Some vandals broke the windows in the telephone box.
[A vandal breaks and smashes things.]
We have a lot of vandalism in my town.
A lot of people take drugs nowadays.
Is football hooliganism a problem in your country? /ˈhuːlɪgənɪzm/
[A football hooligan is a person who goes to a football match and makes trouble.]
Exercise-34.1


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