1. Unit 6 Detective stories
Vocabulary

2. A 22-year-old man was murdered

3. Here is the detective’s report, please help him complete it.
A young man was m________ in Valley Town. The body was f_______ in the doorway of a clothes shop. The v_______ was a computer programmer who worked in New Town. When he l______ his office, he said he was going to visit his parents.
urdered
ound
ictim
eft

4. ook ith truggle ingerprints lood uilty
The murder t______ place between 9 p.m. and 1 a.m. last night. The victim was killed w______ a knife and there was evidence of a s_______ . We are checking the scene for f_________ , which will help us find the murderer.
A witness saw a man running down Upper Street with b______ on his shirt. But the man said that he was not g______ .
ook
ith
truggle
ingerprints
lood
uilty

5. What does Ke Nan do?
What does a detective do?
How many kinds of crimes do you know about?
And what are they?

6. theft n.
thief n. thieves

7. .
The boy is a thief.
He often steals things.
He is guilty of theft.

8. shoplifting n.
Steal sth from a shop
shoplifter n.
入店行窃者

9. The man used to shoplift in shops.
He was a shoplifter.
At last ,he was under arrest for shoplifting.

10. murder n. v.
murderer n.

11. A young woman was murdered.
The police have found out the murderer.
This person is wanted for murder.

12. kidnapping n.
kidnapper n.

13. A girl was kidnapped last week.
He put up a good fight with the kidnappers.
Tom was charged with kidnapping.

14. kidnap A. a person who takes another
person’s things secretly
rob B. steal sb Away by force in
order to get money
murder C. a person who takes things
from a shop secretly
thief D. unlawfully kill sb.
shoplifter E. take things or money from
a person or a place by force

15. Complete the table with crimes,criminals and verbs.
Steal
kidnapping
shoplifter
murder
robbery
thief
theft
thief (thieves)
thief
kidnapper
kidnap
shoplifting
shoplift
Theft
murder
murderer
robber
rob

16. Here are some other names for crimes and criminals, could you guess their Chinese names?
Crimes                                  criminals
Battery (殴打)                           attacker
Drug dealing（贩卖毒品）      drug dealer
Mugging （抢劫）                    mugger
Robbery                                 robber
Vandalism （蓄意破坏公物）   vandal
Money laundering（洗黑钱）   money launderer
Burglary  （入室盗窃）            burglar
Forgery （伪造文件等）           forger

17. Pay attention to the following sentences
He is guilty of theft.
This person is wanted for murder.
Tom was charged with kidnapping.
At last ,he was under arrest for shoplifting.
The victim had criminal record for robbery.

18. Look at the crimes from Part A, what do you think the punishment for those crimes should be. Have a discussion, and then present your conclusion.
a list of penalties for you:
2 years in prison
5 years in prison
10 years in prison
2 0years in prison
50 years in prison
Life in prison
Death penalty

19. Fill in the blanks according to the Chinese
He was charged with being the ________(凶手).
Those ________（小偷）were caught at last.
There’re many ___________(犯罪行为)in that city.
It is said the boy was ___________(绑架)last Friday.
She was fined three hundred dollars for _______________(从商店偷窃商品).
murder
murderer
thieves
crimes
kidnapped
shoplifting

20. Task 2 choose the words to fill in the blanks, pay
attention to their forms
Steal, kill, murder, rob, kidnap, shoplift, killer,
Murderer, robber, shoplifter, kidnapper, thief,
kidnapping, robbery
_tolen
Yesterday he had his wallet s__________ when he was shopping.
The rich boy was k_________________ on his way from school last Friday afternoon.
I don’t know why there are more and more k_____________ happening in our country.
It is reported that the bank was r__________ of a lot of money during the r____________.
idnapped
idnappings
obbed
obbery

21. Steal, kill murder, rob, kidnap, shoplift, killer,
Murderer, robber, shoplifter, kidnapper, thief,
kidnapping, robbery
hief
A t____________ broke into his house last night and s____________ his mobile phone and some money.
The shop is now taking actions to stop these s_________ from getting in.
It is obvious that he was k_____________ with a sharp knife, but nobody saw the k_______.
The k___________ asked the businessman for one million yuan to free his daughter.
tole
hoplifters
illed
iller
idnapper

22. Steal, kill, murder, rob, kidnap, shoplift, killer,
Murderer, robber, shoplifter, kidnapper, thief,
kidnapping, robbery
The detectives all went out to search for the information about the m_______________ that happened under the bridge.
You can often hear the bus driver remind the passengers to be careful with t___________.
urder
hieves

23. are wanted has travelled gone missing happened have been was found
Task 3 fill in the blanks with right forms of the words given
Come here, Jack. You____________(want) on the phone.
No one _____________(travel) farther than the moon so far.
My food has_________________(go)_____________(miss).
The story______________(happen) last night.
There ________________(be) many changes over the years.
His body__________(find) in the garden the day before yesterday.
He _________(charge) with _________________ (break) into my house soon.
By whom ____________ the young cook _________ (kill).
Why __________ they ___________(kidnap) by you yesterday.
are wanted
has travelled
gone
missing
happened
have been
was found
will be charged
breaking
was
killed
were
kidnapped

24. Homework: Remember the new words. Make sentences with the words.
Find some examples about crimes and criminals.

25. Thank you !
Goodbye!