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Voluntary Organizations
A. Read the text "Voluntary Organizations" quickly and try to understand what it is about and what information is already known to you.
B. Suggested Activities.
I. Pick out from the text "Voluntary Organizations" all the facts related to
a) the aims of voluntary organizations
b) the peculiarities of the work
c) the activities of the other public organizations in the field.
II. Pick out an idea which you think is the most significant in every paragraph.
III. Give annotation of the text.
Protest Movements
A. Read the text "Protest Movements" quickly and try to understand what it is about and what information is already known to you.
B. Suggested Activities.
I. Think and answer:
1. What do the British protest against?
2. Why do they take part in protest movements?
3. What are the names of the most famous and well-known protest movements?
4. Which of the protest movements do you consider to be the most important and
up-to-date? Why?
5. What aims does Greenpeace pursue?
6. When and where was it founded?
II. Make an estimate of the activities of the most well-known protest movements.
Would you like to take part in any of them? Why?
III. Give Russian equivalents to:
a) abolition of nuclear weapons
b) to fight for equal rights
c) the suffragette movement
d) to campaign for
e) to release from prison
f) anti-apartheid movements
g) disarmament
h) Ban the Bomb rallies
i) to conserve the environment
j) pollution
k) to halt industrial activities
l) to condemn violent actions
IV. Discussion point: Are there protest movements in your country?
Compare them with those in Great Britain. Try to analyze their specific features, positive and negative ones.
Part II
The Metropolitan Police in Action
Questions to the texts
Crime and Police
1. Do the crime rates of various crimes differ?
2. What are crime prevention measures of local crime prevention panels?
3. Why do the police coordinate their actions in fighting crime?
4. What is an average number of people per each British policeman?
5. What are the principal police forces in Great Britain?
6. Can you name the British police ranks?
7. When does the Police Complaints Authority order an investigation against
policemen?
8. How many sections are there in the Metropolitan CID?
Crime
1. What is the origin of the Organized Crime Group?
2. What divisions are considered to be its compounds?
3. What types of crime does the Flying Squad (Fraud Squad, Firearms Unit)
investigate?
4. What was the motive of setting up the Firearms Unit?
5. Can you point out the main functions of the Firearms Unit?
Intelligence
1. When was the Directorate of Intelligence founded?
2. What are the main responsibilities of the Directorate?
3. What are the functions of crime stoppers?
4. What problems does SO 11 deal with?
Protection
1. What types of protection do Protection Groups provide?
2. Where does the Palace of Westminster Division operate?
3. What are the main objectives of the Division?
4. What types of investigation does a plain-clothes group deal with?
5. Who among high ranking officers is in charge of the diplomatic community
protection?
6. What is the legal foundation for that protection?
7. Does this Group provide for the numerous services? What are they?
8. What does the royalty protection imply?
Security
1. What was the motive for the foundation of the Anti-Terrorism Branch of the
Metropolitan Police?
2. Were their activities effective? Can you give some facts?
3. What types of terrorism actions does the Branch investigate?
4. Who appoints the Commander of the Branch?
5. What is the Special Irish Branch responsible for?
Identification
1. How long does a fingerprint expert training last?
2. What are the requirements to an identification officer?
3. Does every area possess its own fingerprint staff?
4. Where are the in-depth specialist treatments carried out?
5. What tasks does the Photographic Branch focus their attention on?
6. When was the Police National Computer Bureau formed? What for?
7. What is the main task of the Phoenix Project?
8. How many people does the Aliens Registration Office deal with annually?
9. Who are not required to be registered with the police in Great Britain?
10. What is the responsibility of the National Identification Service?
11. How long have the police been using the "Henry System"?
12. Where can a fingerprint officer call up the images except those on paper?
13. How many histories does the microfiche library contain?
14. What search and disclosure services does the National Identification Service
Provide?
Fingerprint Group
1. Who was the founder of the Fingerprint Group?
2. What fields are the identification officers trained in?
3. What are the duties of the Fingerprint Group?
4. What are the main activities of the Scenes of Crime Group?
5. When did the Metropolitan Police start using photography in their work?
6. 6. Where is the Graphic Unit based?