UNIT 5 Fairness UNIT CONTENTS G GRAMMAR · Relative clauses (defining and non-defining; use of relative pronouns and prepositional phrases) · Willingness, obligation and necessity (modal verbs; phrases with be; idioms) · Linkers: above all, also, besides, furthermore, moreover, what is more V VOCABULARY · Crime and justice: arrest on suspicion of, ban from, be convicted of, be found guilty of, be held in custody, bring face-to-face with a victim, criminal, defence lawyer, do community service, fine, give testimony in court, judge, jury, make an allegation of, one-to-one / group counselling, plead guilty to, policeman, prosecution, receive a reduced sentence for good behaviour, receive psychiatric help, sentence to life imprisonment, serve the full ten years, show evidence in court, solitary confinement, trial, victim, witness · Areas of employment: agricultural, construction, energy, financial, industrial, manufacturing, public, retail, transport · Language in context: Crime; Temporary states · Wordpower: Idioms: Crime: catch red-handed, get away with murder, get off lightly, give the benefit of the doubt, lay down the law, look over your shoulder, partners in crime, up to no good P PRONUNCIATION " Sound and spelling: s and ss · Word stress: nouns and verbs Main stress GETTING STARTED OPTIONAL LEAD-IN Books closed. Put students into groups. Ask students to discuss how fair these ideas are for the people involved and society in general: · a higher tax rate for large salaries · not allowing prisoners to vote · raising the retirement age UNIT OBJECTIVES At the end of this unit, students will be able to: understand and evaluate opinions and attitudes in texts about punishment and rehabilitation; understand, summarise and relay and respond to texts describing occupations follow and understand details of colloquial radio news stories, recognising usage of puns; understand details and opinions of speakers describing employment and recruitment experiences use a range of lexis accurately to: give descriptions of forms of punishment and rehabilitation; discuss crimes and their consequences; describe, evaluate and discuss employment conditions, job requirements and fair pay understand a conversation between people meeting for the first time and identify social strategies used by the speakers use a range of expressions for recalling and speculating in social interactions where they are uncertain of the facts write well-structured and coherent opinion essays using linkers effectively to add information and reinforce their argument CULTURE NOTES This photo shows a prisoner in Washington working with frogs as part of a state-wide Sustainability in Prisons Project. The aim of the project is to make the prison and general community more aware of and active in ecological concerns. Similar initiatives include a project in the US where prisoners train service dogs, and a restaurant open to the public in England where the prisoners only prepare dishes from sustainable products. b Put students into groups to discuss the questions. If students need encouragement, prompt them with ideas from the Suggested answers below. Take feedback as a class. Suggested answers 2 2 giving talks to teenagers about the mistakes they made; taking part in