According to the texts, which centre(s)
is/are best for
Paragraph letter(s)
1. someone who wants help in the gym?
(2 letters)
C, D
2. a woman who wants early morning aerobics?
(2 letters)
B,E
3. a child who wants swimming classes after
school? (2 letters)
A,D
4. a retired man with little money?
D
In which centre(s) can you..
1. swim on Sunday afternoons? (2 letters)
A,E
2. have a full meal?
A
3. buy diet supplements?
C
4. learn a martial art?
E
5. take a young baby?
D
6. exercise with people of the same sex?
B
Statement
Paragraph number
A. Although I have often broken the law,
this was the first time I got into trouble.
5
B. I broke the law because I got angry.
1
C. I could not take the judge seriously.
5
D. I felt ashamed of what I had done.
3
E. I got a worse punishment than I deserved.
1
F. I got into trouble because I was not
paying attention to what I was doing.
3
G. I have been able to continue with my
normal job while in prison.
4
H. I have lost contact with someone in my
family.
4
I. I have plans for the future.
1
J. My friends and I were stealing something.
2,5
K. My job is more boring than breaking the
law.
2
L. My punishment will be reduced because
I have behaved well.
1
M. Someone checks that I am not getting
into trouble.
2
N. Thank goodness he was not seriously injured.
3
O. This was the first time I had broken
the law.
3
Explanation
Here are the parts of the texts which matched
the questions:
A. "I've taken cars plenty of times ... this was the first
time the police had caught me..."
B. "...losing your temper..."
C. "I could have laughed..."
D. "...the embarrassment..."
E. "I do think my punishment was too harsh."
F. "...absent-minded..."
G. "...combining punishment with maintaining my job..."
H. "... my wife hasn't spoken to me since the trial..."
I. "When I get out, I hope to be a furniture maker. Perhaps
I'll start my own business."
J. . ... my friends and I were had up for burgling / I was caught
with one of my mates..."
K. "I have a job...It's not so exciting as crime..."
L. "...with good conduct, I'll probably be let out early next
year."
M. "... on probation..."
N. "Fortunately, he wasn't badly hurt..."
O. "....a first offence..."
Types of punishment
People
connected with the law
Crimes
probation
open prison
fined
lose my licence
a caution
magistrates
probation office
receiving stolen goods
burglary
1. sentenced
c) condemned
2. good conduct
g) good behaviour
3. let out
f) released
4. had up
d) arrested
5. offence
a) unimportant crime
6. trial
h) legal process in court
7. caught red-handed
e) discovered in the act of breaking the law
8. cell
b) room in a prison
In this e-m@il lesson you have:
looked
at a strategy for dealing with paper 1 part 4, the multiple matching
exercise
practised
matching paraphrases
studied
vocabulary relating to crime and punishment
The next lesson focuses on parts
2 and 3 of the reading paper, and studies multi-word verbs and word building.