General English Level 5 GELEV5 Unit 04 Topic 03.doc UNIT 04 Crime and punishment TOPIC 03 She’s sorry now LISTENING 01 My client is sorry for what she’s done It is three months later. Janis Steadman's lawyer talks to the media after her court case. Dictionary Vocabulary lenient offence reduce perspective to show remorse to show that you are sorry incredible unbelievable Listen to the interview. LISTENING 02 My client is sorry for what she’s done - task 1. Read the questions. 2. Listen to the conversation again. 3. Choose the correct answer. 1. Chris Reynolds thinks that the sentence is fair because a) Janis is helping the police and she didn’t steal very much money. b) Janis gave most of the money to charity. c) it's her first offence and she is helping the police. 2. The company and the banks think that Steadman’s sentence is a) too hard. b) not hard enough. c) appropriate and fair. 3. The bank has been able to recover a) two million dollars. b) three million dollars. c) four million dollars. 4. Because Mrs Steadman has been helping police, her sentence was a) increased. b) kept the same. c) reduced. 5. How do Janis Steadman’s family feel? a) angry b) hurt c) sorry 6. Janis Steadman started stealing because a) she had a traumatic incident in her childhood. b) she became addicted to living the life of a rich person. c) she needed the money to feed her family. 128 QUESTLANGUAGE