Question

[Đỗ Nam Trâm]

You´re already well equipped to prevent crime

Everyone comes with their own built-in burglar alarm. It´s called the sense of sight and sound.

Unfortunately, many of us go around with the alarm switched off.

We don´t see the stranger loitering outside the house next door. We overlook the kids trying the car doors. We don´t notice the sounds from the flat upstairs. (Weren´t they supposed to be on holiday?)

The police can only do so much to prevent crime.

There never can be enough of them to guard every home in every town. So they need your help in combating the burglars, the vandals, the car thieves.

Not, of course, by setting out to "have a go" every time you see something suspicious. It´ll always be the job of the police to arrest criminals. But you can help by acting as a line of communication between them and your community.

For instance, you probably know far more about your immediate neighbourhood than the police ever could. A stranger in someone´s garden would probably be far more obvious to you than it would be to the local bobby. Providing, of course, you were on the look-out.

And that´s the whole idea behind the Neighbourhood Watch schemes now springing up around the country. To create a spirit of watchfulness within a community, anything suspicious being reported to the police.

It´s early days yet, but results so far are very encouraging. The crime figures are already dropping in many of the areas running a scheme.

And all due to people like you.

Don´t let them get away with it.

-- From the Central Office of information

1 The purpose of the advertisement is to

A warn people about the increasing risk of crime.                       B encourage people to join the police force.

C advise people how to protect their homes from crime.             D explain how people can assist the police.

2 The advertisement points out that many people

A are not very keen to co-operate with the police.                       B are not as observant as they could be.

C don´t control their children properly.                                        D don´t tell their neighbours about their holidays.

3 One of the ways we could help prevent crime is to

A keep the alarm system in our home turned on.                         B try to stop criminals from escaping.

C watch out for people behaving suspiciously.                           D inform the police if we hear noises upstairs.

4 One disadvantage the police have is that they

A don´t know local people personally.                                        B are too busy arresting criminals.

C know communities less well then residents do.                                    D can´t see what´s happening in people´s gardens.

Answer 1

[Thu Hồng]

You´re already well equipped to prevent crime

Everyone comes with their own built-in burglar alarm. It´s called the sense of sight and sound.

Unfortunately, many of us go around with the alarm switched off.

We don´t see the stranger loitering outside the house next door. We overlook the kids trying the car doors. We don´t notice the sounds from the flat upstairs. (Weren´t they supposed to be on holiday?)

The police can only do so much to prevent crime.

There never can be enough of them to guard every home in every town. So they need your help in combating the burglars, the vandals, the car thieves.

Not, of course, by setting out to "have a go" every time you see something suspicious. It´ll always be the job of the police to arrest criminals. But you can help by acting as a line of communication between them and your community.

For instance, you probably know far more about your immediate neighbourhood than the police ever could. A stranger in someone´s garden would probably be far more obvious to you than it would be to the local bobby. Providing, of course, you were on the look-out.

And that´s the whole idea behind the Neighbourhood Watch schemes now springing up around the country. To create a spirit of watchfulness within a community, anything suspicious being reported to the police.

It´s early days yet, but results so far are very encouraging. The crime figures are already dropping in many of the areas running a scheme.

And all due to people like you.

Don´t let them get away with it.

-- From the Central Office of information

1 The purpose of the advertisement is to

A warn people about the increasing risk of crime.                       B encourage people to join the police force.

C advise people how to protect their homes from crime.             D explain how people can assist the police.

2 The advertisement points out that many people

A are not very keen to co-operate with the police.                       B are not as observant as they could be.

C don´t control their children properly.                                        D don´t tell their neighbours about their holidays.

3 One of the ways we could help prevent crime is to

A keep the alarm system in our home turned on.                         B try to stop criminals from escaping.

C watch out for people behaving suspiciously.                           D inform the police if we hear noises upstairs.

4 One disadvantage the police have is that they

A don´t know local people personally.                                        B are too busy arresting criminals.

C know communities less well than residents do.                                    D can´t see what´s happening in people´s gardens.

Answer 2

[Thu Hồng]

Để giải quyết được bài đọc, chúng ta cần hiểu bài nói về điều gì. Em hãy xem phần dịch và chú ý những câu in đậm là nội dung nằm trong câu hỏi nhé!

Bạn đã được trang bị tốt để ngăn chặn tội phạm?

Tất cả mọi người đều đi kèm với thiết bị báo trộm tích hợp của riêng họ. Nó được gọi là cảm giác về thị giác và âm thanh.

Thật không may, nhiều người trong chúng ta đi xung quanh với chiếc báo thức đó đã bị tắt.

Cảnh sát chúng tôi không thấy kẻ lạ mặt lảng vảng bên ngoài ngôi nhà bên cạnh. Chúng tôi bỏ qua những đứa trẻ đang thử cửa xe. Chúng tôi không nhận thấy âm thanh từ căn hộ trên lầu. (Họ có phải đang đi nghỉ không?)

Cảnh sát chỉ có thể làm rất nhiều để ngăn chặn tội phạm.

(Nhưng) không bao giờ có thể có đủ cảnh sát để canh gác mọi ngôi nhà trong mọi thị trấn. Vì vậy, họ cần sự giúp đỡ của bạn trong việc chống lại những tên trộm, những kẻ phá hoại, những kẻ trộm xe.

Tất nhiên, không phải bằng cách "đi dạo quanh" mỗi khi bạn thấy điều gì đó đáng ngờ. Công việc của cảnh sát sẽ luôn là bắt tội phạm. Nhưng bạn có thể giúp đỡ bằng cách đóng vai trò như một đường dây liên lạc giữa họ và cộng đồng của bạn.

Ví dụ, bạn có thể biết nhiều hơn về khu vực lân cận của bạn so với cảnh sát có thể. Một người lạ trong khu vườn của ai đó có lẽ sẽ rõ ràng hơn nhiều đối với bạn hơn là đối với cảnh sát địa phương. Tất nhiên, khi cung cấp thông tin, bạn hãy đề phòng.

Và đó là toàn bộ ý tưởng đằng sau các kế hoạch "Theo dõi vùng lân cận" hiện đang triển khai trên khắp đất nước. Để tạo ra tinh thần đề phòng trong cộng đồng, bất cứ điều gì đáng ngờ đều có thể được báo cho cảnh sát.

Tuy mới chỉ là những ngày đầu, nhưng kết quả cho đến nay rất đáng khích lệ. Các số liệu tội phạm đã giảm ở nhiều khu vực đang thực hiện một chương trình.

Và tất cả là do những người như bạn.

Đừng để tội phạm thoát khỏi nó.

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