Translations and Death Penalty opinions

Hey,

today we dedicated parts of the lesson to revising some important vocabulary. Here are the sentences we translated:

1. This text is about / deals with the death sentence. Sam is a convict / inmate / prisoner who is to be executed soon.
2. At the beginning the two men / both men stay distant / shy ; they seem ill-at-ease and they don’t look at each other / avoid looking at each other.
3. Sam explains to Adam that in the Deep South, a lot of politicians are for / agree with / support / have voted for the death sentence because it’s a good deterrent.
4. Public opinion wants tough sentences so as to deter / which deter criminals from committing crimes.
5. Sam is resigned because he knows that the situation is desperate / hopeless and he is to die soon.

6. Adam is determined to help Sam. He feels pity and sympathy for his grand-father at once and he thinks he doesn’t deserve to die.
7. John Grisham opposes the death penalty. Throughout the text, he seems to say that it’s a kind of lottery.

 

Then we continued the lesson with the listening of an audio recording about people's opinions on the death penalty.

You can listen to it again here:

Here are the arguments we have spotted out:

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- A judge cannot decide who may live or die.
- Criminals must go to jail in order to realize the consequences of their crimes.
- There's always a risk / a doubt. If a convict is sentenced to death and he was innocent, it’s too late. There can be judicial mistakes.

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- Murderers deserve to be executed because their crimes are cruel.
- An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth. People want revenge.
- A good deterrent.

HW: for next time, translate the last 2 sentences from your worksheet + learn your lesson and vocabulary as there will be a vocabulary test. On Friday, you will take your final test about Death Penalty (= a letter to write).

Files: Download the worksheet here (translation)