Seminar 7

DOCUMENT 7

GENERAL UNDERSTANDING

1. Name all the characters mentioned in the article.
2. Find out information about the culprit’s family background.
3. What is the culprit charged with and when?
4. What can he be sentenced to?

VOCABULARY

→ Find out the English equivalents to the following synonyms or definitions.

• To commit a sexual crime
• To oppose people against each other
• Fighting with no particular weapons except your body
• To manage
• Special attention paid to something
• Very selfish, obsessed by your ego
• Discouraged

→ Pick out the English equivalents of the following words.

• Témoignage / témoigner
• Feindre
• Adapter

DETAILED UNDERSTANDING

1 – Pick out the key words referring to the psychiatrist’s testimony and rephrase it with your own words.

2 – Do the same with the psychologist’s testimony.

3 – Compare the psychiatrist’s and the psychologist’s testimonies.

4 – In what attempt does the defense use those testimonies?

4 – Describe the prosecution’s reaction.

DEBATE

→ Decide which sentence should be given to Hayes and prepare to defend your point of view.

Despite the prosecution’s cross-examination, I believe ….

Along with what the defense brought forward , I strongly believe … / I certainly go along with …

I (quite / completely / totally) agree with … on that point because / as / since …

I wonder whether / I am not quite sure about / I have mixed feelings about …

We must make a distinction between … and … / There is a distinction to be made between … and …

As for me / As far as I am concerned/ In my opinion …

Correction