Упр.9 Unit 4 Рабочая тетрадь ГДЗ English Михеева 9 класс
9. Read the text and complete it with the phrases (a—g) below. There is one phrase you don’t need to use.
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9. Read the text and complete it with the phrases (a—g) below. There is one phrase you don’t need to use.
a) in the last five years
b) from the Harry Porter movies
c) the result to achieve
d) committing more crimes
e) just part of a general increase in violence among young people
f) rejection by parents and poor education
g) from certain backgrounds
h) towards girls and violence
Are Girls Becoming More Violent?
A 25 per cent increase in girl crime over three years has shocked the UK. Why are girls (1) committing more crimes? Experts give many reasons. First of all, many girls are just copying boys. In Leeds, for example, every little area has its own gang. All these gangs have girls in them. They see the boys in nice clothes driving flash cars, in other words expensive-looking cars that attract attention, and they want a part of it.
Psychologists also stress the fact that there is a certain change in our attitude (2) towards girls and violence. For example, Hermione (3) from the Harry Porter movies is the new role model of girls. In the third movie Hermione hits Malfoy. Afterwards she says, “Boy, that felt good!” and she is cheered on by her friends. Professor James Garbarino explains: “Girls hit, it feels good and people appreciate it — that’s the message.”
Then it is possible to say that violence among girls is (4) just part of a general increase in violence among young people. There is a crisis in London at the moment with younger and younger children (boys and girls) getting involved in knife violence. The Metropolitan Police Commissioner reports that (5) in the last five years the proportion of the young people killed has risen.
Experts nowadays are looking at ways of addressing these issues. The key is to target the high-risk girls. Evidence shows that girls (6) from certain backgrounds need support to avoid violence and crime. Some may share the same experiences as violent boys such as (7) rejection by parents and poor education. Girls might also become bullies because they have grown bigger and faster than their classmates.
Statistics shows that the number of offences committed by girls rose by 25 per cent in just three years, but the number of offences committed by boys fell by two per cent. Although the trend is correct, it could be that the figures are less dramatic. The experts on girl crime at London’s South Bank University mention also another fact: “We think the response to girl crime by schools and police has changed, so girls are being prosecuted for offences they weren’t prosecuted for before.”