Punishment For Shoplifting
PUNISHMENT FOR SHOPLIFTING
Practice English with your teacher
Warm-up
Talk about these questions with your teacher.
선생님과 이야기해 보세요.
- What aspect of today's topic challenges your existing assumptions the most?
- If you could change one thing about how society approaches this issue, what would it be?
Vocabulary
Listen and repeat after your teacher.
선생님을 따라 읽어보세요.
Reading
Read the passage with your teacher.
선생님과 함께 지문을 읽어보세요.
My daughter got picked up for shoplifting $30 worth of merchandise in a store. After she was caught she offered to pay for the items she took, but the owners refused to accept her money. (It was the first time she had ever been picked up for shoplifting.) Instead, they put a restraining order on her, denying her the privilege of shopping in any if their stored for the rest of her life! (They are a part of a large national chain.)
My poor daughter is a wreck. She’s manic-depressive and has been under the care of a psychiatrist for the last four years.
I could understand them fining her maybe $100 and barring her from shopping that store for six months or a year, but for them to bar her from shopping at any of their stores for life seems terribly harsh to me.
There are video cameras all over the stores so customers can be observed while they shop. I think there should be signs posted advising the customers that they are being videotaped.Comprehension Check
(1) What did the writer’s daughter do?
(2) When she got picked up, what did she do?
(3) What did the chain store do to her?
(4) Is the daughter mentally OK?
(5) What does the writer think about the punishment from the chain store?
(6) What did the chain store install to observe customers?
(7) Were there any signs warning customers against shoplifting?
Dialogue Practice
Practice the dialogue with your teacher.
선생님과 대화를 연습해 보세요.
- Do you think the signs which say customers are being observed should be posted?
- Do you think the signs would discourage shoplifting?
- Do you think the chain’s denying the daughter the right to shop there is fair? Or is it too harsh?
- Do you think there should be a difference in punishment between first timers and ex convicts?
Korean Trap! / 한국인 실수 교정
Common mistakes Korean speakers make.
한국인이 자주 하는 실수를 알아봅시다.
'satisfied'는 항상 'with'와 함께 씁니다. 한국어 '~에 만족하다'의 영향으로 'at'을 쓰는 실수가 잦습니다.
Discussion
Share your thoughts with your teacher.
선생님과 의견을 나눠보세요.
What does it mean?
(1) shoplifting
(2) wreck
Lesson Summary / 수업 요약
Today's Topic: PUNISHMENT FOR SHOPLIFTING
Level: Middle Advanced (M.A)
Review this lesson before your next class! / 다음 수업 전에 복습하세요!