22 B2 | 7. Klasse | READING | Rules, laws and regulations Working the reading task: Multiple matching Read the article about surveillance cameras in the UK. Some sentences are missing. Choose the correct sentence (A–K) for each gap (1–8). There are two extra sentences that you should not use. Write your answers in the boxes provided. The first one (0) has been done for you. 7 Skim the text and then read sentences A–K. In the text and in sentences A–K, underline the words which connect ideas and information. Look also at tenses and time references in the text and sentences A–K. Try the options A–K (apart from the example) in the first gap to see which one fits. Repeat for each gap. Remember to pay attention to the flow of ideas, not just the use of linking words. Both are important. Finally, remember that it’s OK to change your mind if you think your first choice was wrong. Top tips Big Brother society in the UK The UK already has more closed-circuit TV cameras (CCTV) per person than any other country in Europe, the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) is trialling facial recognition cameras in London, and software already exists which can identify people caught on camera by the way they walk and make out their words using lip-reading technology. Figures recently published show that in the last few years, local councils have spent hundreds of millions of pounds installing cameras. (0) So, when did the UK start to become the sort of surveillance society more commonly associated with one-party police states? (1) But it was in that year that the Prime Minister at the time introduced the measures that led to the current situation. At the launch of a government programme called ‘CCTV: Looking Out For You’, he said he had no doubt that there would be protests about a threat to civil liberties. Since then, the number of surveillance cameras across the UK has soared. In London alone, there’s one CCTV camera for every eight people. (2) Since summer 2011, when unlicensed protesting among hostile civilians, who later resorted to violence and widespread rioting, took place in London, private contractors have been brought in to systematically link and index surveillance footage across all devices in the capital. The aim is to build a comprehensive database of all public movements, thereby catching those violating the law or causing trouble before any clashes occur. Alexander Deane, of pressure group Big Brother Watch (BBW), says “We are being watched more than ever before. The growing network of surveillance can in no way be justified as a deterrent to crime. (3) We’re the only country that’s gone so far down this path. CCTV is now the single most heavily-funded crime prevention measure operating outside the criminal justice system. It accounts for more than three-quarters of spending on crime prevention by the Home Office1.” “The MPS’s own figures now state that for every thousand cameras under their control, only one crime is solved each year. (4) And as far as I’m concerned, this is actually worse than them simply not being there, as law enforcement becomes dependent on an unreliable source. When they are working and turned on, sometimes they’re not pointing in the right direction. Recordings are often erased before law enforcement officials collect them. (5) ” “Supporters of CCTV prefer to rely on stories rather than facts about the surveillance network. (6) Of course, there are, indeed, specific cases that you can point to where CCTV has helped. That’s inevitable when you record all of us that much. But those carefully chosen examples don’t show the hundreds of thousands of hours or the millions of pounds wasted on this Big Brother network as a matter of routine and in many cases without success.” Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv
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