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A These devices can be used to spy on people.
W hat kind of information do you think people
doing surveillance could get from these devices?
• a surveillance camera
• a video camera
• a computer
• a mobile phone
• a satnav
В Quickly read the text and write T (True) or F (False).
What does the text tell us about surveillance?
1 We are being watched all the time.
2 It should only be used on criminals. The view from one of four million surveWanceJ
cameras irt the United Kingdom; this one, in
3 Surveillance equipment can be more effective
London, includes tin^ wipers to clear the.rain.
than people at detecting some things.
T-;. PI ' " _ _
The world that Orwell predicted is alra
here. Video systems that watch people an
now used in many cities around the worij
In Paris, France, for example, there are rt
cameras nearly everywhere to help coJ
traffic and approximately 2,000 cameras!
city buses to prevent crime. In Britain,the!
In the novel 1984, which was published in 1949, British author George Orwell wrote are cameras that watch streets and parka
about a time in the future when it is impossible to hide from surveillance by the public transport, stadiums and shopping]
government. In the novel, people are always reminded that the government can see areas. With nearly five million cameras J
them by the phrase, 'Big Brother is watching you'. one camera for every 14 people - Bri|
has more surveillance cameras than
anywhere else in Europe.
So who's watching? The police, certail
There is nothing a criminal can say win
the crime he has committed has been I
caught on video. For example, in 2009,95j
per cent of Scotland Yard murder cases^
video surveillance as evidence. But even I
when criminals are not actually caugh|
video, just seeing a video camera cann
an area safer. For this reason, somep
put up signs that say 'Video Surveillanal
Is In Operation' even where there arent|
video cameras.
Video surveillance has also been usedtfl
save lives. One day in France, 18-уеаЛ
Jean-Frangois LeRoy was swimming in*
public swimming pool. While he was urn
water, he lost consciousness. The lifej
who were watching the pool didn't real
