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Lesson56TwelveAngryMen

Lesson5-6TwelveAngryMen

（10periods）

Ⅰ、TeachingObjectives:

1.Tocomprehendthewholestory

2.Tolearnthewordsandexpressions

3.Tolearntoparaphrasethedifficultsentences

4.Tounderstandthestructureofthetext

5.Toappreciatethestyleandrhetoricoftheplay.

Ⅱ、TeachingFocuses：

1.Structuralanalysisofthetext

2.Rhetoricalfeaturesofthetext

Ⅲ、TeachingDifficulties：

1.Structuralanalysisofthetext

2.Rhetoricalfeaturesofthetext

3.Wordsandexpressions

Ⅳ、TeachingMethods：

Communicativeapproach,andtask-basedapproach.

1.Questions2.Discussions3.Performances

Ⅴ、TeachingProcedures:

I）.Warming-up

1.Supposethesamecrimewascommittednowadays,whatwouldthecourtdotofindoutthetruth?

（WouldtherebeanyDNAtestingordetailedforensicevidence?

）

2.Doyouthinkitisfairtoendowajurywiththefullresponsibilitytodecide

whetherasuspectisguiltyorinnocent?

Howdoyouunderstandtheroleofajudgeinacourtandthatofajury?

3.Inwhatwayhasthejurychangedalot?

（Whydoyouthinkthejuryinthistrialconsistedofonlywhitemen,nowomenortheBlacks?

Wassmokingallowedinthejuryroom?

）

4.Doyouknowthatlanguagecanhavepoweraswell?

Canyoufeelthepoweroflanguageinthetext?

Inwhatwayislanguagepowerful?

Givesomeexamples.

5.Doyouthinkweareallpronetoprejudicesjustlikethejurors?

Why?

6.WhatisthedifferencebetweentheAmericanjudicialsystemandtheChineseone?

DoesreasonabledoubtalsoplayapartintheChinesejudicialsystem?

7.Seethemovietohaveabetterunderstandingofthestory.

II）.Languagefocus

1.WordsandExpressions

abstainv.a.tochoosenottovotefororagainst

b.nottodoorhavesomethingyouenjoy,especiallyalcoholorsex,usuallyforreasonsofreligionorhealth

n.abstainfromalcohol,vote.Eg.

Sixcountriesvotedforthechange,fivevotedagainst,andtwoabstained.

Pilotsmustabstainfromalcoholfor24hoursbeforeflying.

CatholicsaresupposedtoabstainfrommeatonGoodFriday.

Conducta.tocarryoutaparticularactivityorprocess,especiallyinordertogetinformationorprovefacts

b.tostandinfrontofagroupofmusiciansorsingersanddirecttheirplayingorsinging

c.ifsomethingconductselectricityorheat,itallowselectricityorheattotravelalongorthroughit.Eg.

conductasurvey（investigation）/conductanexperiment（atest）

conductacampaign/conductaninterview/conductanorchestra

conductheat/electricity

Handya.useful

b.（informal）nearandeasytoreach

c.goodatusingsomething,especiallyatool.Eg.

Takeyourswimmingtrunkswithyou—theymightcomeinhandy.

Ialwayskeepmygunhandyjustincase./Doyouhaveapieceofpaperhandy?

He'sveryhandywithascrewdriver.

Refutev.toprovethatastatementorideaisnotcorrect.eg

refuteahypothesis/aclaim/anidea,etc.反驳一个假设/说法/想法

Verdictn.anofficialdecisionmadeinacourtoflaw,especiallyaboutwhethersomeoneisguiltyofacrimeorhowadeathhappened.Eg.

Thejuryhasretiredtoconsideritsverdict.

Afteraweekthejuryhadstillnotreachedaverdict.

Ineverdoubtedthattheywoulddeliverthecorrectverdict.

Owesbsth:

tofeelthatyoushoulddosomethingforsomeoneorgivesomeonesomething,becausetheyhavedonesomethingforyouorgivensomethingtoyou.Eg.

Iowemybrother$50.

Heaskedforhelpfromacolleaguewhoowedhimafavour.

IoweSusanaletter;Imustwritesoon.

Youowehimanapology.

“Iowemyparentsalot,”headmitted.

Theirsuccessowesmoretogoodluckthantocarefulmanagement.

Putintowords:

express.Eg.

ItishardtoputintowordshowIfeelnow.

He’snotverymusical,toputitmildly（=He'snotmusicalatall）.

Wegetoneachother'snerves,toputitbluntly（=tosayexactlywhatImean）.

It'sfairlyrisky.Ortoputitanotherway（=sayitindifferentwords）,don'ttrythisathome.

Beatsbup:

tohurtsomeonebadlybyhittingthem.eg.

Herboyfriendgotdrunkandbeatherup.

Cf.:

beatoneselfup/beatyourselfup:

（AmericanEnglish,informal）toblameyourselftoomuchforsomething.Eg.

Ifyoudoyourbestandyoulose,youcan'tbeatyourselfupaboutit.

Missthepoint:

nottounderstandthemainpointofwhatsomeoneissaying

illustratethepoint/gettothepoint/come（straight）tothepoint/besidethepoint/tothepoint

Teartoshreds:

rip…toshreds.Eg.

Theclotheswererippedtoshredsandcoveredinblood.

Withinayear,otherresearchershadtornthetheorytoshreds.

Identify...as...:

torecognizeandcorrectlynamesomeoneorsomething.Eg.

Eyewitnessesidentifiedthegunmanasanarmysergeant.

TheaircraftwereidentifiedasAmerican.

Cf:

identifywithsomebody/something认同

Heidentifiedwithourdistressanddespair.

identifysomethingwithsomebody/something视……为一体

theattempttoidentifycrimewithpovertyandsocialproblems

Pullatrick/stunt/joke:

tosucceedinplayingatricktosomeone.eg

Don'tpullatricklikethatagain!

Syn:

pullsomebody‘sleg

Ihaven'twon,haveI?

You'repullingmyleg.

Talkitout:

todiscussaproblemthoroughlyinordertosolveit.eg

Weneedtospendalittletimetalkingthisout.

ItmighthelpifyoutalkeditoutwithDad.

Cf.:

talksomebodyoutof（doing）something说服某人不做……

Can'tyoutalkthemoutofsellingthehouse?

Hangajury:

ajurythatcannotagreewhethersomeoneisguiltyofacrime

Grandjury大陪/Jurybox陪审席/Juryservice作陪审员

（not）Hearoneselfthink:

usedtoemphasizehownoisyaplaceis.Eg.

Justshutup,Tom.Ican'thearmyselfthink.

Cf:

thinkaloud/thinkoutloud自言自语

ShebegantothinkaloudasshealwaysdidwhenIwaswithher.

Acquittaln.anofficialstatementinacourtoflawthatsomeoneisnotguilty.Eg

Of52prosecutionsforpolicebrutality,46endedinacquittals.

v.acquitsomebodyofsomething

ThejudgedirectedthejurytoacquitPhillipsofthemurder.

Blundern.acarelessorstupidmistake

commitablunder,makeablunder.Eg.

Majormanagementblundershaveledthecompanyintobankruptcy.

Theparentsfaceanightmareweek-longwaitbeforebloodtestsshowiftherehasbeenahospitalblunder.

Lungev.tomakeasuddenstrongmovementtowardssomeoneorsomething,especiallytoattackthem.Eg.

Thegoatslungedateachotherwiththeirhorns.

Johnlungedforwardandgrabbedhimbythethroat.

Objectv.tofeelorsaythatyouopposeordisapproveofsomething.eg

Robsonstronglyobjectedtothetermsofthecontract.

Iobjectedtohavingtorewritethearticle.

Obscurev.a.tomakesomethingdifficulttoknoworunderstand

b.topreventsomethingfrombeingseenorheardclearly.eg.

Recentsuccesseshaveobscuredthefactthatthecompanyisstillintrouble.

Theviewwasobscuredbymist.

.adja.notwellknownandusuallynotveryimportant

b.difficulttounderstand.eg.

anobscurepoet无名的，不知名的

Thedetailsofhisliferemainobscure.含糊的，不清楚的

He’susinganobscureoldlawtotrytostopthenewroadbeingbuilt.晦涩难懂的

Testifyv.a.tomakeaformalstatementofwhatistrue,especiallyinacourtoflaw

b.toshowclearlythatsomethingisthecase

testifyatthecourt/testifyagainstsb./testifytosth./testifythat…eg.

Mr.Moltohasagreedtotestifyatthetrial.

Later,thewitnesswhohadtestifiedagainstMuawadwithdrewhisallegation.

Theemptyshopsinthehighstreettestifytothedepthoftherecession.

Thecompany'sexperiencetestifiestothedifficultiesofopeningabusinessinaforeigncountry.

Meanit:

tobeseriousaboutwhatyouaresayingorwriting.eg.

Withchildren,ifyousay“no”,youhavetomeanit.

ImeantwhatIsaidearlier.

Infavorof:

allinfavor/ask…afavor/beinfavorwithsb/beoutoffavorwithsb./dosb.afavor/find/gain/winfavor

Seeto:

todealwithsomethingordosomethingforsomeone.eg.

Goon,yougoout.I'llseetothewashingup.

Cf.I'dbetterseeaboutdinner.

They'vegonetotheairporttoseetheirsonoff.

ShesawoutherlastyearsatSudeleyCastle.

IcouldneverlietoherbecauseIknowshe'dseethroughmestraightaway.

I'vegotenoughmoneytoseemethroughsixmonthsofunemployment.

Takeachance:

todosomethingthatinvolvesrisks.eg.

Theropemightbreak,butthat'sachancewe'llhavetotake.

Afterlosing$20,000onmylastbusinessventure,I'mnottakinganychancesthistime.

Cf.takethechance/grabthechance/jumpatthechance

Youshouldtakethechancetotravelwhileyou'restillyoung.

Whataretheteam'schancesofsuccess?

Shehasagoodchanceofasuccessfulrecovery.

Thereislittlechanceofherbeingfoundalive.

Thedaywillbecloudywithaslightchanceofrainlatertonight.

Hegavetheshowafifty-fiftychanceofsurvival.

Itwasamilliontoonechance,butithadhappened.

Theoperationisperformedunderlocalanaesthetic,whichlessensthechancesofinfection.

Howcanweimproveourchancesofcareerdevelopment?

Chancesarethey'llbeoutwhenwecall.

Takethecake:

tobeworsethananythingelseyoucanimagine.eg.

I'veheardsomeprettydumbideas,butthattakesthecake!

Cf:

apieceofcake小菜一碟/haveyourcakeandeatit捞到全部的好处/asliceofcake一点好处

“Howdoyoudothat?

”“It'sapieceofcake!

Watch!

”

Theydon'timaginetheycanhavetheircakeandeatittoo.

Bothcompaniesexpecttogetabigsliceofthecake.

MakeapointCf.:

makeapointof:

todosomethingdeliberately,evenwhenitinvolvesmakingaspecialeffort.eg.

HemadeapointofspendingSaturdayswithhischildren.

Settlesth

settleabill/settleanaccount/settleaclaim/settleascore/settleadispute/settlealawsuit/settleaconflict/settleanargument/

Beentitledto:

togivesomeonetheof