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Unit1UnitOneABrushwiththeLaw教案

UnitOneABrushwiththeLaw

TeachingAims:

1）Graspthemainideaofthetext,and be able to answer the related questions

2）Develop the students’ ability of listening and speaking

3）Cultivate proper habits in reading and writing

TeachingContent:

1）NewWords

2）Phrases&Expressions:

----Itturnsoutthat…/Given

3）Grammar

TeachingProcedures:

Ⅰ.Discussingthetextitself.

1.InformationRelatedtotheText:

1）     Magistratesandmagistrates’court

2）     Lawyer,solicitorandbarrister

3）     Middleclass

4）Counterculture

II.Warm-upactivities

Doexcisefouronpage7sothatallstudentshaveageneralunderstandingofthestory.

III.     Introductionofthetext

IV.LanguagePoints

V.Generalunderstandingofthetext.

VI.Exercisesoutsideclass-----

Previewingthisunit

Doingexcisesinourtextbooks.

Reviewingthenextunit

BackgroundInformation

1.Magistratesandthemagistrates’court

InEngland,amagistrateisapersonappointedtotryminoroffences.Heiseitheranunpaidlaymanor,inLondonandsomeotherlargecities,apaidjudicialofficer.

InEngland,everydistricthasamagistrates’court.Itisthelowestcourtoflaw.Themagistrates’courtcanonlytrypeopleforminor,i.e.notveryserious,offences.

2.TheSixties’“YouthCounterculture”

Theword“counterculture”wascoinedinthe1960sfortheattitudesandlifestylesofmanyyoungpeoplewhorejectedconventionalsocialvaluesanddemandedmorepersonalfreedom.ThecounterculturefirstaroseintheU.S.duringthe1960sandsoonspreadtoBritain,Franceandotherwesterncountries.TheseyoungpeoplewereopposedtotheVietnamWaranddissatisfiedwiththeexistingstateofaffairsintheirsociety.Yet,unabletofindamoreconstructivewayofstrugglingagainstthese,theyindulgedthemselvesinsex,drugs,alcoholandrockmusicandtookgreatprideinwearinglonghairandunusualclothesandintakingupanythingthatwasunconventional.Thecounterculturedeclinedinthelate1970s.

1）.Theconceptof“counterculture”:

---theattitudesandlifestylesofmanyyoungpeoplewhorejectedconventionalsocialvaluesanddemandedmorepersonalfreedom

2）.Countries:

---U.S.,Britain,France,otherwesterncountries

3）.Time:

---fromthe1960stothelate1970s

3.Hippy/Hippie

Hippie,memberofayouthmovementofthelate1960s,wascharacterizedbynonviolentanarchy,concernfortheenvironment,andrejectionofWesternmaterialism.ThehippiemovementstartedintheUnitedStatesandthenspreadtoCanada,theUnitedKingdom,andmanyothercountries.Thehippiesformedapoliticallyoutspoken,antiwar,artisticallyprolificcountercultureinNorthAmericaandEurope.Thehippieswereusuallydressedinunusualclothesandlivedingrouptogetherandtookdrugs.

1）.Time:

---thelate1960s

2）.Countries:

---U.S.,Canada,U.K.,someothercountries

3）.Behavior:

---nonviolentanarchy

concernfortheenvironment

rejectionofWesternmaterialism

beingdressedinunusualclothes;livingingrouptogether;takingdrugs

4.MiddleClass

1）InBritain:

Itreferstotheclassofpeoplebetweenthenobilityandtheworkingclass.Itincludesprofessionalmen（suchasdoctors,lawyersandarchitects）,bankers,ownersofbusinessandsmallgentry.

2）IntheUnitedStates:

Itreferstotheclassofpeoplebetweentheverywealthyclassandtheclassofunskilledlaborersandunemployedpeople.Itincludesbusinessmen,professionalpeople,officeworkers,andmanyskilledworkers.

5.Lawyer–Solicitor–Barrister

Lawyer:

thegeneraltermforanyonewhoseworkistoadvisehisclientsaboutthelawandrepresentthemincourt.

Solicitor（初级律师）:

alawyerwhogivesadvice,appearsinlowercourts,andpreparescasesforabarristertoargueinahighercourt

Barrister（出庭律师）:

alawyerwhohastherightofspeakingandarguinginthehighercourtsoflaw

IntroductoryRemarks

Weallknowthatthechiefpurposesoflawaretomaintainpeaceandorder,toprotecttherightsofcitizens,tosecurejusticeandtopunishwrong-doers（thosewhobreakthelaw）.Goodlawsarethosethatareconsideredtoservethecauseofjusticeforthesocietytowhichtheyapply.Butevengoodlawsmaybeunjustlyappliedormaybeunjustincertainsituations.Inthestorywe’regoingtostudytoday,theauthortellsusaboutwhathappenedtohimmorethanadecadeago.Itwasreallyaveryunpleasantexperience,yetitprovidesuswithmuchfoodforthought.

WordsorPhrasesRelatedtotheTopic

（Thetopicofthistextis“law”.NowpleaseputthefollowingwordsorphrasesintoEnglish.）

1.律师alawyer2.法官alaw-officer3.立法者alawmaker

4.执法官alawman5.犯法者alawbreaker6.原告anaccuser/aplaintiff

7.被告adefendant8.罪犯anoffender9.法庭alawcourt

10.案件alawcase11.律师事务所alawoffice12.办案handleacase

13.贿赂bribery14.指控accusation15.打官司initiatelegalproceeding

16.控告某人have/takethelawagainst17.遵纪守法abidebythelaw

18.犯法breakthelaw19.驳回上诉rejectanappeal

20.免于起诉releasefromcharge21.释放某人setsb.free/releasesb.fromprison

Structureofthetext

Part1

（1）

---Thenarratorhasoncebeenintroublewiththelaw,whichwasaratherunpleasantexperience.

QuestionsandAnswers

1.Whatfunctiondoesthefirstsentenceinthispartserve?

---Itservesasatopicsentenceofthewholepassage.Alltheothersentencesinthewholepassagearewrittenaroundthistopic.

2.Whichwordinthelastsentenceofthispartindicatestheauthor’sattitudetowardshisunpleasantexperience?

Andwhatishisattitude?

---Thewordis“arbitrary”.Ittellsthereadersthatwhatthepolicedidintheincidentwasbasedontheirownopinionsratherthanonevidence.

Part2（2-20）

---Thenarratorwasarbitrarilyarrestedandreleased.

TableCompletion

Time

inFebruary12yearsago,betweenthetimeafterthenarrator’sgraduationfrommiddleschoolandbeforethenarrator’senteringtheuniversity

Place

Richmond,asuburbofLondon

Maincharacter

thenarratorandthetwopolicemen

Happening

thenarrator’sarbitraryarrestandrelease

SentenceCompletion

1.Inthenarrator’sopinion,hisobviousaimlessnesscausedhisarrest.

2.Intheeyesofthepolice,thenarratorisakindofpersonwhowasquiteexperiencedormatureonsuchanoccasion.

3.Whenthepoliceweretoldthenarratorwaslookingforajob,theythoughtthenarratorwasunemployedandwaswalkinginthestreetwithintenttosteal.

4.Hisfather’sattitudetowardsthecaseisseriousandhehiredaverygoodsolicitorandfoundallkindsofwitnesses.

5.Thephrase“thethings”（inSentence2,Paragraph20）refertorightaccent,middle-classfamily,reliablewitnessesandtheabilitytoaffordagoodsolicitor.

Part3（21-22）

---Thenarratorbelievesthatofhehadcomefromadifferentbackground,hewouldhavebeenfoundguilty.

QuestionsandAnswers

1.Whatdidthepolicemencomplaintonarrator’smother?

---Thenarratordidn’targuewiththepolicemenwhentheyarrestedhim.

2.Whydidthenarratoruseseveralsentencesinsubjunctivemoodinthispart?

---Thenarratorusedthemtoshow:

theweakpointsofthesociety;thearbitraryuseoflaw;thesnobbishnessofsomepeople.

NewWords&Vocabulary

1.brush

（n.）

（1）刷子，毛刷，画笔，毛笔

aclothes-brush衣刷atoothbrush牙刷ahairbrush发刷scrubbingbrush地板刷

paintbrushes漆刷/画笔brush/broom扫帚/长柄刷

（2）anactofbrushing刷，擦，拂拭

I’llgivemycoat/hairaquickbrush.

（3）abrieffightorencounter小冲突，小争吵

Ihadabrushwiththelaw.（=withthepolice）haveabrushwiththepolice/theenemy

Ourfootballplayershadabrushwiththerefereeinthelastgame.

在上场比赛中我们的足球队员与裁判发生了一场冲突。

（v.）tobrushone’scoat/thefloor/one’steeth

tobrushsomeone/oneselfdown用刷子把某人（自己）身上的灰尘刷掉

brushsb/sthaside不理会，不顾，漠视

Hebrushasidemyfears.他置我的恐惧于不顾。

tobrushdifficulties/opposition/objectionsaside漠视困难，不顾反对，力排异议

brushagainst/by/pastsb/sth与。

。

。

擦肩而过

　Shebrushedpasthim.她与他擦肩而过。

brushsb.off冷淡地拒绝（某人），把…打发走，摒弃

brush-off（n.）拒绝，碰钉子Iwantedtospeaktoher,butshegavemethebrush-off.

但她让我碰了一鼻子灰。

brushsth.up温习，重新学习

Imustbrushup（on）myFrenchbeforeIgotoParis.

2.arbitrary:

adj.

---decidedbyorbasedonpersonalopiniononlyratherthanonreason任意的，武断的

Thearbitrarydecisionsofthemanagementcausedangeramongtheworkers.

Hisarbitrarydecisionresultedinthefailureoftheproject.他草率的决定导致了项目的失败。

Iknewlittleaboutmedicalbookssomychoicewasquitearbitrary.

anarbitraryboss/ruler独断专行的老板arbitrarydecision武断的决定

arbitrarypunishment/arrest肆意的惩罚

arbitrarily（adv.）

arbitrariness（n.）

arbitrate（v.）仲裁，公断They’veappointedacommitteetoarbitratethedispute.

arbitration（n.）Themenagreedtogotoarbitrationtosettletheirpayclaim.

3.circumstances:

n.facts;conditionsconnectedwithaneventoraperson

Goodweatherandotherfavorablecircumstancesmadeourpicnicasuccess.

UnderthesecircumstancesIhavetodoit.

Innocircumstancescanasoldierleavehispost.在任何情况下，战士都不能离开自己的岗位。

exceptional/specialcircumstances特殊情况favorablecircumstances有利条件

tragiccircumstances悲惨境况

under/inthecircumstances在这种情况下,既然如此

under/innocircumstances在任何情况下都不

4.subsequent:

adj.later;comingafter,following

Subsequentresearchhasproducedevenbetterresults.

Subsequenteventsprovedmewrong.后来发生的事证明我错了。

subsequent常与to连用，意为：

“在……之后”。

Intheweeksubsequenttohermarriage,shedidn’tgotowork.她婚后一周没去上班。

TheeventsI’mspeakingofweresubsequentto（=after）thewar.

5.fate（n.）

（1）命运，天命

Bobbelievesthateverythingthathappenedthatdayhadbeendecidedbyfate.

Thecompany’sfateisstilluncertain.

Nooneknowswhatthefateofthehostage（人质）willbe.

（2）