B3U1 A Brush with the Law.docx

1、B3U1 A Brush with the LawUnit One A Brush with the LawTeaching Objectives:1. Get Ss to know the chief purposes of law are to maintain peace and order, to protect the rights of citizens, but the law in the western country may be unjustly applied or may be unjust in certain situations.2. Understand th

2、e structure: comparison and contrast (对于犯罪的界定的前后强烈对比).3. Master the key language points and grammatical structures in the text.4. Conduct a series of speaking activities based on the text.5. Teach students how to look up new words in an English-English dictionary.6. About the writing, Ss should get

3、to know the writing skillcoherence (P.23).7. About the listening, Ss finish Units 1-2 directed by teacher.Teaching focus：1. The Understanding of the arbitrariness of the British law and the hierocracy in capitalist society. 2. Understanding “youth counterculture”. Time Allotment: (This unit will be

4、finished within 6 periods) 1st period2nd period 3rd period4th period5th period 6th periodIntensive reading: Pre-reading;While-readingWhile-readingWhile-readingPost-reading Extensive readingListening and speakingI. Intensive Reading (4 periods)Pre-reading Tasks (40 minutes)1. Background information (

5、20 minutes)1) Lawyer, solicitor, barristerLawyer is the general term for anyone whose work it is to advise his clients about the law and represent them in courtA solicitor is a lawyer who gives advice, appears in lower courts, and prepares cases for a barrister to argue in a higher court.A barrister

6、 is a lawyer who has the right of speaking and arguing in the higher courts of law. 2) Middle class In Britain, the middle class refers to the class of people between the nobility and the working class. It includes professional men, bankers, owners of business. In the United States, however, the mid

7、dle class refers to the class of people between the very wealthy class and the class of unskilled labourers and unemployed people. It includes businessmen, professional people, office workers, and many skilled workers. 3) Youth Counterculture: (2 minutes for reading, 5minutes for pair-work)In the ea

8、rly 1960s, many young people in the United States became disappointed about the existing state of affairs in their society. They especially hated the Vietnam War. They wanted to have a change, but didnt know how. They could not find a constructive way of changing the society into a better one. As a

9、result, they turned to a destructive way. They rejected conventional social values and demanded more personal freedom. They were a group of young people thinking they were struggling against the unfairness. This group of young people indulged themselves in sex, drugs, alcohol and rock music. They to

10、ok price in wearing long hair and unusual clothes. They felt proud when doing anything unconventional. This trend didnt cool down until the late of 1970s. Its original purpose was to struggle against the capitalist society, while it ended in a passive, negative attitude to life and an absurd style o

11、f life. We should say it was a tragedy of the capitalist world.Questions for discussion: (Pair Work)1) Why did “youth counterculture” come into being? 2) What did the youths do? 3) How did it develop?2. Warming-up Activities (10 minutes)Students work in pairs or groups to discuss the following quest

12、ions.1) What does the word “law” remind you of ?2) What are the basic requirements of law?3) Whats the function of law? (Sample answer: To keep order in the society, to protect the legal rights of citizens, to punish those who commit crimes.)4) Do you think law can always fulfill its function, and w

13、hy?5) On what basis should police be able to arrest somebody?6) Is it the case in this story?3. Translate the following quotations on law into Chinese. (10 minutes)1) Law is the crystallization of the habit and thought of society. -Woodrow Wilson 翻译：法律是社会习俗和思想的结晶。2) The Law is the expression of the

14、general will. All citizens have the right to take part, personally or through their representatives, in its making. It must be the same for all, whether it protects or punishes. All citizens, being equal in its eyes, shall be equally eligible to all high offices, public positions and employments, ac

15、cording to their ability, and without other distinction than that of their virtues and talents. -Adapted from Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen 翻译: 法律是普遍意志的表达。所有公民有权亲自或通过代表参与立法。无论是保护还是惩罚，法律必须一视同仁。所有公民在法律面前一律平等，因而同样有权根据各自的能力获得高位、公职与就业，一切视美德与才华而定。While-reading Tasks (80 minutes)1. Gl

16、obal reading1) T guides Ss to skim the text to find out the text structure and sum up the main idea of each part. (10mins)Part I (Para.1) The whole process of the narrators being arrested and taken to court was arbitrary. It was a rather unpleasant experience.Part II (Paras.2-12) By telling why he w

17、as arrested and how he was released, the narrator reveals that both the police and the court dealt with the matter quite arbitrarily. Part III (Paras.13-22) The narrator believes that if he had come from a different background, he would have found guilty.2) Summery of the text:I went to the local li

18、brary with the intention of seeking employment there. But when I was walking out of it, I saw a man approaching me. He turned out be a police officer. He said that he was arresting me. I thought it was a kind of joke, but when another policeman in uniform appeared, I meant he meant the real business

19、. My unpleasant experience reveals that the law can be arbitrary applied sometimes and even the law itself may be unjust. 3) Discourse AnalysisThe author tells us about what happened to him when he was involved in the law suit. It was really a very unpleasant experience, yet it provides us with much

20、 food for thought. The text is a narrative, written in the first person. Apart from narration, it also includes the narrators interior monologue as well as dialogues, which makes the narration vivid and true to life. 2. Detailed ReadingT explains the text in detail.1) brush: a short fight or quarrel

21、; an argument or disagreement Examples: to have a brush with the Police/the Custom men/the enemy It is his third brush with the law in less than a year. 2) take sb. to court: take legal action against sb. Examples: I told him that I would take him to court if he did not repay the money in a week. If

22、 you go on ill-treating your wife like this, you will be taken to court. 3).it makes a good story now: it provides material for a good story now. Here the verb “to make” means “to have the qualities needed for (sth. good)”. Examples: Iced tea makes an excellent drink in summer. The wall ca1endar mak

23、es a nice New Year gift. 4) “What makes it rather disturbing was the arbitrary circumstances both of my arrest and my subsequent fate in court.” The author was arrested simply because the Policemen thought he intended to steal milk bottles and later in court he was released fm the charge just becaus

24、e he had the “right” accent, respectable middleclass parents, reliable witnesses and so on. That is to say, he was arrested arbitrarily and released arbitrarily. And it is this arbitrariness of both his arrest and his release that the author thinks rather disturbing. arbitrary: based on ones own wis

25、hes or will rather than reason .Examples: If a leader makes decisions without conducting investigations, he is being arbitrary. The arbitrary decisions of the factory owners caused dissatisfaction among the workers. circumstances: conditions, facts, etc. connected with an event or a person Examples:

26、We cannot expect him to continue these activities under such unfavorable circumstances Because of circumstances beyond our contro1 the meeting was cancelled.subsequent: coming after, following Examples: Subsequent events proved that my judgment of the situation was right. The story will be continued

27、 in subsequent issues of the magazine. 5) a couple of: a small number of; a few, usually two Examples: Ive got a couple of tickets. Will you go with me? Tom is quite busy now. His wife is expecting a baby in a couple of weeks. 6).and was not due to go to university until the following October.due: l

28、) expected or scheduled to arrive or be ready; supposed (to) Examples: The train from Beijing is due at l:30. The next train to Naming is due to leave at ten. The young man is due to appear in the Magistrates Court next Monday. 2) to be paid or returned Examples: When is the rent due? The hooks are

29、due today but I want to renew some of them. 7) temporary: lasting for a short time only. (Its opposite is “permanent”lasting for a long time or forever.) Examples: Tim has found a temporary job for the summer in a hardware store. This is not my permanent address; it is only a temporary one. 8) save

30、up: keep for future use Examples: It took him a year to save up enough money for a computer. They are now saving up to buy a house in the suburbs. 9) take ones time: not to hurry; do sth. in an unhurried way Examples: Just take your time and tell me clearly what happened at the meeting yesterday. It

31、s better to take your time over a piece of work and do it properly than to hurry and make mistakes. 10) It must have been this obvious aimlessness that led to my downfall. Im sure my arrest was the result of my wandering in the streets without any definite purpose. obvious: easy to see or understand

32、; clearExamples: It was obvious that the policeman mistook me for a thief. For obvious reasons, the magistrate dismissed the case after fifteen minutes. 14. this time in uniform : the second policeman was wearing uniform whi1e the first was obviously in plain clothes.11) uniform: a certain type of clothing which all members of a group or organization wear Examples: Policeme