Unit One A Brush with the Law,A young man finds that strolling along the streets without an obvious purpose can lead to trouble with the law. One misunderstanding leads to another until eventually he ends up in court .,Main Tasks,II. Global Reading,III. Detailed Reading,IV. After Reading,I. Before Reading,. Before Reading,Pre-reading Activities,Warm-up Questions,Background Information,The law is a system of rules that a society or government develops in order to deal with crime, business agreements, and social relationships.,What is the law?,What is the function of the law?,Maintain peace and order; Protect the rights of citizens; Secure justice and punish wrong-doers.,Pre-reading Activity,Reading and talking,watching and talking,Brainstorming,Look at the Cartoons and Make up a Story with your Classmates.,1,2,puppy precious dog lovely dog wild dog mongrel stray dog,change,ChameleonBy Anton Chekhov,A puppy bites the goldsmiths finger, and the police officer Otchumyerov（奥丘梅洛夫） solves this case. He changes his attitude several times with whether the puppy belongs to the General. At the end, the cook of the General recognizes the puppy belongs to the Generals brother and takes it away. And then Otchumyerov reproaches the goldsmith.,Discuss the following questions with your classmates.,Does the police officer maintain justice in solving the case? Give your reasons for either yes or no. Otchumyerov, as a lawman,is very changeable and inconstant in dealing the case. When he hears it is the Generals dog, he changes his attitude and reproaches the goldsmith.While when someone says it is not likely to be the Generals dog, he changes his attitude again and claims to punish the dog. He changes his attitude over and over again,hardly keeping justice.,2. What does Chekhov want to tell us? It is an ironic short story. Chekhov wants to show the darkness of the Russian society in last century. He criticizes czars lackeys (奴仆) and normal people who are living as chameleon.,Silver 8:29-12:18 20:18-27:32 42:00-48:26,For the lawyer or lawman, its their duty to protect the rights of the citizen and bring justice to the society. But they should not abuse their power and frame someone they dont like. Watch a video and then discuss the following topics with your partners.,1. Is Miss Costello a solicitor or barrister? Whats the difference between them? 2. Why there is no fingerprint or DNA on the handle?,3. What do you think of the DS Scarrow? arbitrary unfair obstinate extreme,Lawyer Solicitor Barrister,Lawyer:,the general term for anyone whose work is to advise his clients about the law and represent them in court （统称）律师,Solicitor:,a lawyer who mainly engaging in non-litigaiton business(非诉讼业务), such as giving advice, and preparing cases for a barrister to argue in a higher court. (初级)事务律师,Barrister:,a lawyer who has the right of speaking and arguing in the higher courts of law. （可在高等法院出庭的）诉务律师 /大律师,Match the following words with the pictures.,barrister,defedent,prosecutor,victim,judge,Words Related to the Topic,The topic of this text is “law”. Now please put the following words or phrases into English,1. 律师,2. 法官,3.原告，控方,4. 被告,lawyer/a solicitor/a barrister,judge,accuser/a plaintiff (BrE) prosecutor (AmE),5. 前科,defendant,previous conviction,6. 受害者,8. 罪犯,9. 法庭,10. 案件,11. 证人,12.盗窃,victim,criminal,court,case,witness,buglary,13. 司法体系,14. 指控,justice system,accusation,15. 审判室,16. 控告某人,17. 遵纪守法,18. 犯法,19. 驳回案件,20. 免予起诉,courtroom,have/ take the law against sb.,abide by the law,break the law,dismiss the case,release from charge,21. 释放某人,set sb. free,Since you have previewed the text, and are familiar with many words in this text. Now figure out what words the following explanations refer to.,Brainstorming,?,based on ones own opinion, not on reason.,arbitrary,?,following, later,subsequent,?,lasting only for a limited time,temporary,e.g. Most adolescent problems are temporary.,?,ones regular work or occupation; job,employment,e.g. He is seeking employment after graduation.,?,careless;informal,casual,e.g He is casual about everything.,?,direct the course of ; manage,conduct,e.g. The manager conducted his business efficiently.,?,(of a judge) stop a court case; remove sb. from a position.,dismiss,The case was dismissed due to lack of evidence.,?,taking into account; if allowed or provided with,given,e.g. Given their experience, theyve done a good job.,?,having broken a law; showing or feeling that one has done wrong.,guilty,e.g. The man was found guilty of passing on secret papers to a foreign country.,In-Class Reading,A Brush with the Law,Pre-Readingation,Intensive Reading,Global Reading,1. Are you more suspicious of strangers than others? For example, if you find a guy wearing long dirty hair wandering along the street with no obvious purpose, what will you think of him? 2. Have you ever been stopped by the police? If so, how did you feel? Feel very nervous, anxious/ appear very cool and unconcerned