Unit1-Unit One A Brush with the Law教案

Unit One A Brush with the LawTeaching Aims:1)Grasp the main idea of the text, and be able to answer the related questions2)Develop the students’ ability of listening and speaking3)Cultivate proper habits in reading and writingTeaching Content:1) New Words2) Phrases & Expressions: ----It turns out that …/Given3) GrammarTeaching Procedures:Ⅰ. Discussing the text itself.1. Information Related to the Text:1) Magistrates and magistrates’ court2) Lawyer, solicitor and barrister3) Middle class4) CountercultureII. Warm-up activitiesDo excise four on page 7 so that all students have a general understanding of the story.III. Introduction of the textIV. Language PointsV. General understanding of the text.VI.Exercises outside class-----Previewing this unitDoing excises in our textbooks.Reviewing the next unitBackground Information1. Magistrates and the magistrates’ courtIn England, a magistrate is a person appointed to try minor offences. He is either an unpaid layman or, in London and some other large cities, a paid judicial officer.In Eng land, every district has a magistrates’ court. It is the lowest court of law. The magistrates’ court can only try people for minor, i.e. not very serious, offences.2. The Sixties’“Youth Counterculture”The word “counterculture”was coined in the 1960s for the attitudes and life styles of many young people who rejected conventional social values and demanded more personal freedom. The counterculture first arose in the U.S. during the 1960s and soon spread to Britain, France and other western countries. These young people were opposed to the Vietnam War and dissatisfied with the existing state of affairs in their society. Yet, unable to find a more constructive way of struggling against these, they indulged themselves in sex, drugs, alcohol and rock music and took great pride in wearing long hair and unusual clothes and in taking up anything that was unconventional. The counterculture declined in the late 1970s.1). The concept of “counterculture”:---the attitudes and life styles of many young people who rejected conventional social values and demanded more personal freedom2). Countries: --- U.S., Britain, France, other western countries3). Time: --- from the 1960s to the late 1970s3. Hippy / HippieHippie, member of a youth movement of the late 1960s, was characterized by nonviolent anarchy, concern for the environment, and rejection of Western materialism. The hippie movement started in the United States and then spread to Canada, the United Kingdom, and many other countries. The hippies formed a politically outspoken, antiwar, artistically prolific counterculture in North America and Europe. The hippies were usually dressed in unusual clothes and lived in group together and took drugs.1). Time: --- the late 1960s2). Countries: --- U.S., Canada, U.K., some other countries3). Behavior: --- nonviolent anarchyconcern for the environmentrejection of Western materialismbeing dressed in unusual clothes; living in group together; taking drugs4. Middle Class1) In Britain:It refers to the class of people between the nobility and the working class. It includes professional men (such as doctors, lawyers and architects), bankers, owners of business and small gentry.2) In the United States:It refers to the class of people between the very wealthy class and the class of unskilled laborers and unemployed people. It includes businessmen, professional people, office workers, and many skilled workers.5. Lawyer –Solicitor –BarristerLawyer: the general term for anyone whose work is to advise his clients about the law and represent them in court.Solicitor（初级律师）: a lawyer who gives advice, appears in lower courts, and prepares cases for a barrister to argue in a higher courtBarrister（出庭律师）: a lawyer who has the right of speaking and arguing in the higher courts of lawIntroductory RemarksWe all know that the chief purposes of law are to maintain peace and order, to protect the rights of citizens, to secure justice and to punish wrong-doers (those who break the law). Good laws are those that are considered to serve the cause of justice for the society to which they apply. But even good laws may be unjustly applied or may be unjust in certain situations. In the story we’re going to study today, the author tells us about what happened to him more than a decade ago. It was really a very unpleasant experience, yet it provides us with much food for thought.Words or Phrases Related to the Topic(The topic of this text is “law”. Now please put the following words or phrases into English.) 1. 律师a lawyer 2. 法官a law-officer 3. 立法者a lawmaker4. 执法官a lawman5. 犯法者a law breaker6. 原告an accuser/ a plaintiff7. 被告a defendant8. 罪犯an offender9. 法庭 a law court10. 案件a law case 11.律师事务所a law office 12. 办案handle a case13. 贿赂bribery 14.指控accusation 15. 打官司initiate legal proceeding 16. 控告某人have/ take the law against 17.遵纪守法abide by the law18. 犯法break the law 19.驳回上诉reject an appeal20. 免于起诉release from charge 21.释放某人set sb. free/ release sb. from prisonStructure of the textPart 1 (1)--- The narrator has once been in trouble with the law, which was a rather unpleasant experience. Questions and Answers1. What function does the first sentence in this part serve?--- It serves as a topic sentence of the whole passage. All the other sentences in the whole passage are written around this topic.2. Which word in the last sentence of this part indicates the author’s attitude towards his unpleasant experience? And what is his attitude?--- The word is “arbitrary”. It tells the readers that what the police did in the incident was based on their own opinions rather than on evidence.Part 2 (2-20)--- The narrator was arbitrarily arrested and released.Sentence Completion1. In the narrator’s opinion, his obvious aimlessness caused his arrest.2. In the eyes of the police, the narrator is a kind of person who was quite experienced or mature on such an occasion.3. When the police were told the narrator was looking for a job, they thought the narrator was unemployed and was walking in the street with intent to steal.4. His father’s attitude towards the case is serious and he hired a very good solicitor and found all kinds of witnesses.5. The phrase “the things”(in Sentence 2, Paragraph 20) refer to right accent, middle-class family, reliable witnesses and the ability to afford a good solicitor.Part3 (21-22)--- The narrator believes that of he had come from a different background, he would have been found guilty.Questions and Answers1. What did the policemen complain to narrator’s mother?--- The narrator didn’t argue with the policemen when they arrested him.2. Why did the narrator use several sentences in subjunctive mood in this part?--- The narrator used them to show: the weak points of the society; the arbitrary use of law; the snobbishness of some people.New Words & Vocabulary1.brush(n.) （1）刷子，毛刷，画笔，毛笔a clothes-brush 衣刷 a toothbrush牙刷 a hairbrush发刷scrubbing brush 地板刷paintbrushes 漆刷/画笔brush/ broom 扫帚/长柄刷（2）an act of brushing刷，擦，拂拭I’ll give my coat/ hair a quick brush.（3）a brief fight or encounter 小冲突，小争吵I had a brush with the law. (= with the police) have a brush with the police/ the enemyOur football players had a brush with the referee in the last game.在上场比赛中我们的足球队员与裁判发生了一场冲突。