大学英语精读第三册Unit 6

大学英语精读第三册教案。包括课后习题、单词、短语等。

Lesson Six Twelve Angry Men (Part Two)

I. Teaching Objectives:

After learning this unit, students are supposed to:

1)get familiar with some grammatical points;

2)get a list of the new words and expressions and be able to use them freely in writing and daily conversation;

3) get familiar with the rules of word formation;

4) have a thorough understanding of the whole text: Twelve Angry Men

5) retell the text as a whole

II. Listening and speaking activities

1. Listen to the recording of the text and fill in the blanks about the main ideas of the article.

2. Talk about the judicial system in the United States and discuss the questions on the text.

III. Reading Comprehension and Language Activities

1. Pre-reading discussions:

1) Do people always mean what they say or say what they mean? Should we always take what people say at face value?

2) Why doesn’t the author give names to the characters in Part One of Twelve Angry Men ?

2. Background knowledge:

A jury

A jury is a body of individuals selected and sworn to inquire into a question of fact and to give their verdict according to the evidence.

The jury of American and English law most likely originated in early Anglo Saxon property proceedings, where a body of 12 knights or freemen who were from the area, and usually familiar with the parties, would take an oath and answer questions put to them by a judge in order to determine property rights

3. About the text:

The text is the second part of the play. The play gives sight into several aspects of the American court system.: (1)The accused is deemed innocent until and unless proved guilty beyond reasonable doubt; (2) The burden of proof is on the prosecutor;(3)in most cases, the verdict has to be unanimously reached. The majority of a jury is not sufficient to find a defendant guilty of a felony;(4)A trial doesn’t aim at discovering who committed a particular crime, but rather the innocence or guilt of the accused. This system is valuable and has avoided many terrible mistakes like in the case of this play, but it is not fallible and can in fact be quite precarious.

4. Language points

1) Words and expressions

(1) take the cake (AmE) spoken to be worse than anything else you can imagine.

(2) you bet: of course; certainly; you can be sure

(3) run for one’s life: to leave quickly because your life is in danger.

(4) run the show: to be in charge of the whole thing

(5)break the tie: to put an end to a situation

(6)9 to 3 in favor of acquittal:9 people for acquittal and 3 against.

2)Difficult structures:

﹡But supposing he really did hear this phrase, how many times have all of you used it?(p2

Supposing: in spoken English, we can use “suppose”.

Suppose your close friend were crazy about 后舍男孩, what would you say？

﹡Why did he leave it there in the first place?(p13)

In the first place. e.g.

If these programs make you so upset, why do you listen to them in the first place?

If you don’t care about your children, why do you have them in the first place?

You say that you just don’t like to talk. Then you shouldn’t have chosen language study as your career in the

大学英语精读第三册教案。包括课后习题、单词、短语等。

first place.

﹡assume (assumption) (P14)

假定,臆断I assume that you have heard the news. He ~d the report (to be)valid.

Farmers will have a bumper harvest, assuming (that) the weather is favorable.

承担，就职 ~ an obligation, ~ the premiership

呈现，采取，采用The situation ~d a threatening character.

~ a realistic attitude / ~ a false name

假装~ ignorance夺取~power/control of the city

assume, presume, deduce, infer

Presume: to take upon oneself without leave or warrant; to take for granted; to act or behave with undue

boldness

Deduce: to derive by reasoning推论；演绎

Infer: to derive a conclusion fr facts; guess

(1)The missing person is ___ dead after four days of the mine explosion.

(2)The date of the document can be ____ from references to the Civil War.

(1)presumed (2)deduced / inferred

﹡See to it that(p15):make sure注意，务必做到，保证

We’ll see (to it) that she gets home early.

See (to it) that you are not late again.

﹡Risk doing sth(p17): risk + gerund

Risk doing sth(p17): risk + gerund

﹡there’s enough doubt that we can wonder if he was there at all….

…there is enough doubt so that(p17)

“if” in this sense and “whether” can almost be used interchangeably except for two situations:

When followed by “to do”, only “whether” is used.

When followed by “or not”, only “whether’ is used

I don’t know whether to laugh or cry.

He could not decide whether he should take the offer or not.

﹡Bear (sth. or sb.) out (p33) confirm (sth) ; support (sb.)

John will bear me out / bear out what I have said.

Evidence bears out the idea that students learn best in small groups.

﹡Take the cake(p43)=take the biscuit (Bre): to be worse /better than anything you can imagine

前所未有的最坏或最好的；令人惊讶

I’ve heard some pretty dumb ideas, but yours takes the cake!

We have met quite a number of stupid men, but you take the cake.

﹡Let sth slip (through one’s fingers) (p47) to not taken an opportunity, offer, etc.; fail to grasp

没掌握住，没抓住

Don’t let chance like that slip through your fingers!

If we let him slip through our fingers this time, it is almost impossible to find him again.

﹡Don’t give me that! I’m sick and tired of facts.(p55)

Don’t give me that kind of argument. I don’t need it. 别来这一套！

To be sick and tired of: to be completely fed up with. = be sick to death of sth

He is sick and tired of working for other people and intends to open his own business.

You are dismissed! I’m sick and tired of your excuses.

﹡You still don’t think there’s room for reasonable doubt?(p59)

“Room” here means an opportunity or possibility. E.g.

There is still room for improvement.

The evidence is very strong and leaves no room for doubt.

大学英语精读第三册教案。包括课后习题、单词、短语等。

﹡reasonable doubt

reasonable doubt refers to the doubt that could arise in the mind of an ordinary impartial, honest, reasonable and cautious person with reference to an accused’s guilt. In criminal cases, a judicial finding of guilt, that is, a verdict of guilt, requires that evidence provided indicates beyond reasonable doubt, or to a moral certainty, that the defendant committed the crime

﹡reasonable doubt refers to the doubt that could arise in the mind of an ordinary impartial, honest, reasonable and cautious person with reference to an accused’s guilt. In criminal cases, a judicial finding of guilt, that is, a verdict of guilt, requires that evidence provided indicates beyond reasonable doubt, or to a moral certainty, that the defendant committed the crime could arise in the mind of an ordinary impartial, honest, reasonable and cautious person with reference to an accused’s guilt. In criminal cases, a judicial finding of guilt, that is, a verdict of guilt, requires that evidence provided indicates beyond reasonable doubt, or to a moral certainty, that the defendant committed the crime

Juror No. 11 is a new immigrant, or even a political refugee. He came to America to escape persecution, but now

before he can breathe at ease, he is telling us Americans how to do everything. The arrogance of this guy is really sth.

To run the show: to be in charge of everything.

﹡The knife

(No.8) I am just saying that it is possible that the boy lost the knife, and somebody else killed his father with a

similar knife.

(No.4) Take a look at that knife. It is a very unusual knife. I have never seen one like it.

(No.3) OK, let’s get to the point. What about the switch blade they found in the old guy’s chest, the knife this

fine boy admitted buying on the night of the killing . Let’s talk about it.

﹡So I guess I’ll have to break the tie.(p99)

break the tie: put an end to the situation in which those who vote yes and those who vote no are even in number. tie: (the result of) a game, election, etc., in which each competitor gains an exactly equal number of points, votes, etc

--The election/game ended in a tie.

We tied our opposing team. 我们和对方(球)队打成平局

﹡In question (p148)

1) be doubtful ：I’m afraid his honesty is now in question.

Since their source of income is in question, we’d better look into the matter soon.

2) being discussed

The matter in question concerns the welfare of the whole company.

Where were you during the evening in question?

﹡Be entitled to(p164): have the right to

The success of the Chinese space capsule—Divine Vessel VII—has entitled China to a peaceful exploration of

space.

You are entitled to withdraw cash at two bank branches of your choice.

﹡Summary of the reasonable doubt in the play:

a: Juror No.2 ---- the downward angle of the stab wound.

First, the boy was shorter than his father. Second, anyone who was handy with the switch knife like the boy would use it underhand. The boy wouldn’t have stabbed down.

b: No.9 --- the eyesight of the old lady.

She had marks on the sides of her nose which could only be made by eyeglasses. As no one wears glasses in bed, she couldn’t have identified a person 60 feet away at night without wearing glasses

c: If the boy had killed his father he wouldn’t have gone back three hours later to get his knife. And he couldn’t have run out in a state of panic because then he would have had to be calm enough to wipe off his fingerprints.

d: The fact that the boy couldn’t remember the names of the movies he said he saw on the night of the murder couldn’t be used as evidence against the boy because when No.8 asked No.4 the names of the two movies he had seen only a couple of days before, he couldn’t answer accurately.

大学英语精读第三册教案。包括课后习题、单词、短语等。

﹡General analysis

A summary of the anonymous characters helps to flesh out their characters and backgrounds. The order in which each eventually decides to vote "not guilty" is given in brackets:

Juror #1 : A high-school assistant head coach, doggedly concerned to keep the proceedings formal and maintain authority; easily frustrated and sensitive when someone objects to his control; inadequate for the job as foreman, not a natural leader and over-shadowed by Juror # 8's natural leadership [9]

Juror #2: A wimpy, balding bank clerk/teller, easily persuaded, meek/humble, hesitant, goes along with the majority, eagerly offers cough drops to other men during tense times of argument; better memory than # 4 about film title [6] · Juror #3: Runs a messenger service, a bullying, rude and husky man, extremely opinionated and biased/prejudiced, completely intolerant, forceful and loud-mouthed, temperamental and vengeful; estrangement from his own teenaged son causes him to be hateful and hostile toward all young people (and the defendant); arrogant, quick-angered, quick-to-convict, and defiant until the very end [12]

Juror #4: Well-educated, smug and conceited, well-dressed stockbroker, wealthy; studious, methodical, possesses an incredible recall and grasp of the facts of the case; commonsensical, dispassionate, cool-headed and rational, yet stuffy and prim; often displays a stern glare; treats the case like a puzzle to be deductively solved rather than as a case that may send the defendant to death; claims that he never sweats [10]

Juror #5: Naive, insecure, frightened, reserved; has a slum-dwelling upbringing that the case resurrects in his mind; a guilty vote would distance him from his past; [3]

Juror #6: A typical "working man," dull-witted, experiences difficulty in making up his own mind, a follower; probably a manual laborer or painter; respectful of older juror and willing to back up his words with fists [4]

Juror #7: Clownish, impatient salesman (of marmalade the previous year), a flashy dresser, gum-chewing, baseball fan who wants to leave as soon as possible to attend evening game; uses baseball metaphors and references throughout all his statements (he tells the foreman to "stay in there and pitch"); lacks complete human concern for the defendant and for the immigrant juror; extroverted; votes with the majority [7]

Juror #8: An architect, instigates/arouses a thoughtful reconsideration of the case against the accused; a liberal-minded, patient truth-and-justice seeker who uses soft-spoken, calm logical reasoning; balanced, decent, courageous, well-spoken and concerned; [1]

Juror #9: Eldest man in group, white-haired, thin, retiring; soft-spoken but perceptive, fair-minded; [2]

Juror #10: A garage owner, with anger, bitterness, racist bigotry; nasty, repellent, intolerant, segregates the world into 'us' and 'them'; [11]

Juror #11: A watchmaker, speaks with a heavy accent, of German-European descent, a recent refugee and immigrant; expresses reverence and respect for American democracy, its system of justice, and the infallibility of the Law [5]

Juror #12: Well-dressed, smooth-talking business ad man with thick black glasses; superficial, easily-swayed, vacillating, and easy-going; lacks deep convictions or belief system; uses advertising talk at one point: "run this idea up the flagpole and see if anybody salutes it" [8]

﹡Verdict:

an official decision made by a jury in a court of law about whether someone is guilty or not guilty

of a crime

Foreman: OK,of course we know that we have a first-degree murder charge here,And if we vote the accused

guilty , we’ve got to send him to the chair……Ok eleven guilty, one not guilty

﹡Exercise p144-4

Turn out

1 extinguish 关掉;减掉Please turn out the lights before you go to be d.

2 empty 倒空; 清空Turn out the drawers in my desk

3 product 制造; 生产The school has turned out some first-rate scholars.

4 assemble for something or duty 出动; The whole village turned out to welcome the princess.

Turn sb out (of/from sth) (以强迫或威胁的方式)驱逐;迫使放弃

The tenant was turned out of the house for not paying the rent.

大学英语精读第三册教案。包括课后习题、单词、短语等。

Turn in就寝 Turn sb on / off高兴,兴奋/扫兴,失去兴趣

Turn down拒绝 urn away拒绝看/欢迎/帮助/让人进入等

· turn adrift使…漂泊; 使流浪 turn back逐回;使原路返回;折回

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5. Post-reading discussion:

Do you find it strange that the truth is sometimes in the hands of one person? Why is it so easy for people to go along with the crowd? What lesson should we draw from this?

6. Exercises:

II Vocabulary exercises:

1)

大学英语精读第三册教案。包括课后习题、单词、短语等。

3.Translate sentences:

1) More and more young people now favor the idea of spending their holidays travelling.

2) I am still in favor of having my parents live with us in their old age.

3) No facts have ever borne out the claim that with some methods one can learn a foreign language in weeks or

months.

4) Today all state-owned enterprises must bear their responsibilities for their losses.

5) He must be out of his mind to do that. How can you bear such an insult?

6) I have been to many interesting places in the world in my day. But now that I’m old, I still feel that “East and West,

Home is Best.”

7) If you stick to these bad habits, you will risk losing your health.

8) I’m sick and tired of being told what to do with my personal life.

9) If I should fail, am I entitled to a makeup exam?

10) Under those pressures he still had the courage to stick to his theory.

11) There was a nail sticking out of that chair, It tore my favorite pans.

12) We must not run the risk of violating intellectual property right.

13) We can’t bear seeing all this garbage around. So we have decided to clean it up ourselves.

14) Stick this motto on the wall where we can all see.

15) One of the issues that remain in question in the conflict between Israel and Palestine is the issue of Jerusalem.

16) It reminded me of how we all tried to make steel in our backyard stoves in 1958.

17) He may have forgotten. I should have reminded him to attend this meeting.

18) Please remind everybody that tomorrow’s volleyball match has been put off.

4. Fill in the blanks with the appropriate word.

1-5 in off down on out into 6-10 out aside apart up into

11-14 out, at in in, on in, in

III Grammatical Exercises:

3. Translate sentences:

1) When I looked at my watch, he must have guessed my thoughts.

2) It was so silent that you could have heard a pin drop.

3) Don’t worry. The children might have gone to their grandparents’ place.

4) You shouldn’t have criticized your staff like that. They’ve done their best.

5) I believe many other people would have done what I did under the circumstances.

6) The druggist was a little man who could /might have been any age form fifty to a hundred.

7) As all staff members had access to the information, any one of them could have downloaded the document.

8) The man who saved two old ladies form a burning house said that others would have done the same under the

circumstances.

9) As his best friend, you should have advised Lao Wang to make up with his wife before it was too late.

10) I definitely wouldn’t have devoted all my time and energy to surfing on the Internet as he did last term.

5. Complete each of the following sentences with the most likely answer.

1-10 a a c b c d d c b a 11-20 c d c d c

Assignment

1. Summarize the reasonable doubts the jurors raise within 200 words.

2. Discuss the questions 3. Do the key exercises

lesson6 New words

acquittal n. 无罪开释

after all 毕竟

alibi 为……辩解 证明不在犯罪现场

大学英语精读第三册教案。包括课后习题、单词、短语等。

angle 角度

at the top of one's lungs: as loudly as one could 大声喊

arrogance

avenger

bear

blunder

brand-new

bunch

chain-locked：

commonplace

commotion n.

constructive a.

courtroom n.

detective n.

diagram

display n.

dye n.

be entitled to：

executioner n.

eyeglasses

eyesight

fairy

far-sighted

footstep n.

frankly

hallway

in favor of

inexpensive

injustice.

intimidate vt.

lousy

lunge n.

makeup

object

obscure

petty

prejudice n.

probability

recreate

remarkable a.

sadist n.

scarlet

self-appointed a.

slob n.

stamp

stick out

stress n.

sunglasses n.

傲慢态度 自大 复仇者 承受 大错 暂新的 串，束 一群人 locked by a chain 寻常事，老生常谈，普通的东西； 平凡的，普通的 骚动, 暴乱 【医】 震荡 建设性的, 构造上的 【医】 构成的 【经】 建设的, 推定的 法庭, 审判室 【法】 法庭, 审判室 侦探 a. 侦探的 【法】 侦探 图表; 图解 显示, 陈列, 炫耀, 显示器vt. 陈列, 显示, 表现, 夸示 颜料, 染料vt. 染, 染色vi. 被着色【化】 染料【医】 染剂, 染料 to have the right to 刽子手【法】 死刑执行人, 刽子手, 行刑者 眼镜 视力 精灵 仙女 远视 脚步, 脚步声, 足迹 坦白地说 门厅;穿堂;走廊 赞同, 有利于 便宜的 cheap 不公平, 非正义的行为【法】 不公正, 不公平, 权利侵害 威胁, 恐吓 污秽的 恶心的 刺, 刺进, 跃进, 套马索vt. 突进, 刺vi. 突进, 刺 化妆品 反对 模糊的 昏暗的 琐碎的 小规模的 偏见, 成见, 侵害vt. 使存偏见, 使有成见, 侵害 可能性 再创造 不平常的, 值得注意的, 显著的 虐待狂者【法】 性虐待狂者, 虐待狂者 绯红色 猩红色 自己任命的 泥, 软泥, 粗俗平庸的人 顿足 (使)突出, (非正式)明显, 醒目 压力, 紧迫, 强调 太阳镜, 墨镜, 太阳眼镜

大学英语精读第三册教案。包括课后习题、单词、短语等。

sweat take the cake testify vt. trot n. underhand a. unshakable a. witness-chair : yak n. 16

汗水 成为

最佳者, 得奖 证明, 作证, 声明, 表明 vi. 证明, 作证, 声明, 表明 快步 vi. 快步走, 小跑 vt. 使小跑, 策马小跑 秘密的, 低手的, 偷偷摸摸的【法】 卑鄙的, 秘密的, 欺诈的 不可动摇的, 坚定不移的 证人席 牦牛, 饶舌, 连篇废话 vi. 饶舌, 喋喋不休, 放声大笑 不能爱哪行才干哪行，要干哪行爱哪 行。 (美国首相 丘吉尔. W.)

It is no use doing what you like ; you have got to like what you do .(Winston Churchill , British prime minister) 17 inventor) When work is a pleasure , life is joy ! When work is duty , life is 18 slavery .(Maxim Gorky , Russian writer ) Work banishes those three great evils : boredom , vice, and 19 poverty.(Voltaire , French philosopher ) 20 21 22 23 24 25 31 32 here there is a will, there is a way. Well begun is half done. East, west, home is best. There is no royal road to learning. Look before you leap. First think, then act. It is never too late to mend. All roads lead to Rome. Art is long, but life is short.

My philosophy of life is work . (Thomas Alva Edison , American 我的人生哲学就是工作。 (美国发明 家 爱迪生 . T . A .) 工作是一种乐趣时， 生活是一种享受！ 工作是一种义务时，生活则是一种苦 役。(俄国作家 高尔基. M.) 工作撵跑三个魔鬼：无聊、堕落和贫 穷。 (法国哲学家 伏尔基泰) 有志者，事竟成。 好的开端是成功的一半。 金窝、银窝，不如自己的草窝。 学无坦途。 三思而后行。 亡羊补牢，犹为未晚。 条条大路通罗马。 人生有限，学问无涯。