文档介绍：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
I. Before
Reading
II. Global
Reading
III. Detailed Reading
IV. After
Reading
I. Before Reading
New Words
Warm-up Questions
Background Information
Introductory Remarks
New Words
1. arbitrary: adj. decided by or based on
personal opinion only rather
than on reason
---His arbitrary decision resulted in the
failure of the project.
arbitrary boss 独断专行的老板
arbitrary punishment 肆意的惩罚
Before Reading
2. circumstance:n. 环境,情况
---Under these circumstances I have to do it.
---In no circumstances can a soldier leave
his post.
3. subsequent:adj. later; coming after, following
---Subsequent events proved me wrong.
常与 to 连用,意为:“在……之后”。
Before Reading
New Words
4. due : adj. expected to happen or arrive at a
particular time; supposed (to) 应有的; 到期的; 约定、预定
---The manager is due to set out on his journey
this evening.
---Your report is due tomorrow.
due to : caused by sth/ sb :由于,因为
---She has been absent from work due to
illness.
New Words
Before Reading
New Words
5. intention:n. a plan or desire to do sth.
---Jenny came with the intention of settling
the dispute.
have no intention of doing something
---I have no intention of retiring.
Before Reading
New Words
6. commit: v.
1) 做(不合法的﹑错的或愚蠢的事);
--- The woman mitted murder and must be punished.
2) ~ sb/sth to sth 将某人[某事物] 转交
--- commit a patient to a mental hospital 把病人送进精神病院
,承诺(保证)
commit somebody to doing something
---The government mitted itself to improving education.
Before Reading
New Words
7. turn out: be found or discovered (to be); prove to be
Pattern: turn out (to be) + n. / adj.
turn out + (that)-
---It turned out (to be) a fine day.
---It turned out that the experiment was much more difficult than they had expected.