A-Brush-with-the-Law

ABrushwiththeLawUnitOneBeforeReadingGlobalReadingDetailedReadingAfterReadingABrushwiththeLawashortfightorquarrel与警察的一场小冲突BeforeReadingThepoliceWhatisthefunctionofthetitle?Arousereaders’interest1Produceaneffectofhumor2Strengthentheimpactonreaders3BeforeReadingDressyourarticleupwithagoodtitleCatchreader’sattention1Summarizethecontent2Putforwardapresupposition43ShowourpositionorattitudeBeforeReadingABrushwiththeLawpurpose?BeforeReadingMaintainpeaceandorderProtecttherightsofcitizensSecurejusticeandpunishwrong-doerslawBeforeReadingGlobalReadingPartI(L1-4):Introduction--IwasonceengagedinalawsuitPartII(L5-55):thewholeprocessoftheincidentPartIII(L56-73):mysuppositionofthecaseStructure…Thewholeprocess…wasaratherunpleasantexperienceatthetime,butitmakesagoodstorynow.Whatmakesitratherdisturbingwasthearbitrarycircumstancesbothofmyarrestandmysubsequentfateincourt.Part.1IntroductionGlobalReadingatthetimebeingarrestedtakentocourtunpleasantexperiencenowagoodstorydisturbingmyarrestmyreleaseBeforeReading2.Whydoestheauthorthinkhisreleasefromthechargearbitrary?1.Whydoestheauthorthinkhisarrestarbitrary?BeforeReadingPart.2thewholeprocess1.Whydoestheauthorthinkhisarrestarbitrary?misunderstandingBeforeReadingGotouniversitythefollowingOctoberLookingforatemporaryjobfortraveling1.timeunemployedBeforeReading2.weatherItwasafineday.Iwastakingmytime,lookinginshopwindows,strollinginthepark,andsometimesjuststoppingandlookingaroundme.seekingatargetBeforeReading3.appearanceAtthetimeIwasnineteen,hadlonguntidyhair,andregardedmyselfaspartofthesixties’“youthcounterculture”.symbolofadisreputableyoungguyBeforeReading4.attitude…Iwantedtoappearcoolandunconcernedwiththeincident,soIsaid,”…?”inthemostcasualandconversationaltone...habitualoffenderBeforeReadingarrestarbitrarycommonBeforeReadingWhydoestheauthorthinkhisreleasefromthechargearbitrary?1)Hehadthe“right”accent,thatis,heprobablyhadreceivedagoodeducation.2)Hehadrespectable,middle-classparentsincourt,thatis,hewasfroma“good”family;3)Hehadreliablewitnesses;4)Hecouldaffordaverygoodsolicitor,thatis,hisfamilywasrichenoughtohireagoodlawyer.GlobalReadingPartThreeParagraph21---22GlobalReading“Youcouldhavebeenabitmorehelpfulwhenwearrestedyou”“Lookhere,doyouknowwhoyouaretalkingto?Iamahighlysuccessfulstudentwithabrilliantacademicrecord.Howdareyouarrestme!”GlobalReadingLanguagePointsDetailedReading•takelegalactionagainstsb.对某人提出诉讼•ItoldhimthatIwouldtakehimtocourtifhedidnotrepaythemoneyinaweek.takesb.tocourtDetailedReading...itmakesagoodstorynow:...itprovidesmaterialforagoodstorynow.为好故事提供了素材Examples:—Icedteamakesanexcellentdrinkinsummer.DetailedReadingarbitrary:basedonone’sownopiniononly,notonreason任意的，武断的(rash)---Ifaleadermakesdecisionswithoutconductinginvestigations,heisbeingarbitrary.arbitratev.仲裁，公断arbitrationn.arbitratorn.仲裁者DetailedReadingcircumstancen.环境，条件，形势；(usu.pl.)情况，经济状况underthecircumstances在这种情况下in(under)nocircumstances决不，无论如何也不DetailedReadingdue:1)expectedtoarriveorbeready;supposed(to)预期的，约定的ThenexttraintoNanjingisduetoleaveatten.2)tobepaidorreturned到期的ThebooksareduetodaybutIwanttorenewsomeofthem.dueto由于，因为；归因于induetime(course)在适当的时候DetailedReadingsaveup:keepforfutureuse储蓄—Ittookhimayeartosaveupenoughmoneyforacomputer.DetailedReadingtakeone'stime:nothurry;dosth.inanunhurriedway慢慢来，不着急—It’sbettertotakeyourtimeoverapieceofworkanddoitproperlythantohurryandmakemistakes.(从从容容做件工作并把它做好要比忙中出错好。)DetailedReading…thistimeinuniform…:thesecondpolicemanwaswearinguniformwhilethefirstwasobviouslyinplainclothes…Iwasleftinnodoubt:Ibecamecompletelycertainoftheseriousnessofthematter;Irealizedthatitwasnojokeandtheymeantbusiness.DetailedReadingcommit:dosth(wrong,bad,orunlawful)干（坏事），犯（错误、罪等）—Ifwefailtounderstandthis,weshallcommitalotofmistakes.commitamistake犯错误commitcrime犯罪commitmurder犯谋杀罪commitsuicide自杀DetailedReadingperfectlystraightface:afaceshowingnoemotionorhumor;averyserious-lookingfaceperfectly:very;completely—I’mperfectlysatisfiedwithyourarrangements.DetailedReadingconfirm1)strengthen;makefirmer证实，肯定Thesuddensnowstormduringthenightconfirmedmydecisionnottoleave.2)provetobetrueorcorrect确认TheMayorconfirmedthereportthathissonhadbeenkidnapped.confirmationn.确定，证实，证据confirmativeadj.批准的，确定的DetailedReadingcharge:blame(sb.)officiallyforhavingbrokenthelaw—Thepolicechargedthedriverwithdrunkendriving.DetailedReadingcallon1)号召，请求(appealto,require)2)约请(invite)3)访问，拜访(dropin)callon/uponDetailedReadingdismiss（1）(ofajudge)stop(acourtcase),refusetoconsidera(complaint,plea,etc.)inacourt驳回，不受理—Themagistratedismissedthecasebecauseoflackofevidence.（2）解散（3）解雇，开除(fire)firesb.解雇某人DetailedReadingSummaryAfterReadingWeallknowthatthechiefpurposesoflawaretomaintainpeaceandorder,toprotecttherightsofcitizens,tosecurejusticeandtopunishwrong-doers.Goodlawsarethosethatareconsideredtoservethecauseofjusticeforthesocietytowhichtheyapply.AfterReadingButevengoodlawsmaybeunjustlyappliedormaybeunjustincertainsituations.Inthisstory,theauthortellsuswhathappenedtohimmorethanadecadeago.Itwasreallyaveryunpleasantexperience,yetitprovidesuswithmuchfoodfor