《高英第六册第九单元.ppt》由会员分享，可在线阅读，更多相关《高英第六册第九单元.ppt（11页珍藏版）》请在三一办公上搜索。
1、Unit Nine Text I:A Red Light for Scofflaws,Pre-reading Activities Warming-up discussions on the next topics:Look up the word“scofflaw”in an unabridged dictionary.What is the definition of this word?How is the compound word made up?Are scofflaws found in our society?Specifically,who are they?What sor
2、t of people do you think Trippett refers to by“scofflaws”?What is meant by“A Red Light for Scofflaws”?,Main Idea:The writer demonstrates the abundance of scofflaws in USA and their dangers and calls on both the American public and the administration to check the spread of the scofflaw spirit because
3、 it is a cause of social demoralization.,Organization and Development:Introduction:(P1)The Americans are taking increasing liberties with the legal codes.Body:(P2P8)Scofflaws abound in amazing variety and the dangers of scofflawry vary widely.Conclusion:(P9)The scofflaw spirit is dangerously infecti
4、ous;something must be done to check its spread.,Topic sentences for all the paragraphs:Para.1 No thesis statement.This paragraph introduces the topic of the essay:Millions of Americans are taking increasing liberties with the legal codes.Para.2 Scofflaws abound in amazing variety.Para.3 The dangers
5、of scofflawry vary widely.Para.4 The most flagrant scofflaw is the red-light runner.Para.5 The flouting of basic rules of the road leaves deep dents in the social mood.Para.6.scofflaws are.a symptom of elementary social demoralization.Para.7The prospect of the collapse of public manners is not merel
6、y a matter of etiquette.Para.8Scofflawry at various levels of social life was by no means a less serious menace to the foundation of law of the U.S.than violent crimes.(Implied)Para.9This conclusive paragraph contains the thesis statement:The scofflaw spirit is dangerously infectious;something must
7、be done to check its spread.When we put all the topic sentences together,what we get is a nicely worked out sentence outline for the writer to work on,and a highly condensed gist of the essay for the reader.All the topic sentences are richly illustrated with the exception of para.6,which seems a bit
8、 weak in its development.,Difficult Sentences for Translation(E-C):,It is painfully apparent that millions of Americans who would never think of themselves as law-breakers,let alone criminals,are taking increasing liberties with the legal codes that are designed to protect and nourish their society.
9、Harvard Sociologist David Riesman suspects that a majority of Americans have blithely taken to committing supposedly minor derelictions as a matter of course.Innocent drivers and pedestrians pay repetitious price in frustration,inconvenience and outrage,not to mention a justified sense of mortal per
10、il.If hypocrisy is the tribute that vice pays to virtue,then furtiveness is the true outlaws salute to the force of law-and-order.On a high level,the Administration in Washington has dramatized its wish to nullify civil rights laws simply by opposing instead of supporting certain court-ordered deseg
11、regation rulings.,Post Reading Activities1.Exercises in Workbook2.Write a short essay on the scofflawry on your campus.You may focus on one of the scofflaws.The information you gather can be based upon your personal experience or observation,or whatever.Remember that your essay should be amply illus
12、trated.Translate para.5 into Chinese,Red-light running has always been ranked as a minor wrong,and it may be in individual instances./when the violation become habitual,widespread and incessant,however,a great deal more than a traffic management problem is involved./The flouting of basic rules of th
13、e road leaves deep dents in the social mood./Innocent drivers and pedestrians pay repetitious price in frustration,inconvenience and outrage,not to mention a justified sense of mortal peril./The significances of red-light running is magnified by its high visibility./If hypocrisy is the tribute that
14、vice pays to virtue,then furtiveness is the true outlaws salute to the force of law-and-order./The red-light runner,however,shows no respect whatever for the social rules,and society cannot help being harmed by any repetitions and brazen display of contempt for the fundamentals of order.,Unit Nine T
15、EXT IITrust Andy Rooney,Pre-reading Brainstorming:How do you understand the word“trust”?Describe your experiences concerning“trust”.,Main Idea of the passage:Through his own experiences and observation,the writer elaborates importance of trust in our society.Structure of the passage:Para.14:a person
16、al experience to bring forth the topic of trustPara.510:trust is out first inclination because the whole structure of our society depends on our mutual trust,not distrust.Para.11:reiterate the subject of trust-echoing to the introduction.,Difficult Sentences for Translation(E-C):,I was late and if a
17、nyone asked me how fast I was driving,Id have to plead the Fifth Amendment to avoid self-incrimination.Like most of us,Im more apt to be restrained from doing something bad by the social convention that disapproves of it than by any law against it.The patsies,the suckers,the people who always assume everyone else is as honest as they are,make out better in the long run than the people who distrust everyone-and theyre a lot happier even if they get taken once in awhile.,
