Integrated Course of College English

The Second Two Periods

Unit One Book Three

Designed by SHAO Hong-wan

Reading and Translation

• Review—Match the words with their meanings• Reading the text in detail• Reading Skill—How to use a dictionary• Translate the following phrases into English• Translate the following sentences into Chinese• Translation Skills• Explanations to New Words

Match the words with their meanings

( )1. temporary

( )2. arbitrary

( )3. subsequent

( )4. casual

( )5. confirm

( )6. award

( )7. witness

( )8. dismiss

( )9. employment

( )10. conduct

A. give or grant by an official decision

B. a person who gives evidence in court of law

C.occupation (especially regular paid work)

D.carry out

E. following ;coming after something else

F. careless; informal

G.not lasting long

H.make certain; support

I. (of a judge) stop (a court case)

J. decided without any reason or plan, often unfairly

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B

C

D

E

F

G

H

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J

Division of the Text

Parts

1

2

3

Paragraphs

1

2 ~ 20

21 ~ 22

Main Ideas

The narrator has once been in trouble with the law, which was a rather unpleasant experience.

The narrator was arbitrarily arrested and released.

The narrator believes that if he had come from a different background, he would have been found guilty.

3. He was looking for a job so that he could make some money to pay for his tuition.

True or False

1. The story took place one February in the 1960s in Britain.

He was not going to university until the following October.

2. The narrator was a 19-year-old college student at the time.

He wanted to save up some money to go traveling.

T ( )

( )

( )

F

F

In the text it mentioned the sixties’ “youth counterculture” and London.

He was arrested by a policeman while he was stealing milk bottles from doorsteps.

He didn’t steal any milk bottles. He was arrested because the policeman thought he had the intention of stealing milk bottles.

The policemen let him go after he gave a clear explanation.

The policemen took him to the police station and questioned him for several hours. He was not allowed to leave the station until he was officially charged and told to report to Richmond Magistrates’ Court the following Monday.

( )

( )

F

F

The narrator defended himself so successfully in court that the magistrates found him “not guilty” immediately after hearing his defense.

The narrator was shocked to find that his release from the charge was chiefly due to his “right” accent and his middle-class family background.

The narrator wanted to defend himself in court, but his father wouldn’t allow him to do so. Instead, he hired a very good solicitor who conducted the defense in court.

The policeman who had arrested the narrator was angry with the court’s decision.He was not happy that another youngster had been turned against the police and wished that the narrator could have been a bit more helpful in the incident.

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( T )

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.

Table CompletionRead this part again and find out the following elements of the story.

Directions:

Time

Place

Main Characters

Happening

in February 12 years ago, between the time after the narrator’s graduation from middle school and before the narrator’s entering the university

Richmond, a suburb of London

the narrator and the two policemen

the narrator’s arbitrary arrest and release

Sentence CompletionComplete the sentences with the missing information from the text.

Directions:

1. In the narrator’s opinion, his caused his arrest.

___________________

2. In the eyes of the police, the narrator is a kind of person who ________ __________________________________________________. .

3. When the police were told the narrator was looking for a job, they thought .

_________________________________________ _________

obvious aimlessness

the narrator was unemployed and was walking in the street

was quite

experienced or mature on such an occasion

with intent to steal____________________________

4. His father’s attitude towards the case is and he .

5. The phrase “the things” (in Sentence 2, Paragraph 20) refer to .

___________

______________________________________________________________

_____________________

__________ ___________

______________________________________________________________

serious hired a very

good solicitor and found all kinds of witnesses

right accent,

middle-class family, reliable witnesses and the ability to afford a good

solicitor

Questions and Answers

1. 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.

Reading Skill 3th---How to Use a Dictionary

1. The accident took place when the miners had just gone down the shaft. ( )

2. There seemed to be a shaft of light in the far distance. None of us could tell what it was. ( )

3. If you shaft somebody who is already down, no one will trust you any more. ( )

4.The shaft of love has struck him all of a sudden. ( )

5. There might be something wrong with the shaft of the engine. ( )

Direction: Please open your books and turn to Page 18. Let’s see if you can decide which of the definitions from the entry best fits the “shaft” in each of the sentences below and what part of speech it is.

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1. 与法律发生冲突

2. 一次不愉快的经历

3. 相当扰人的

4. 之后的命运

5. 临时工作

6. 存钱

7. 不紧不慢

8. 带着明显的意图

be in trouble with the law

an unpleasant experience

rather disturbing

subsequent fate

a temporary job

save up money

in no hurry / take one’s time

with the obvious intention

Useful Expressions

11. 板着脸

12. 对……熟悉

13. 坚定了某人的信念

14. 被官方起诉

15. 自我辩护

with a perfectly straight face

be familiar with

confirm sb. in one’s belief

be officially charged

conduct my own defence

9. 警察

10. 犯够得上逮捕的轻 罪

a police officer

commit an arrestable offence

16. 不受理案子 dismiss the case

17. 有机会

18. 犯罪记录

19. 免于起诉

21. 很有可能

22. 围绕

23. 优秀的学业记录

stand a chance

criminal record

release from the charge

there is every chance

revolve round

a brilliant academic record

24. 放了我

20. 可靠的证人

let me on my way

a reliable witness

Sentence Translation• 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 ...

• What makes it rather disturbing was the arbitrary circumstances both of my arrest and my subsequent fate in court.

• It must have been this obvious aimlessness that led to my downfall.

这次经历令人可恼之处在于围绕着我的被捕以及随后庭上审讯而出现的种种武断专横的情况。

一个青年发现 ,在大街上明确的目的地游逛会招致警方的责问。误会一个接一个发生。

一定是这种明显的毫无目的的游逛，使我倒霉

• It turned out there had been a lot of petty thefts in the area, particularly that of stealing milk bottles from doorsteps.

• As a result, I wanted to appear cool and unconcerned with the incident, so I said, “How long have you been following me?” in the most casual and conversational tone I could manage. I thus appeared to them to be quite familiar with this sort of situation, and it confirmed them in their belief that I was a thoroughly disreputable character.

这样一来，在他们眼里，我就像是非常熟悉这一套的了，也使他们更加相信我是一个地地道道的坏蛋。

所以我相装出一副冷漠，对这一事满不在乎的样子。 于是我尽量用一种漫不经心的极其随便的强调说，“你们跟踪我多久啦？这样一来，在他们眼里我就像是非常熟悉这一套，也使他们更加确信我是一个地地道道的坏蛋。

• I continued to try to look worldly and au fait with the situation.

• I wanted to conduct my own defence in court, but as soon as my father found out what had happened, he hired a very good solicitor.

• But he was never called on to give evidence. My “trial” didn’t get that far.

• The solicitor even succeeded in getting costs awarded against the police.

我继续装成老于世故，对这种事习以为常。

我想在法庭上作自我辩护，但父亲知道这事后，马上请一位高名的律师。

但结果法庭没有叫他做证。我的”审判“没有进行到那一步。

我的律师甚至让法庭责成警方承担了诉讼费。

• But what was most shocking at the time was the things my release from the charge so clearly depended on. I had the “right” accent, respectable middle-class parents in court, reliable witnesses, and I could obviously afford a very good solicitor.

• Given the obscure nature of the charge, I feel sure that if I had come from a different background, and had really been unemployed, there is every chance that I would have been found guilty.

但当时最令人震惊的是那些显然导致宣布我无罪的证据。我讲话的口音表明我教养良好，到庭的有体面的中产阶级的双亲，有可靠的证人，还有我请得起一名很好的律师。

如果我出生于另一种背景的家庭里，并且真的是失业的话，我完全可能被判有罪。

• “You could have been a bit more helpful when we arrested you,” he said to me reproachfully.

• Then they, presumably, would have apologized, perhaps even taken off their caps, and let me on my way.

他带者责备的口气对我说，”我们抓你时，你本可以稍稍帮点忙的。

那样一来，他们或许会向我道歉，说不定还会脱帽致意，让我走开。

Assignments

• Read the words and learn them by heart, next time we’ll have a dictation.

• Do Fast Reading on the Internet.• Do Exercises in the Books.• Preview writing.