现代大学英语（精读）笫三册——lesson5-6.ppt

Lesson 5 & 6 Twelve Angry Men,I. Introduction to the Author,Reginald Rose,Reginald Rose was one of the outstanding television playwrights to emerge from the “Golden Age“ of television drama anthology文选series. Although most of Rose‘s fame derives from his teleplays电视剧 for the live drama anthologies, he wrote a number of successful screen and stage plays, and went on to create and write scripts for The Defenders at CBS, as well as winning recognition for the revived CBS Playhouse in the late 1960s.,Rose's first teleplay to be broadcast was The Bus to Nowhere, which appeared on Studio One (CBS) in 1951. It was the 1954-55 season, however, that gave Rose his credentials as a top writer: that year has been referred to as “the Reginald Rose season“ at Studio One. His contributions included the noted plays 12:32 a.m., An Almanac年鉴of Liberty, Crime in the Streets, as well as the play that opened the season and became perhaps Rose's most well-known work, Twelve Angry Men. In addition to winning numerous awards and undergoing transformation into a feature film, Twelve Angry Men undoubtedly established Rose's reputation almost immediately as a major writer of drama for television.,The tension created by exhausting deliberations审议within the confined closeness of the jury room in which Twelve Angry Men occurs is exemplary in this regard. Rose was responsible in part for the creation of this new approach. This realism that became known as the “slice of life“ school of television drama was for a time the staple 主题of the anthology shows and reshaped the look of both television and American cinema.,II. Background Knowledge,1. Useful Legal Terms 2. Jury Trial in the United States 3. Court System,1.Useful Legal Terms Group 1:,,,,,,,Group 2:,,,,,,,,,,,Group 3:,,,,,,,,,,,,Jury Trial in the United States,Judiciary system: judge, 12 jurors, lawyer, plaintiff, defendant, public prosecutor The jury trial is an important component in the U.S. judicial system. The jury consists of 12 jurors, selected at random, agreed on by the lawyers of the two sides, who will, after hearing all the evidenced and cross-examination and careful deliberation, give a verdict of guilty or not guilty. Today no jury would be made up entirely of men any more. Women now serve on juries as much as men.,Jury,Jury: is a group of up to 12 people, called “Jurors”whose duty it is to listen to the evidence given in a court trial and decide whether the accused is guilty or not guilty. The decision is called a “verdict”. If the verdict is not guilty, the accused is set free or acquitted; if the verdict is guilty, the judge will give the sentence.,Court System,Jurisdiction司法: by the Highest Court, the High Court, the Middle Court, the district courts, the lower courts Legislation立法: by the Congress, hearings听证会 ① The accused is deemed innocent until and unless proved “ guilty” beyond a reasonable doubt. ② In many jurisdictions, the majority of a jury is not sufficient to find a defendant guilty of a felony. ③ A trial does not aim at discovering who commit a particular crime, but rather the innocence or guilt of the accused. ④ The system is not infallible and can be quite precarious.,A criminal court,A criminal court is a court of law which hears cases brought by the state against a person or a corporation which has violated a criminal law enacted by the legislature.,Police,Scotland Yard 伦敦警察厅 NYPD, LAPD police department 警察局 FBI Federal Bureau of Investigation Sheriff (美)县治安官 Police officer 区分： Security guard 保安, Firefighters, fire brigade, Court-martial 军事法庭, international tribunal 国际法庭,III. Pre-class Questions,1. Why do you think the author gives “The Twelve Angry Men” as the title of the play? 2. Try to analyze the characteristics of each juror and witness. 3. Try to retell the story of killing in your own words.,A boy charged with murdering his father（p1）,Notice that we say“ to be charged with”, but “to be accused of”. Notice also that “to charge” means to state officially that someone is guilty of a crime.,Now you fellows can handle this any way you want.(P2),any way (both words stressed): by any method; in any manner anyway (stressed on the first syllable): in spite of that; in any case --I’m going ______, no matter what you say. --You can do it _________ you want. I don’t care. I just want the result. --Well, _______, it’s too late to do anything now. --He is desperate. He has to find that money _________.,Preliminary (a.& n.) P3: happening at the beginning of an event, often as a form of preparation,--The Congress will start ~ hearings soon. (预备听政会) --Our team got beaten in the ~ rounds of the competition. (头几个回合) --May I make a few ~ remarks before we start the interview. (开场白) ② noun: usually plural forms --without preliminaries (开门见山地) ~ talks on the nuclear issues of North Korea began yesterday. A background check is normally a ~ to a presidential nomination. ~s, quarter finals, semi-finals, and the final,If we want to discuss it first then vote, that’s。