Twelve Angry Men 现代大学英语精读第三册课件.ppt

Lesson 5 6 Twelve Angry Men I. Introduction to the Author Reginald Rose II. Background Knowledge Jury Trial in the United States 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 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 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) 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 preliminaries --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 one way or we can vote right now to see how we stand. Mean: One way for us to do is to discuss first then vote. The other way for us to do is to vote at once to find out the position of jurors whether we agree or not, or we ne