Week 5 英语专业阅读教程.ppt

Lead-in Classic movies about crime Lead-in Classic movies about crime Lead-in Question: What is your understanding of the word “crime”? An act committed or omitted in violation of a law forbidding or commanding it and for which punishment is imposed upon conviction. Is spitting a crime? Lead-in Crime as you see it Work in groups for 5 minutes; Make a list of the types of crimes you can think of; Provide definitions for them according to your own understanding; Have one group member note down the discussion result and report it to the class. Lead-in The Index Crimes: The willful killing of one human being by another. The carnal knowledge of a female forcibly and against her will. The taking or attempting to take anything of value from the care, custody, or control of a person or persons by force or threat of force. Lead-in The unlawful entry of a structure to commit a felony or theft. The unlawful taking, carrying, leading, or riding away of property from the possession … of another in which no use of force occurs. Any willful or malicious burning or attempt to burn a dwelling house, public building, motor vehicle or aircraft, personal property of another, etc. Lead-in Other types of crimes: Animal Abuse Child Abuse Elder Abuse Computer and Internet Crimes Domestic Violence Drunk Driving Fraud Kidnapping Terrorism Last Week’s Assignment Search the Internet and find out the means of capital punishment in the world. Beheading (Saudi Arabia, Qatar) Last Week’s Assignment Lethal injection (all states in the USA that are using capital punishment, Guatemala, Thailand, the Peoples Republic of China, Taiwan, Vietnam) Text Study Reading 1: The Death Penalty in the United States?: Old Enough to Kill, Old Enough to Die? (explanatory) Reading 2: Execution Has Benefits — Doesn’t it? (argumentative) Text Study: Reading 1 Skim the text and fulfill the task: Use one sentence to sum up the gist of this article. (1 min) Text Study: Reading 1 Scan the text and answer que