新编英语教程6第三版 unite4.pptVIP

Unite 4 A red light for scofflaws Frank Trippett 1.Words: take liberities with: make free with someone or something; freely use or absuse someone or smething. eg:1,He likes to take liberties with the interpretation of the law. 2,Hes been taking liberties with our female staff. illicit noise: very loud noise which is not permitted. motorized anarchy:disorder or chaos created by motorists. dereliction:deliberate neglect; negligence exempt from: free from an obligation, a duty,or a liability to witch others are subject; excused eg: persons exempt from jury duty; income exempt from taxation. flurry: profusion; abundance;great quantity 1.Words: ordiance: authoritative law; command pot smoker: marjuana addict duck: 1,lower the head or body;eg:Tim ducked down to comb his hair in the mirror. 2,move swiftly,especially to escape being seen.eg:He saw 3, his father coming and ducked quickly behind a bush. avoid doing something that one has to do or has promised to do;e public nuisane: something offensive or annoying to the community,especially in violation of others legal rights mortal peril: danger that causes or is liable to cause death 1.Words: brazen: shameless or impudent, used to describe a person or the actions of a person who is not embarrassed about behaving in a wrong or immoral way skirt: avoid;keep; distant from; go around the edge of subvert: destroy completely/damage irreprably nullify: declare officially that something has no legal force/make something lose its effect or value eg: Recent inflation could nullify or substitute for a previous one. 2.Paraphrase 1. Indeed, there are moments today---amid outlaw litter, tax cheating, illicit noise and motorize anarchy---when it seems as though the scofflaw represents the wave of the future. 2.Paraphrase The author tends to believes that, a majority of Americans have happily formed the habit of doing some misde