高英Lesson 4重点字词.pptVIP

How many legal terms do you know? offence: commit an offence against a rule 犯规 commit a crime (of theft) / break the law give /cause offence to sb. 得罪某人 take offence at sth. 因某事而生气 a first offence 初犯 accuse accuse sb. of a crime charge sb. with murder and arson the accused, the charged party, defendant, indictee 被告 accusant, accuser, plaintiff, indictor, prosecutor 原告 accuse appeal to law; enter (bring in) a lawsuit against sb 对起诉 lodge a complaint 提起诉讼；提起申诉 Institute proceedings,进行诉讼 civil law: suits between individuals: insurance claims, divorces, business malpractices criminal law: ranging from traffic tickets to highjacking, murder, treason, arson sue for divorce 申请离婚 crime homicide attempted murder infanticide assault and battery kidnapping, abduction highjacking piracy rape 杀人罪 谋杀未遂 杀婴 殴打，侵犯人身罪 诱拐，拐骗 劫持（飞机） 海盗罪，盗版 强奸罪 It is not the strongest of the species that survive, but the one most responsive to change. - Charles Darwin 物竞天择,适者生存。-查尔斯·达尔文 Ⅱ. Phrases and Expressions 1. build up: to develop/extend gradually, steadily e.g. I could feel the anger building up inside me. 2. take…to court: to bring a legal case against someone e.g. I got arrested in the evening and they kept me in and took me to court the next day. Ⅱ. Phrases and Expressions 3. get under way: to have started to happen or be done e.g. A second round of talks on nuclear issues got under way this week. 4. set sb. against sb.: to make someone start to fight or quarrel with another person, esp. a person who they had friendly relations with before e.g. There is particular concern that an informant may try to set police officer against police officer and force against force. Ⅱ. Phrases and Expressions Ⅱ. Phrases and Expressions 5. pop up: to come suddenly or unexpectedly out of or away from sth. e.g. Her name keeps popping up in the newspapers. 6. rule against: to decide against e.g. The World Trade Organization ruled against Kodak in its case against Fuji. Ⅱ. Phrases and