Unit 4 A Red Light for Scofflaws课件.ppt

Unit 4 A Red Light for Scofflaws Discussion If you see someone in need of help in the street, like an old person lying on the ground in agony, what will you do? Will you walk away or give a helping hand? Why? 1. Look up the word scofflaw in a dictionary. Have you ever committed scofflawry of some kind? If you have, what do you think about it? 2. Do you sometimes run a red light, or ignore the traffic lights when crossing the street, or litter in public places? How do you react when you find other people do so? Scofflaw is a noun coined during the Prohibition era meaning a person who drinks illegally. It is a compound of the words scoff and law, meaning one who mocks or ridicules the law. The meaning has since been extended to describe one who flouts any law, especially those which are difficult to enforce, and particularly traffic laws. Main idea The writer demonstrates the abundance of scofflaws in USA and their dangers and calls on both the American public and the administration to check the spread of the scofflaw spirit because it is a cause of social demoralization. Organization and Development I. (Para. 1) The problem: millions of Americans are breaking the legal codes. II. (Para. 2-4) Varieties of scofflaws III. (Para. 5-8) Dangers of scofflaws IV. (Para. 9) Conclusion Illustration and Topic Sentences Use of Illustration ????The present text is a good example of the use of illustration as a method of development. Throughout the essay there are?abundant examples?to illustrate the authors point. Use of Topic Sentences ????While the way Trippet develops the paragraphs by using illustrations is impressive, the way in which the paragraphs are woven into an essay also merits our attention. Most of the paragraphs contain?explicitly-stated topic sentences, which are?supported?by numerous illustrations. Benefit of Using Topic Sentences Supported by Illustration ????When we put all the topic sentences together, what we get is a nicely worked out sentence outline for the