Animal Rights Animal Abuse and Crime 研究生英语课件.pptVIP

Animal Abuse and Crime Discussion 1. Tell each other about your own personality. (use some adjectives) 2. Have you ever committed acts of cruelty against animals? Why and why not? 3. What’s you impression of a person who often abuse animals? Do you like him (or her)? Do you think there are any psychological problems with him ( or her)? Exchange your feeling with your partner after watching the movie. New words learning deprive 1) To take something away from: 拿走，抢夺：从…拿走某物： The court ruling deprived us of any share in the inheritance. 法庭裁决剥夺了我们全部的继承权 2) To keep from possessing or enjoying; deny: 拒绝，否认：禁止拥有或享受；否认： They were deprived of a normal childhood by the war. 由于战争，他们失去了一个正常的童年时代 indict:1) To accuse of wrongdoing; charge: 控告，谴责：指责…的过错；控告： a book that indicts modern values. 一本谴责现代价值观的著作 indict a person for murder 控告某人以杀人罪 2) Law To make a formal accusation or indictment against (a party) by the findings of a jury, especially a grand jury. 【法律】 起诉：根据陪审团，尤指大陪审团的判决而（对一方当事人）提出的正式指控 indictee n. 被起诉者, 被告 indicter, indictor n. 控告者, 原告 alleged adj. 被说成的, 声称的 有嫌疑的 作为理由[辩解等]的 the alleged murderer 嫌疑杀人犯 the alleged statement 宣称(声明) mischief One mischief comes on the neck of another. 祸不单行。 The mischief is that he did it without permission. 错处就在他做这事末经许可。 There is carelessness, but no mischief. 有些粗心, 并无恶意。 What mischief are you up to? 你在捣什么鬼? Speaking task Someone affirm that animals don’t have rights because they don’t have intellectual capacity. What’s your idea? Exchange your opinion with your partner. Animals, like young children and mentally handicapped people, do not have the intellectual capacity to understand what rights are. They are therefore unable to consciously respect or abuse the rights of others. However, this does not give us any excuse or right to abuse them. They remain individuals capable of suffering, so we must respect their rights even if they are incapable of respecting ours. Describe the picture and give some suggestio