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新编英语教程 6 Unit 9 教案 Unit Nine TEXT I A RED LIGHT FOR SCOFFLAWS Frank Trippett Objectives: to catch the main idea of each paragraph by identifying its topic sentence or supplying one if the paragraph doesn’t have it; to analyze the evidence in each paragraph so as to have a further comprehension of the text; to talk about or write on the scofflawry on the campus, basing the information on your personal experience or observation, or whatever. Pre-reading questions 1. What is the meaning of the compound word ‘scofflaw’? What is meant by ‘A Red Light for Scofflaws’? scofflaw (chiefly US) - one who treats the law with contempt, esp. a person who avoids various kinds of not easily enforceable laws. Word formation: scoff (v., deride, ridicule irreverently) + law (n.) a red light for scofflaws - a warning to scofflaws In-reading discussion Para. 1 Sentence-by-sentence explanation: 1. Law-and-order is the longest-running and probably the best-loved political issue in US history. Law-and-order becomes a political issue that is approved and executed for a long time in the US. 2. Yet it is painfully apparent that millions of Americans who would never think of themselves as law-breakers, let alone criminals, are taking increasing liberties with the legal codes that are designed to protect and nourish that society. taking increasing liberties with: misinterpret, distort, violate Although most Americans have never broken laws or committed crimes, they do violate the rules or principles that designed to protect and nourish that society. In other words, there are many scofflaws in America. 3. Indeed, there are moments today - amid outlaw litter, tax cheating, illicit noise and motorized anarchy - when it seems as though the scofflaw represents the wave of the future. Outlaw litter, tax cheating, illicit noise and motorized anarchy are