大学英语3单元.ppt

Business College of Hubei University of Technology 授课教师: 刘丽媛 ;New Term Arrangement / / /waiyu/ 落实课本内容 ;;试卷构成 ;Unit 1 A Brush with the Law;Part Ⅰ Warm-up Questions 1.Are you more suspicious of some strangers than others? What influences you when judging whether a stranger can be trusted? 2. Do you think that everyone is equal in the eyes of the law? Explain. 3.Have you ever been stopped by the police? If so, how did you feel?; 1. What do you think is the purpose of law? to maintain peace and order to protect the rights of citizens to secure justice and to punish wrong-doers 2. Do you think that everyone is equal in the eyes of the law? not the law that is to blame law maybe unjustly applied in certain situations ;Part Ⅱ Background Information 1. Magistrates and the magistrates’ court In England, a magistrate is a person appointed to try minor offences. He is either an unpaid layman or, in London and some other large cities, a paid judicial officer. In England, every district has a magistrates’ court. It is the lowest court of law. The magistrates’ court can only try people for minor, i.e. not very serious, offences.;Part Ⅰ Background Information 2.Lawyer,solicitor,barrister Lawyer （律师）is the general term for anyone whose work it is to advise his clients about the law and represent them in court. A solicitor （法务官）is a lawyer who gives advice，appears in lower courts，and prepares cases for a barrister to argue in a higher court． A barrister （出庭律师）is a lawyer who has the right of speaking and arguing in the higher courts of law. If a person gels into trouble with the police，he will probably ask a solicitor to help prepare his defense and，if the offence is to be heard in a Magistrates’ Court，he can ask a solicitor to appear for him and argue his case．If the case goes to a higher court，the solicitor still advises him，bu