unit 1 A Brush With the Law.ppt

Unit 1 A Brush with the Law
brush
It is his third brush with the law in
less than a year.
1. 刷子; 画笔; 毛笔
2. 擦, 吹拂; 刷, 轻擦, 掠过
, 小摩擦
Do you think that everyone is equal in the eyes of the law? Explain.
True or False :
The story took place one February in the 1960’s in Britain.
2) The narrator was a 19-year-old college student at the time..
3) He was looking for a job so that he could make some money to pay for his tuition.
He was arrested by the policemen while stealing milk bottles from doorsteps.
5) The policemen let him go after he gave a clear explanation.
6) The narrator defended himself so essfully in court that the magistrates found him “not guilty” immediately after hearing his defence.
7) The narrator was shocked to find that his release from the charge was chiefly due to his “right” accent and his middle-class family background.
8) The narrator feels sure that if he e from a lower-class family, he would most probably have been found guilty.
9) The policeman who has arrested the narrator was angry with the court’s decision.
Background information
for better understanding of the text
What is Hippie?
“Youth in the 1960s, in the United States, they are opposed to social state, and to Outrageous outfits, with long hair, live in groups, addicted to drug to vent their dissatisfaction with munity and society.”
——Modern English-Chinese Dictionary
What is Hippie?
Hippy / Hippie
Hippie, member of a youth movement of the late 1960s, was characterized by nonviolent anarchy, concern for the environment, and rejection of Western materialism. The hippie movement started in the United States and then spread to Canada, the United Kingdom, and many other countries. The hippies formed a politically outspoken, antiwar, artistically prolific counterculture in North America and Europe. The hippies were usually dressed in unusual clothes and lived in group together and took drugs.
嬉皮士 Hippie
(常留长发、穿着艳丽、吸毒。嬉皮士运动在 20 世纪 60 年代最盛行)
1965年9月6日旧金山的一家报纸首先使用了