大學(xué)英語精讀：第三冊(cè) UNIT 19100字

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1、大學(xué)英語精讀：第三冊(cè) UNIT 19100字 　　 　　A young man finds that strolling along the streets without an obvious purpose can lead to trouble with the law. One misunderstanding leads to another until eventually he must appear in court for trial…… / A Brush with th

2、e Law 　　I have only once been in trouble with the law. The whole process of being arrested and taken to court was a rather unpleasant experience at the time, but it makes a good story now. What makes it rather disturbing was the arbitrary circumstances both of my arrest and my subsequent fate in

3、court. / 　　In happened in February about twelve years ago. I had left school a couple of months before that and was not due to go to university until the following October. I was still living at home at the time. 　　One morning I was in Richmond, a suburb of London near where I lived. I wa

4、s looking for a temporary job so that I could save up some money to go travelling. As it was a fine day and I was in no hurry, I was taking my time, looking in shop windows, strolling in the park, and sometimes just stopping and looking around me. It must have been this obvious aimlessness that led

5、to my downfall. 　　It was about half past eleven when it happened. I was just walking out of the local library, having unsuccessfully sought employment there, when I saw a man walking across the road with the obvious intention of talking to me. I thought he was going to ask me the time. Instead, h

6、e said he was a police officer and he was arresting me. At first I thought it was some kind of joke. But then another policeman appeared, this time in uniform, and I was left in no doubt. 　　But what for? I asked. 畢業(yè) 　　"Wandering with intent to commit an arrestable offence, he said. 　　Wh

7、at offence? I asked. 　　Theft, he said. / 　　Theft of what? I asked. / 　　Milk bottles, he said, and with a perfectly straight face too! 　　Oh, I said. 　　It turned out there had been a lot of petty thefts in the area, particularly that of stealing milk bottles from doorsteps.

8、 　　Then I made my big mistake. At the time I was nineteen, had long untidy hair, and regarded myself as part of the sixties youth counterculture. As a result, I want to appear cool and unconcerned with the incident, so I said, How long have you been following me? in the most casual and conversation

9、tone I could manage. I thus appeared to them to be quite familiar with this sort of situation, and it confirmed them in their belief that I was a thoroughly disreputable character. 　　A few minutes later a police car arrived. 　　Get in the back," they said. Put your hands on the back of the

10、front seat and dont move them. 　　They got in on either side of me. I wasnt funny any more. 　　At the police station they questioned me for several hours. I continued to try to look worldly and au fait with the situation. When they asked me what I had been doing, I told them Id been looking for

11、a job. Aha, I could see them thinking, unemployed. / 　　Eventually, I was officially charged and told to report to Richmond Magistrates Court the following Monday. Then they let me go. 　　I wanted to conduct my own defence in court, but as soon as my father found out what had happened, he h

12、ired a very good solicitor. We went along that Monday armed with all kinds of witnesses, including my English teacher from school as a character witness. But he was never called on to give evidence. My trial didnt get that far. The magistrate dismissed the case after fifteen minutes. I was free. The

13、 poor police had never stood a chance. The solicitor even succeeded in getting costs awarded against the police. 　　And so I do not have a criminal record. But what was most shocking at the time was the things my release from the charge so clearly depended on. I had the right accent, respectable m

14、iddle-class parents in court, reliable witnesses, and I could obviously afford a very good solicitor. Given the obscure nature of the charge, I feel sure that if I had come from a different background, and had really been unemployed, there is every chance that I would have been found guilty. While a

15、sking for costs to be awarded, my solicitors case quite obviously revolved around the fact that I had a brilliant academic record. 　　Meanwhile, just outside the courtroom, one of the policemen who had arrested me was gloomily complaining to my mother that another youngster had been turned against

16、 the police. You could have been a bit more helpful when we arrested you, he said to me reproachfully. 畢業(yè) 　　What did the mean? Presumably that I should have looked outraged and said something like, Look here, do you know who youre talking to? I am a highly successful student with a brilliant

17、academic record. How dare you arrest me! Then they, presumably, would have apologized, perhaps even taken off their caps, and let me on my way. 　　NEW WORDS 　　brush 　　n. brief fight or encounter 小沖突；小接觸 　　process 作文 / 　　n. course; method, esp. one used in manufacture 過程；制作法 　　arbitr

18、ary 畢業(yè) 　　a. based on ones own opinion only, not on reason 任意的；武斷的 / 　　circumstance / 　　n. （usu. pl.） conditions, facts, etc. connected with an event or person 情況，環(huán)境 　　subsequent 　　a. following, later 隨后的，接下去的 　　fate / 　　n. what will happen or happened to sb. o

19、r sth. 命運(yùn) 畢業(yè) 　　due 　　a. expected; supposed （to） 預(yù)期的；約定的；到期的 畢業(yè) 　　temporary 　　a. lasting only for a limited time 暫時(shí)的 　　stroll 作文 / 　　a. walk at leisure 散步，閑逛 　　obvious 　　a. easily seen or understood; clear 明顯的，顯而易見的 　　downfall 　　n. ruin 垮臺(tái)；衰落 　　employment /

20、 　　n. ones regular work or occupation; job 職業(yè)；工作 　　wander 　　vi. move about without a purpose 閑逛；漫游 　　commit 　　vt. do （sth. wrong, bad, or unlawful）干（壞事），犯（錯(cuò)誤、罪） 　　arrestable / 　　a. deserving to be arrested / 　　offence （AmE offense） 作文 / 　　n. crime; the hurt

21、ing of feelings; something unpleasant 罪行；冒犯；不愉快的事 　　straight face / 　　a face or expression that shows no emotion, humor, or thought 板著的臉 　　petty 　　a. small; unimportant 小的；不足道的 / 　　doorstep 作文 / 　　n. a step in front of a door 　　regard 　　vt. consider in the stated wa

22、y 把……看作；把認(rèn)為（as） 　　counterculture 畢業(yè) 　　n. a culture, esp. of the young who oppose the traditional standards and customs of their society 反主流文化 　　unconcerned 作文 / 　　a. not worried; untroubled; indifferent 無憂慮的；淡漠的 　　casual / 　　a. careless; informal 漫不經(jīng)心的，隨便的 作文 / 　　conversati

23、onal 　　a. of or commonly used in talking 會(huì)話（用）的 　　confirm 　　vt. make certain; support 證實(shí)，肯定；確定 / 　　belief 畢業(yè) 　　n. something believed; trust 相信；信念；信仰 　　thoroughly 　　ad. completely; in every way 完全地，徹底地 畢業(yè) 　　thorough a. 　　disreputable 　　a. having or showing a

24、 bad character; having a bad name 聲名狼籍的 / 　　worldly / 　　a. experienced in the ways of society 老于世故的 / 　　au fait 作文 / 　　a. （F） familiar 熟悉的；精通的 　　aha 　　int. a cry of surprise, satisfaction, etc. 啊哈！ 　　magistrate 　　n. civil officer acting as a judge in the lowest cou

25、rts 地方法官 　　conduct 　　vt. direct the course of; manage 處理；主持；引導(dǎo)；指揮 　　defence （AmE defense） 　　n. the act of defending in court the person who has been charged 辨護(hù) / 　　solicitor 　　n. （esp. in Britain） lawyer who advises clients on legal matters and speaks on their behalf in lower

26、courts （初級(jí)）律師 作文 / 　　witness 　　n. a person who gives evidence in a court of law; sth. serving as evidence or proof 證人；證據(jù) / 　　trial 　　n. the act or fact of examining and deciding a civil or criminal case by a law court 審判 畢業(yè) 　　dismiss 　　vt. （of a judge） stop （a court case） 駁回，對(duì)

27、……不予受理 / 　　cost / 　　n. （pl.） the cost of having a matter settled in a law court. esp. that paid to the winning party by the losing party 訴訟費(fèi) 　　award 　　vt. give by a decision in court of law; give or grant by an official decision 判給；授予 / 　　accent 作文 / 　　n. way of speaking

28、 typical of the natives or residents of a region, or of any other group 口音；腔調(diào) 畢業(yè) 　　respectable 　　a. deserving respect 值得尊敬的 / 　　reliable 　　a. that may be relied or depended upon 可靠的，可信賴的 　　given 畢業(yè) 　　prep. taking into account; if allowed or provided with 考慮到；假定 畢業(yè) 　

29、　obscure 　　a. not clearly seen or understood 模糊的；晦澀的 　　guilty / 　　a. having broken a law; showing or feeling that one has done wrong 有罪的；內(nèi)疚的 　　revolve 　　v. （cause to） go round in a circle （使）旋轉(zhuǎn) 　　brilliant 　　a. causing great admiration or satisfaction; splendid 輝煌的；卓越的

30、 　　courtroom 畢業(yè) 　　n. a room where a law court is held 審判室 　　meanwhile / 　　ad. during the same period of time 同時(shí) / 　　gloomily 　　ad. depressedly, dejectedly 憂郁地；沮喪地 作文 / 　　complain 　　vi. speak in an unhappy, annoyed, dissatisfied way 抱怨 / 　　complaint n. 畢業(yè) 　　rep

31、roachfully 　　ad. 責(zé)備地 　　presumably 　　ad. probably 　　outrage / 　　vt. arouse anger or resentment by injury or insult 引起……的氣憤 　　successful / 　　a. having done what one has tried to do; having gained a high position in life, ones job. etc. 成功的；有成就的 / 　　apologize 　

32、　vi. say one is sorry 道歉，謝罪 　　apology n. 　　PHRASES EXPRESSIONS 　　take sb. to court 作文 / 　　start an action in law against sb. 對(duì)某人提出訴訟 / 　　a couple of 　　（informal） a small number of, a few, usually two 少數(shù)，幾（個(gè)）； 一對(duì) 　　save up 畢業(yè) 　　keep for future use; put money away

33、 in the form of savings 儲(chǔ)蓄 　　take ones time 　　do sth. in a leisurely manner; not hurry 慢慢來，不著急 畢業(yè) 　　at first 　　at the beginning 起先 作文 / 　　turn out 畢業(yè) 　　prove to be 結(jié)果；證明是 / 　　call on 作文 / 　　ask （sb.） to do sth. esp. formally 要求 畢業(yè) 　　stand a chance 　　have an opportunity; be likely to do or get sth. 有機(jī)會(huì)，有希望 　　revolve around 　　have as a center or main subject 畢業(yè) 　　turn against 　?。╟ause to） oppose, be hostile to 　　PROPER NAMES / 　　Richmond 　　里士滿（英國地名） / 　　Richmond Magistrates Court 　　里士滿地方法院