Unit 1 A Brush with a Law I.Teaching Aims 1.Help the studentsto get the general idea of the article. 2.Enlarge the students'vocabulary by learning the new words and doing the vocabulary exercises 3.Help the students understand the law and justice. 4.Help the students to build up their language skills through more exercises on oral practice,phrases and expression,grammar,writing.etc II.Key and Difficult Points 1.New Words and Phrases dismiss,stand a chance,given,revolve,reproach,take offone's cap 2.Sentences (1)It must have been this obvious aimlessness that led to my downfall. (2)It must have been this obvious aimlessness that led to my downfall. (3)...in the most casual and conversational 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. (4)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. III.Teaching Methods Discussion,explanation,ask and answer IV.Time:4 periods V.Teaching procedures: Step one Introduction 1.Warm-up questions: Unit 1 A Brush with a Law I. Teaching Aims 1. Help the students to get the general idea of the article. 2. Enlarge the students’ vocabulary by learning the new words and doing the vocabulary exercises. 3. Help the students understand the law and justice. 4. Help the students to build up their language skills through more exercises on oral practice, phrases and expression, grammar, writing, etc. II. Key and Difficult Points 1. New Words and Phrases arbitrary, save up, take one’s time, intent, arrestable, turn out, confirm, disreputable, dismiss, stand a chance, given, revolve, reproach, take off one’s cap 2. Sentences (1) It must have been this obvious aimlessness that led to my downfall. (2) It must have been this obvious aimlessness that led to my downfall. (3) …in the most casual and conversational 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. (4) 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. III. Teaching Methods Discussion, explanation, ask and answer IV. Time: 4 periods V. Teaching procedures: Step one Introduction 1. Warm-up questions: