While-reading Tasks (90 minutes) Reading comprehension 2. In what circumstances can someone be in trouble with the law' 3. What follows then? 4. What are“ arbitrary circumstances”? 5. Do arbitrary circumstances of arrest conform to the principle of law? 6. What are" the arbitrary circumstances"the author referred to? 7. How long do the Chinese students stay at home after leaving school and before going to 8. What did you do during these two months? 9. What is a"temporary job 10. How could the"obvious aimlessness"cause the trouble? 10. Why did he go to the local library? 11. Why didnt he recognize the first man as a police officer? 12. Why did the author take the officers words as a joke? 13. What does“ a perfectly straight face”mean? 14. In what circumstances will one wear"a perfectly straight face"? 15. Do you think that age is one of the factors in suspecting people of committing a crime 16. What is usually thought of a boy with "long untidy hair"? 17. Why does the author prefer appearing"cool and unconcerned with the incident"? 18. What is "this sort of situation"? nguage Polr brush, a couple of, temporary, save up, take ones time, in uniform, wander, turn out, regard as, harge, conduct, call up, stand a chance, respectable, reliable, take up, complain Structure a. "it turns out that b "given"in conditional clause 1. lawyer, solicitor, barrister Lawyer is the general term for anyone whose work it is to advise his clients about the law and ent them in court A solicitor is a lawyer who gives advice, appears in lower courts, and prepares cases for a barrister to argue in a higher court a barrister is a lawyer who has the right of speaking and arguing in the higher courts of law. 2. brush--- a short fight or quarrel; an argument or disagreement It is his third brush with the law in less than a year 3. take sb to court-- take legal action against sb I told him that I would take him to court if he did not repay the money in a week If you go on ill-treating your wife like this, you will be taken to court 4. arbitrary ---based on one's own wishes or will rather than reason3 While-reading Tasks (90 minutes) Reading comprehension 1. Understanding the meaning of the title 2. In what circumstances can someone be in trouble with the law? 3. What follows then? 4. What are “arbitrary circumstances” ? 5. Do arbitrary circumstances of arrest conform to the principle of law? 6. What are “the arbitrary circumstances” the author referred to? 7. How long do the Chinese students stay at home after leaving school and before going to university? 8. What did you do during these two months? 9. What is a “temporary job” ? 10.How could the “obvious aimlessness” cause the trouble? 10. Why did he go to the local library? 11. Why didn’t he recognize the first man as a police officer? 12. Why did the author take the officer’s words as a joke? 13. What does “a perfectly straight face” mean? 14. In what circumstances will one wear “a perfectly straight face” ? 15. Do you think that age is one of the factors in suspecting people of committing a crime? 16. What is usually thought of a boy with “long untidy hair” ? 17. Why does the author prefer appearing “cool and unconcerned with the incident” ? 18. What is “this sort of situation” ? Language Points: brush, a couple of, temporary, save up, take one's time, in uniform, wander, turn out, regard as, charge, conduct, call up, stand a chance, respectable, reliable, take up, complain Structure: a. "it turns out that" b. "given" in conditional clause 1. lawyer, solicitor, barrister: Lawyer is the general term for anyone whose work it is to advise his clients about the law and represent them in court A solicitor is a lawyer who gives advice, appears in lower courts, and prepares cases for a barrister to argue in a higher court. A barrister is a lawyer who has the right of speaking and arguing in the higher courts of law. 2. brush --- a short fight or quarrel; an argument or disagreement - It is his third brush with the law in less than a year. 3. take sb to court --- take legal action against sb - I told him that I would take him to court if he did not repay the money in a week. - If you go on ill-treating your wife like this, you will be taken to court. 4. arbitrary --- based on one’s own wishes or will rather than reason