Unit 7

1. Unit 7

2. Teaching Objectives 1. Enlarge vocabulary. 2. Talk about guns and crime. 3. Learn to read between the lines. 4. Learn to write a passage using cause analysis method

3. Sections Section A Face to Face with Guns Section B Should I Have a Gun? Section C A Bank Robbery

4. Section A Face to Face with Guns

5. Background Information Warming-up Activities Text Analysis Vocabulary Study Vocabulary Test Writing Table of Contents

6. Background Information (1) • What is a gun ? Gun: a weapon from which bullets or shells are fired

7. Background Information (2) • Sample pictures of some guns • Red Army Self-propelled Gun

8. Background Information (3) Revolver Shotgun Semi-automatic pistol

9. Background Information (4) • Victimization • ● According to the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) in 2002, 353,880 victims of serious violent crimes stated that they faced an offender with a firearm. • ● Victimizations involving a firearm represented 7% of the 5.3 million violent crimes. • ● The FBI's Crime in the United States estimated that 63% of the 15,980 murders in 2001 were committed with firearms.

10. Background Information (5) • Offenders • ●According to the 1997 Survey of State Prison Inmates, among those possessing a gun, the source of the gun was from - • a flea market or gun show for fewer than 2% • a retail store or pawnshop for about 12% • family, friends, a street buy, or an illegal source for 80% • ●During the offense that brought them to prison, 15% of State inmates and 13% of Federal inmates carried a handgun, and about 2%, a military-style semiautomatic gun.

11. Background Information (6) • ●On average, State inmates possessing a firearm received sentences of 18 years, while those without a weapon had an average sentence of 12 years. • ●Among prisoners carrying a firearm during their crime, 40% of State inmates and 56% of Federal inmates received a sentence enhancement because of the firearm.

12. Background Information (7) U.S. Constitution Amendment II Bill of Rights Amendment II A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed.

13. Two positions on gun issue Favoring gun control Favoring gun right Vs.

14. Respective Organizations Organizations favoring gun control: American Bar Association [1999 Legislative and Governmental Priorities] ABA Co-coordinating Committee on Gun Violence American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) Gun Control Handgun Control Inc./Center to Prevent Handgun Violence (Sarah Brady, Chair) Handgun Epidemic Lowering Plan (HELP) Organizations favoring gun rights: Citizens Committee for the Rights to Keep and Bear Arms (CCRKBA) Doctors for Responsible Gun Ownership Gun Owners of America (GOA) Independence Institute Jews for the Preservation of Firearm Ownership The Lawyers Second Amendment Society National Rifle Association (NRA) NRA Live Second Amendment Foundation (SAF)

15. Warming-up Activities (1) • Guess Work: Is it an organization favoring • gun control or gun right ?

16. Warming-up Activities (2) • 1.How many things did the thieves • get from the man? What were they? The thieves stole totally three things from the man: they are respectively the man’s money, watch and KFC.

17. Warming-up Activities (3) 2.What saved the man’s life? Actually, it was the man’s KFC that saved the man’s life when the thieves found it. With the man’s KFC, these thieves ran away.

18. Warming-up Activities (4) • 3. Why can’t most victims of armed attacks identity their offenders? Because they focus their attention on the guns rather than on their users during the encounter.

19. Warming-up Activities (5) • 4. Why are most victims of armed attacks unable to identity their offenders according to the writer?

20. Warming-up Activities (6) • 5. What did the method the robbers used in robbing him suggest according to a police officer?

21. Text Analysis Part One The robbery P 1 --- P25 Part Two After the robbery P 26 --- P34

22. Part One The Robbery Despite my cautiousness, I encountered a robbery. Exposition ( P1-12 ) My life threatened when the robber’s partner appeared. Complication & Climax ( P13-19 ) Robbers sped away with my w., w. & KFC; I spared. Denouement ( P20-25 )

23. Part Two After the Robbery I reported the robbery to the police ( P26-29 ) I looked through the mug shots to identify the robbers ( P30-31 ) My reflections ( P32-34 )

24. Main idea of the text • One night two armed young men robbed me of money, watch and even KFC. Next day, I went to look through the mug shots at the police station, affected with the impression that these young men, like a raging current, were eating at the foundations of what we had held dear.

25. Vocabulary Study You should memorize the following core vocabulary and useful structure.

26. cautious a. 谨慎的，十分小心的 • 扩展：caution n.＆v. precaution n.预防性措施 • 搭配：be cautious of/about sth./ doing sth对…小心的，谨慎的 • 例句：Generally speaking, most Chinese are cautious about expressing opinions, but that should not be an excuse for students not to open their mouth to speak English.总的说来，大多数中国人对发表意见持谨慎态度，但这不该是学生不开口说英语的理由。

27. exception n.除外，例外 • 扩展：exceptional a. • except conj. & prep. & v. • 搭配：with the exception of 除…之外 • without exception无例外的 • take exception to …反对，表示 • 抗议

28. 例句：Every student must obey the regulations set by school and there is no exception for it. • 每个学生都要遵守学校的规章制度，没有人例外。 • On the whole, all freshmen have to receive military training without exception as soon as they enter universities.总的说来，所有的新生在刚进大学时就要无一例外地接受军训。

29. enlarge vt.扩大，扩展 • 扩展：enlargement n. • 搭配：enlarge on/ upon详述 • 例句：College students may get acquainted with more people by enlarging the scope of their social activities.通过扩大社会活动的范围，大学生可以结识更多的人。 • Good teachers can not only give facts, but also enlarge on them. • 好的老师不仅能罗列事实，他们还能进行详细的解释。

30. polish v. 擦光；使完美，改进 n.鞋油；磨光；优美 • 扩展：polished a. • 搭配：polish off很快做完；快速吃完 • 例句：Only through constant practice, can you polish your essay and improve your writing ability.只有通过不断的练习，你才能使文章完美，提高写作能力。 • Some students polish off their homework as early as possible in order to spend more time in playing PC games. • 为了多花点时间玩电脑游戏，有些学生尽可能快地做完家庭作业。

31. attach vt.连接；贴，系 • 扩展：attachment n. attached a. • 搭配： • be attached to爱慕，依恋；附属于 attach importance to sth.认为…重要 • attach sth. to sth.把…附在或贴在…上

32. 例句：Great importance is attached to developing new, clean and efficient cars because of environmental pollution and energy shortages. • 因为环境污染，能源匮乏，人们认为研制新型的清洁、节能型汽车非常重要。 • To some extent, the only children in Chinese families are over-protected and tend to be attached to their parents. • 在某种程度上，中国家庭中的独生子女受父母过多的保护，往往非常依恋父母。

33. detail n.细节，详情 • 扩展：detailed a. • 搭配：in detail详细地 go into details详细叙述 • 例句：It is suggested when writing, students first give an outline, then develop their ideas in detail建议学生在写作时，先列出提纲，先后详细地展开想法。 • Would you please go into more details about your story so that we can know it better? • 你能较详细地谈一下你的经历吗？以便让我们更明白一点。

34. rob vt.抢劫；剥夺，使失去 • 扩展：robber n. robbery n. 谚rob Peter to pay Paul借东还西 • 搭配：rob sb. of sth.抢劫某人某物；让…失去 • 例句：It was reported several thieves had robbed the bank of a large amount of money and killed the clerks in broad daylight. • 据报道，几个贼在光天化日之下抢了银行大量的钱，并杀死了银行职员。 • It is poverty that robs many people of dignity. 贫穷让许多人失去尊严。

35. current n.潮流；气流；流速 a.现时的，当前的 • 扩展：currency n. 货币；流传 currently ad. • 搭配：current of air气流 current of thought思潮 current events/ affairs时事 • 例句：Many youngsters have tattoos, colored hair and pierced ears, believing it goes with the current of the times.许多年轻人纹身，染发，穿耳洞，认为这符合时代潮流。 • The current exam system, determined by Chinese national conditions, has lots of inevitable disadvantages in selecting people. • 取决于中国国情的现行考试体系，在选拔人材上有很多不可避免的弊端。

36. foundation n.基础，根据；基金会 • 扩展：found v. foundational a. • 搭配：lay a foundation for sth.为…打基础 found…on/ upon…把…建立在…之上 • 例句： • It is true that peace of mind is the foundation of happiness. • 心态平和是快乐的基础，的确如此。

37. Do you think mutual appreciation and admiration between couples will lay a solid foundation for a happy marriage? • 你认为夫妻间的相互欣赏、赞美能为幸福的婚姻打下一个牢固的基础吗？

38. face to face (with)面对面地；无法逃避，只能去处理 • There is no point in complaining when we come face to face with poverty. • 面对贫穷时，抱怨是没用的。

39. pull into（车）停靠；驶向（一旁） • As the train pulled into the railway station, a few familiar faces came into sight. • 火车进站了，几张熟悉的面孔映入眼帘。

40. rather than而不 • People in big cities want a cleaner and quieter environment for living rather than one full of pollution and noises. • 生活在大城市的人们需要一个清洁、宁静的生活环境而不是充满污染和喧嚣的环境。

41. look through浏览，仔细检查 • Sometimes, it is not necessary to read an article word by word or sentence by sentence, you can get its main idea just by looking it through. • 有时，阅读时不必逐字逐句，通过浏览你就可以知道主题思想。

42. out of control失去控制 • The political situation of Iraq went completely out of control when the war broke out. • 战争爆发时，伊拉克的政局完全失去控制。

43. Vocabulary Test Choose the best answer to each question

44. D 1) While _______ the sun, the satellite has sent more than four billion bits of information back to earth. A. having orbited B. being orbited C. having been orbited D. orbiting 2) I hope that you’ll be more careful in typing the letter. Don’t ______ anything. A. withdraw B. omit C. reduce D. leak B

45. A 3) We don’t need air conditioning, ________. A. nor can we afford it B. and nor we can afford it C. neither can afford it D. and we can neither afford it 4) Once out of the earth’s gravity, the astronaut is _______ by the problem of weightlessness. A. affected B. effected C. inclined D. related A

46. A 5) The ______ of blood always makes him feel sick. A. sight B. view C. look D. form 6) _______ might be expected, the response to the question was very mixed. A. It B. That C. As D. What C

47. D 7) If I correct someone, I will do it with as much good humor and self-restraint as if I were the one ______. A. to correct B. correcting C. having corrected D. being corrected 8) All the students in this class pass3edd the English exam ____ the exception of May. A. on B. with C. for D. in B

48. D 9) Yong adults ______ older people are more likely to prefer pop songs. A. other than B. more than C. less than D. rather than 10) The mad man was put in the soft-padded cell lest he _____ himself. A. injure B. had injured C. injured D. can injure A

49. Fill in the blanks with the words in the text 1. She is quite _______ that we do not look at the matter the same way. 2. My father is a _______ motorist; he never does any dangerous driving. So I do’t believe that he would be part of such an accident. offended cautious

50. 3. He is used to ______________ his • notes before he starts to write the • report. • 4. The train ___________ the station • at six and all the passengers got • off the train one after another. • 5.English teachers should ________ • the continual use of English during • class in order to improve the • students’ speaking ability. looking through pulled into advocate