Week 12 Science and Technology.ppt

Week 12 Science and Technology Pair News Reports On one of the following topics Criminal charges (definition classification) Common law and civil law The difference of being charged and being indicted Hearing, court trial and conviction Jury and Grand Jury Vocabulary Quiz (Crime Investigation) Murder Manslaughter Assault misconduct in office. felony Misdemeanor Conflicts of interest (optional) State’s attorney Law enforcement Homicide Autopsy handcuff cardiac arrest Quiz on reading task(Los Angeles sues Wells Fargo, alleging fraud by employees) Para. 1-3: A Lawsuit: Against whom? Filed by whom? For what? Para. 4-6: The bank’s response? Para. 7-9: Translate the three sentences while assimilating the knowledge about the legal system in this part. Para. 10-12: A case Para. 13-15: An Analysis of the reasons behind the “fraudulent conduct” What causes this common “fraudulent conduct” in customer banking? Para. 16-20: A focus on “bundling” / “cross-selling” What? How？ Reading activity:on Science and Technology Science and technology  Summary of the hypothesis / assertion / technology [Lead + Elaboration of Lead] Significance [important background information] Experiments/researches (quantitative method prevailing in era of positivism) [details 1] Enlightenments + more questions to be answered [details 2] News articles Social science: Children exposed to multiple languages may be better natural communicators (intensive reading) Natural science: How your brain reacts to emotional information is influenced by your genes (intensive reading) How the brain balances hearing between our ears (after-class reading with task) Technology: --Biotech: Nano memory cell can mimic the brain’s long-term memory (extensive reading) --Health Medicine: Scientists regenerate bone tissue using only proteins secreted by stem cells (extensive reading) Homework Reading: Read the rest of the articles for this week; prepare for a quiz on “How th