lesson Five Twelve Angry Men 现代大学英语电子课件book 3.ppt

Language points Lay sb. Out to knock sb. down 把…打晕 例： The robber laid the man out. 抢劫犯把这个人打晕了。 There’s no point standing. There ‘s no reason why we should all stand here. (注释) There is no point … 表示“没有什么原因/意义”。 例：I could see that there was no point in arguing with him. 我知道和他争论没有什么意义。 Talk it Out to solve Or decide sth .through discussing 通过讨论来解决或决定某事。 例：We need to spend a little time talking it out . 我们需要花点时间谈谈，以解决这个问题。 * * * Discussions 2.How did it fall piece by piece through the discussion? 1.What was the evidence against the boy? About the author Reginald Rose (1920----) is a native New Yorker, best known as a writer for television. The Twelve Angry Men was written in 1954 based on his experience as a juror. The play was turned into a movie in 1957 with Henry Fonda starring as No.8. The present text if based on of that movie, with much abridgement. What distinguished Rose’s teleplays was their direct preoccupation with social and political issues. Background Twelve Angry Men was adapted by Reginald Rose in 1950s. It is about an 18-year-old boy who is on trial for murder, accused of knifing his father to death. Twelve jurors retire to the jury room, having been admonished that the defendant innocent until prevent guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. It turned out that in the voting, all the 11 jurors vote for conviction, except No.8, who feels there is a reasonable doubt, which prevents a quick verdict. At last, juror 8 convinces every man on the jury that the charge to the defendant was not conclusively proved to convict him Questions on the text 1.Why doesn’t the author give names to the characters in the drama? Is this play merely a conflict among people or is it also a conflict of ideas? Give some comments. 2.What was the evidence presented at the court against the boy? What would have happened to the boy if he had been found guilty? 3.What does No.8 do that casts the first serious doubt on the b