练习材料:
L35-1:Justice was done
The word justice is usually associated with courts of law. We might say that justice has been done when a man's innocence or guilt has been proved beyond doubt. Justice is part of the complex machinery of the law. Those who seek it, undertake an arduous journey and can never be sure that they will find it. Judges, however wise or eminent, are human and can make mistakes.
There are rare instances when justice almost ceases to be an abstract conception. Reward or punishment are meted out quite independent of human interference. At such times, justice acts like a living force. When we use a phrase like it serves him right, we are, in part, admitting that a certain set of circumstances has enabled justice to act of its own accord. When a thief was caught on the premises of a large fur store one morning, the shop assistants must have found it impossible to resist the temptation to say 'it serves him right'. The shop was an old-fashioned one with many large, disused fireplaces and tall, narrow chimneys. '
ðə wɜːd ˈʤʌstɪs ɪz ˈjuːʒʊəli əˈsəʊʃɪeɪtɪd wɪð kɔːts ɒv lɔː. wiː maɪt seɪ ðæt ˈʤʌstɪs hæz biːn dʌn wɛn ə mænz ˈɪnəsəns ɔː gɪlt hæz biːn pruːvd bɪˈjɒnd daʊt. ˈʤʌstɪs ɪz pɑːt ɒv ðə ˈkɒmplɛks məˈʃiːnəri ɒv ðə lɔː. ðəʊz huː siːk ɪt, ˌʌndəˈteɪk ən ˈɑːdjʊəs ˈʤɜːni ænd kæn ˈnɛvə biː ʃʊə ðæt ðeɪ wɪl faɪnd ɪt. ˈʤʌʤɪz, haʊˈɛvə waɪz ɔːr ˈɛmɪnənt, ɑː ˈhjuːmən ænd kæn meɪk mɪsˈteɪks.
ðeər ɑː reər ˈɪnstənsɪz wɛn ˈʤʌstɪs ˈɔːlməʊst ˈsiːsɪz tuː biː ən ˈæbstrækt kənˈsɛpʃən. rɪˈwɔːd ɔː ˈpʌnɪʃmənt ɑː ˈmiːtɪd aʊt kwaɪt ˌɪndɪˈpɛndənt ɒv ˈhjuːmən ˌɪntəˈfɪərəns. æt sʌʧ taɪmz, ˈʤʌstɪs ækts laɪk ə ˈlɪvɪŋ fɔːs. wɛn wiː juːz ə freɪz laɪk ɪt sɜːvz hɪm raɪt, wiː ɑː, ɪn pɑːt, ədˈmɪtɪŋ ðæt ə ˈsɜːtn sɛt ɒv ˈsɜːkəmstənsɪz hæz ɪˈneɪbld ˈʤʌstɪs tuː ækt ɒv ɪts əʊn əˈkɔːd. wɛn ə θiːf wɒz kɔːt ɒn ðə ˈprɛmɪsɪz ɒv ə lɑːʤ fɜː stɔː wʌn ˈmɔːnɪŋ, ðə ʃɒp əˈsɪstənts mʌst hæv faʊnd ɪt ɪmˈpɒsəbl tuː rɪˈzɪst ðə tɛmpˈteɪʃən tuː seɪ ɪt sɜːvz hɪm raɪt. ðə ʃɒp wɒz ən əʊld-ˈfæʃənd wʌn wɪð ˈmɛni lɑːʤ, dɪsˈjuːzd ˈfaɪəˌpleɪsɪz ænd tɔːl, ˈnærəʊ ˈʧɪmniz. '
任务配置:
L0+L4
知识笔记:
新词:associate 联想;innocence 清白,无罪的人;doubt 怀疑;complex 复杂的;seek 追求;undertake 承诺;arduous 艰巨的;judge 法官;eminent 显赫、杰出的;instance 情况,例子;cease 终止,结束;abstract 抽象、理论上的;conception 概念;mete 给予;independent 自主的;interference 干涉,介入;force 力,武力;circumstance 情境;resist 抵抗;disuse 不用,废弃;chimney 烟囱,壁炉;
词组:associate with 联系,与…交往;court of law 法庭;beyond doubt 毫无疑问;cease to 某件事停止下来;at such times 在这样的时刻;in part 在某种程度上,部分地;
练习感悟:
今天的知识笔记实在是有点可怕,所幸还是早起了,要不然是不可能这么详细去完成的……怎么说呢,这个学期两次英语的单元测,第一次99,因为作文扣了一分,题目全对;这一次大家对完答案好像也是说我的题目是全对的……
不知道是试卷比较简单的问题,还是我的水平有所提升。拭目以待,月考的成绩吧。