Lesson 35 Justice was done 伸张正义
一、【Text】课文
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 converted house with many large, disused fireplaces and tall, narrow chimneys. Towards midday, a girl heard a muffled cry coming from behind one of the walls. As the cry was repeated several times, she ran to tell the manager who promptly rang up the fire brigade. The cry had certainly come from one of the chimneys, but as there were so many of them, the fire fighters could not be certain which one it was. They located the right chimney by tapping at the walls and listening for the man's cries. After chipping through a wall which was eighteen inches thick, they found that a man had been trapped in the chimney. As it was extremely narrow, the man was unable to move, but the firemen were eventually able to free him by cutting a huge hole in the wall. The sorry-looking, blackened figure that emerged, at once admitted that he had tried to break into the shop during the night but had got stuck in the chimney. He had been there for nearly ten hours. Justice had been done even before the man was handed over to the police.
二、【New words and expressions】生词和短语
●justice n. 正义，公正；司法
●coust n. 法院
●law n. 法律
●innocence n. 无辜
●undertake v. 承担，着手做
●arduous adj. 艰苦的，艰难的
●abstract adj. 抽象的
●concept n. 概念，观念
●mete out 给予，处置
●interference n. 干涉
●accord n. 一致
●premises n. 房屋
●convert v. 转变，改变
●disused adj. 不再用的，废弃的
●fireplace n. 壁炉
●muffle v. 捂住，厌抑
●chip v. 砍，削，凿
●bkacken v. 不变黑
●emerge v. （从某处）出现
●justice n. 正义，公正；司法
Justice is done 正义得到伸张
bring justice to the criminal 把罪犯缉拿归案
do justice to sb 公正地对待某人
give oneself up to justice 自首
in justice to sth/ sb. 为了对……公正起见
Eg: They decided to investigate the case in justice to person.为了对这件案件公正起见，他们决定调查这个案件
injustice 不公平，不公正
●coust n. 法院
●law n. 法律
take law into one's own hand 无法无天
take the law of sb 控告
at law 在诉讼中
within the law 合法
outside the law 不合法
lawyer 律师
lawful 有法可依的
laefully adv.
lawless 无法可依的
lawlessly adv.
●innocence n. 无辜
inocent adj. 无辜的
●undertake v. 承担，着手做
take up
undertake to do 承担，开始做
开始做…………
start to do sth/ take off doing sth / be engaged in sth / set out to do / set about doing / perform sth.
... on the way 在进行中
The discuss on the way.
●arduous adj. 艰苦的，艰难的
Study English is an arduous job.
-ous adj.
industrious,
laborious,
strenuous
●abstract adj. 抽象的
●concept n. 概念，观念
●mete out 给予，处置
●interference n. 干涉
●accord n. 一致
==agree with
in accord with 和……一致
out of accord with 和……不一致
of one's own accord 自然而然的
Justice is down of it’s own accord.
according to: 依据，根据
in accordance with 依据(法律，规章，制度),比较正式
●premises n. 房屋
residence 住处，居留地（正式用法）
dwelling 供人居住的地方
house 住房
housing 房（总称）
The housing problem
●convert v. 转变，改变
●disused adj. 不再用的，废弃的
misused 弄错了的
used 用过了的
second hand 二手的
●fireplace n. 壁炉
●muffle v. 捂住，厌抑
●chip v. 砍，削，凿
chop 砍
●blacken v. 不变黑
●emerge v. （从某处）出现
三、【课文精析】
be associated with == be connected with, be related to 与......相联系
we might say that: 我们也许会说
beyond prep. 超出某种范围，限度（与名词搭配）
beyond believe 难以相信
beyond words 难以形容
beyond description 难以描述
beyond question 难以置疑
beyond hope 没有希望
beyond recovery 康复无望
beyond dispute 无可争议
beyond contention 无可争辨
beyond imagination 难以想像
beyond meature 难以度量
beyond understanding 无法理解
beyond comparing
beyond one’s +名词 超出了某人的......
beyond his power.
You are beyond his recognition.
Your beauty is beyond my description.
The text is beyond the student comprehension.
part of 部分(+单数名词)
pars of 几部分，若干部分(+单数名词)
Those who seek it, undertake an arduous journey and can never be sure that they will find it.
however== no matter how
judges:
There are rare instances when+从句 : 在极个别的情况下
There are rare instances when women are not equal to men.
cease （正式）彻底的停止，暗示动作的突然性
His heart suddenly cease to beat.
sease to do
stop 广泛，不正式)不强调方式，只强调结果
quite independent of human interference ----形容词短语做定语，说明主句的状况
He deserves it / It serves him right 罪有应得
At such times: 在有的时候
we are, in part, admitting that
enabled sb. to do
of its own accord
Key sentence:
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'.
found it impossible to resist the temptation to say ...（双否）
I found it impossible to resist the temptation to buy the beauty dress.
come from behind 从后面
promptly = immediately
located the right chimney
by tapping at the walls and listening for the man’s cries
Eg: We are listening for the clock to announce the New Year.
get stuck 被卡住了
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