新视野大学英语读写教程（第二版）第四册Unit 6 Section BThe Biggest Threat to the Role of Police Officers.ppt

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1、Contents,Reading Skills,Introduction,Like the other skills for your use,the skill introduced in this unit does render you better able in reading.,Practice,This practice is designed to help you get a deeper insight into the skill special for this unit.,Introduction:,阅读实践,随 笔,Reading Between the Lines

2、,Up to now we have covered all the important reading skills necessary for college English and from this unit on we are going to review some of the reading skills.Reading between the lines means drawing inferences about the writers meanings,ideas,purposes,intentions or conclusions.Making inferences r

3、elies on the contextual clues,logical thinking and common sense.,Introduction:,阅读实践,随 笔,Reading Between the Lines,Here are two examples taken from Text A.,Example 1,It is easy to talk about having high moral standards but,in practice,what would one really do in such a situation?Some time ago a Briti

4、sh car manufacturer was accused of operating a fund to pay bribes,and of other questionable practices such as paying agents and purchasers an exaggerated commission,offering additional discounts,and making payments to numbered bank accounts in Switzerland.The company,Introduction：,阅读实践,随 笔,Reading B

5、etween the Lines,rejected these charges and they were later withdrawn.Nevertheless,at that time,there were people in the motor industry in Britain who were prepared to say in private:“Look,were in a very competitive business.Every year were selling more than a 1billion worth of cars abroad.If we spe

6、nd a few million pounds to keep some of the buyers happy,whos hurt?If we didnt do it,someone else would.”(Para.3)Question:What is implied in this paragraph?,Introduction：,阅读实践,随 笔,Example 2,Reading Between the Lines,Answer:In a highly competitive business world,keeping high moral standards is someth

7、ing easier said than done.,In a well-known British newspaper,a writer argued recently that“industry is caught in a web of bribery”and that everyone is“on the take”.This is probably an exaggeration.However,todays,Introduction：,阅读实践,随 笔,Question:What does“business interests”imply?,Reading Between the

8、Lines,Answer:“Business interests”here implies making profits.,businessman,selling in overseas markets,will frequently meet situations where it is difficult to square his business interests with his moral conscience.(Para.11),Practice,阅读技巧,随 笔,Directions:As you read Text B the first time,use context

9、clues and common sense to guess the possible answers to the questions between the paragraphs.Keep checking your ideas as you read further.Then compare your answers with a classmates to see if you understand the writers meaning the same way.,Text Study,New Words,课文阅读,随 笔,阅读理解,问题预览,New Words,课文阅读,随 笔,

10、阅读理解,问题预览,Proper Names,课文阅读,随 笔,阅读理解,问题预览,Questions Previewing,词汇学习,课文阅读,随 笔,阅读理解,For you to be better conditioned for reading as fast as required in the new type of examination“Fast Reading”,Text B can serve to be your fast-reading material.But,for this to be achieved,the best course of action is t

11、o know what to scan for in your skimming.Thus,the trick is to keep in your mind the key words of each question before you start off.That is where the“Question Previewing”comes in.,Questions Previewing,词汇学习,课文阅读,随 笔,阅读理解,Directions:Decide whether the following statements are true(T)or false(F)accordi

12、ng to the text.,1.Every summer some journalists gather at a former training camp just to watch the training of Londons special armed police unit.2.Actors imitate the situations which may actually occur on the streets in front of the journalists,who are asked to make difficult decisions.3.Most journa

13、lists involved in the tests didnt make correct decisions.,Questions Previewing,词汇学习,课文阅读,随 笔,阅读理解,4.A large number of the armed specialists are hired mainly for the dangerous tasks.5.Police officers cant ask for leave for medical reasons until they are disabled in the fight against crime.6.More than

14、 half of the police officers dont like the idea of widespread arming partly because they dont want to take on more responsibilities.,Questions Previewing,词汇学习,课文阅读,随 笔,阅读理解,7.Local residents can seldom see police officers walking on the streets because the police officers know that the public are as

15、ked to watch the streets themselves.8.Most street officers believe that extra duties changed their role.,Passage Reading,词汇学习,问题预览,随 笔,阅读理解,The Biggest Threat to the Role of Police Officers,Chinese,Para.1 Every summer about a dozen journalists gather at a former army training camp north of London to

16、 spend the day watching the training of Londons special armed police unit.These are the people who regularly have to tackle the increasing number of criminals who are prepared to carry guns.,Question 1,Passage Reading,词汇学习,问题预览,随 笔,阅读理解,Chinese,Para.2a The journalists also get a chance to shoot a gu

17、n on the practice rangenone of it seems that difficult,and we put most of the bullets somewhere on the target.But then we move on to the next stage of the training,where some of the problems,which actually crop up on the street are imitated.,词汇学习,问题预览,随 笔,阅读理解,Question 2,Chinese,Passage Reading,Read

18、ing Between the Lines,词汇学习,问题预览,随 笔,阅读理解,Q.1 Why do actors act out various types of conditions?,A.They act out various types of situations to bring the people in the training camp into some real life situations.,Passage Reading,词汇学习,问题预览,随 笔,阅读理解,Chinese,Para.3a Does the man holding a woman in front

19、 of him really have a gun or not?Is the man apparently preparing to surrender really going to,or is he going to raise the gun in front of him and shoot?,Passage Reading,词汇学习,问题预览,随 笔,阅读理解,Chinese,Para.3b We have to decide whether to shoot and when,just like the police officer has to when faced with

20、this situation for real.The journalists results here were not so impressive.I am afraid we killed many an innocent person carrying nothing more lethal than a stick.,Question 3,Reading Between the Lines,Q.2 Why did journalists“kill”many innocent persons?,A.Because the journalists are inexperienced in

21、 deciding whom to shoot,whether or not to shoot and when to shoot.As a result,they“killed”innocent people because of mistakes of judgment.,词汇学习,问题预览,随 笔,阅读理解,Passage Reading,词汇学习,问题预览,随 笔,阅读理解,Chinese,Question 4,Para.4 The debate over whether more police in Britain should be armed with guns has been

22、 going on for years.The current policy is to have a small number of specialists available in each of the 43 police departments in Britain.They are kept up to scratch with intensive and regular training.,Passage Reading,词汇学习,问题预览,随 笔,阅读理解,Chinese,Para.5 But the wisdom of that policy has been question

23、ed as the amount of violence encountered by the police has grown.It is usually the ordinary street officer who is on the wrong end of this,rather than the armed experts who arrive rather later.,词汇学习,问题预览,随 笔,阅读理解,Para.6 To see the direction in which the British police are heading,consider the experi

24、ence of the Northumbria police who have responsibility for law and order in 5,000 square kilometers of Northeast England.The population is 1.5 million,living in rural areas and a few urban centers.The 3,600 police officers in the force deal with all the typical problems thrown up by the Britain of t

25、he 1990s.,Chinese,Passage Reading,Passage Reading,词汇学习,问题预览,随 笔,阅读理解,Chinese,Question 5,Para.7 John Stevens,head of the Northumbria Police Department,has just published his review of the past years.During 1994,for example,61 officers(54 men and 7 women)were forced into early retirement after being a

26、ttacked on duty.Before being allowed to leave the police for medical reasons,they lost between them 12,000 days on sick leave:the equivalent of 50 police officers off the street for a full year.,词汇学习,问题预览,随 笔,阅读理解,Para.8 Stevens makes this observation:“The personal cost of policing has never been so

27、 high.One-third of the officers leaving were disabled in the very worst degree and will suffer for the rest of their lives for their efforts in the fight against crime.”,Chinese,Passage Reading,Passage Reading,词汇学习,问题预览,随 笔,阅读理解,Chinese,Para.9 This picture of a policemans lot could be repeated in ma

28、ny other parts of Britain,yet the police themselves still oppose more widespread arming of their officers.The most recent survey,conducted last year,showed thatonly 46%were in favor.(To Para.10),Question 6,Reading Between the Lines,Q.3 Why do the police oppose more widespread arming of the officers?

29、,A.They probably dont want to take on more responsibilities.,词汇学习,问题预览,随 笔,阅读理解,Passage Reading,词汇学习,问题预览,随 笔,阅读理解,Chinese,Para.10 The general public,however,likes the idea:67%favored wider issuing of guns.But they,of course,would not have to carry them and maybe even use them.Recalling my own exper

30、ience shooting a gun on the practice range,I certainly would not want the responsibility.,Question 6,Passage Reading,词汇学习,问题预览,随 笔,阅读理解,Chinese,Para.11 It is clear to everyone that the police need more protection against the gun and the knife.They already carry longer clubs to replace the old ones.T

31、hey have access to knife-resistant coats and gloves.,Passage Reading,词汇学习,问题预览,随 笔,阅读理解,Chinese,Para.12 The likely next step is agreement from the government to test pepper spray,an organic substance derived from peppers that disables an attacker if sprayed in his face.If used properly,the discomfor

32、t,although extreme,is only temporary.Provided the spray is washed away with water,recovery should be complete within a couple of hours.Unpleasant,certainly,but better than being shot.,Passage Reading,词汇学习,问题预览,随 笔,阅读理解,Chinese,Para.13 Many people in Britain would not mind seeing their police with lo

33、nger clubs or even pepper spray.They would just like to see them.I have lost count of the times we have been filming police officers on the street when local residents have come up to us and told us it is the first time in weeks they have seen police in the area.,Reading Between the Lines,Q.4 What d

34、o people in Britain want about the police officers?,A.They want armed officers to ensure social security instead of protecting themselves by carrying guns.,词汇学习,问题预览,随 笔,阅读理解,Passage Reading,词汇学习,问题预览,随 笔,阅读理解,Chinese,Para.14a Actually the biggest threat to the traditional image and role of police o

35、fficers does not come from guns and armed crime but the increase in the tasks we expect the police to carry out.,词汇学习,问题预览,随 笔,阅读理解,Para.14b New laws and police priorities are taking up so much time that many forces simply cannot afford to let their officers walk up and down the streets.Politicians

36、are now asking members of the public to watch the streets.In some prosperous areas,local people pay private security firms.,Question 7,Chinese,Passage Reading,Passage Reading,词汇学习,问题预览,随 笔,阅读理解,Chinese,Question 8,Para.15 Many officers believe it is all these extra duties,rather than the fear of bein

37、g shot,that have really changed their role.In future,if you want to know what time it is there might not be much point asking a policeman.He either will not be there to ask or will not have the time to answer.,Reading Between the Lines,Q.5 What can you infer from the last sentence?,A.The policeman h

38、as been so much occupied with some extra duties that they wouldnt have time even for answering questions.,词汇学习,问题预览,随 笔,阅读理解,Reading Comprehension,词汇学习,问题预览,随 笔,课文阅读,Choice MakingDirections:Decide whether the following statements are true(T)or false(F)according to the text.,1.Every summer some journ

39、alists gather at a former training camp just to watch the training of Londons special armed police unit.,2.Actors imitate the situations which may actually occur on the streets in front of the journalists,who are asked to make difficult decisions.,F,F,Refer to Para.1,Refer to Para.2,Reading Comprehe

40、nsion,词汇学习,问题预览,随 笔,课文阅读,3.Most journalists involved in the tests didnt make correct decisions.,4.A large number of the armed specialists are hired mainly for the dangerous tasks.,5.Police officers cant ask for leave for medical reasons until they are disabled in the fight against crime.,T,F,F,Refer

41、 to Para.3,Refer to Para.4,Refer to Para.7,Reading Comprehension,词汇学习,问题预览,随 笔,课文阅读,6.More than half of the police officers dont like the idea of widespread arming partly because they dont want to take on more responsibilities.,7.Local residents can seldom see police officers walking on the streets

42、because the police officers know that the public are asked to watch the streets themselves.,8.Most street officers believe that extra duties changed their role.,T,F,T,Refer to Paras.9-10,Refer to Para.14,Refer to Para.15,Test Yourself,Long Conversations,In-Depth Reading,In this section,you will hear

43、 3 long conversations.At the end of each conversation,3 or 4 questions will be asked about what was said.Both the conversation and the questions will be spoken only once.After each question there will be a pause.During the pause,you must read the four choices marked A),B),C)and D),and decide which i

44、s the best answer.,Long Conversations,Directions,随 笔,深层阅读,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,Questions 1 to 4 are based on the conversation you are going to hear.,Q.1.A)Hepickedupsomeapplesinhisyard.B)Hecutsomebranchesofftheappletree.C)Hequarreledwithhisneighboroverthefence.D)Hecleanedupallthegarbageinthewomansya

45、rd.,Q.:Whatdidthemandoyesterday?,Conversation I,Script,随 笔,深层阅读,Q.2.A)Trimtheappletreesinheryard.B)Pickuptheapplesthatfellinheryard.C)Takethegarbagetothecurbforher.D)Removethebranchesfromheryard.,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,Q.:Whatdidthewomanaskthemantodo?,Conversation I,Script,随 笔,深层阅读,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,1

46、0,Q.:Whatdidthewomanthreatentodo?,Conversation I,Q.3.A)Filealawsuitagainsttheman.B)Askthemanforcompensation.C)Havethemansappletreecutdown.D)Throwgarbageintothemansyard.,Script,随 笔,深层阅读,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,Q.:Whatwasthemansreactiontothe womansthreat?,Conversation I,Q.4.A)Hewasreadytomakeaconcession.

47、B)Hewasnotintimidated.C)Hewasnotpreparedtogotocourt.D)Hewasabitconcerned.,Script,随 笔,深层阅读,Q.5.A)About seven days.B)Over seven days.C)Almost eight days.D)Nearly ten days.,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,Q.:According to the woman,for how long will the mans package get to Colombia by the fastest way?,Conversation

48、 II,Questions 5 to 7 are based on the conversation you are going to hear.,Script,随 笔,深层阅读,Q.6.A)By telephoning his friend.B)By writing his friend a letter.C)By checking the post office s records.D)By the signature of his friend on the return receipt.,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,Q.:How can the man know that

49、 his friend has received the package?,Conversation II,Script,随 笔,深层阅读,Q.7.A)Yes,because they are faster.B)No,because they cost more.C)Yes,because they are very good.D)No,because they dont operate outside the United States.,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,Q.:Will the man send the package using the overnight del

50、ivery services and why?,Conversation II,Script,随 笔,深层阅读,Q.8.A)Bad weather.B)Human error.C)Breakdown of the engines.D)Failure of the communications system.,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,Q.:Whatwasthecauseofthetragedy?,Conversation III,Questions 8 to 10 are based on the conversation you are going to hear.,Scri