Band three Unit 1 Section A The expensive fantasy of lord williams Warm-up questions What do you know about crime? What type of crime does the main character commit in section A? We encounter crime everywhere-on TV, in our neighborhoods, in our homes, with our friends, or maybe even from ourselves. During the following part you will find information about different types of crime. Know the facts to fight crime ypes of crimes Offenses are divided by law into criminal and civil matters. While civil offenses infringe on a person,s right to civil liberty, criminal offenses are those that violate public law. Federal and state laws divide these crimes into two categories of varying severity: misdemeanors(轻罪) and felonies重罪). Felonies are much more serious crimes than misdemeanors and hence have much harsher sentences Misdemeanors are punishable by no more than one year in jail and are heard primarily by the district court nearest to where the crime took place. Vandalism, shoplifting, trespassing, prostitution, and drunk driving, if it is a first or second offense, are all examples of misdemeanor crimes Felony crimes are first heard in the d istrict court where the crime occurred. The district court will conduct a hearing called a preliminary examination. If the district judge determines there is enough evidence, the case will be transferred to circuit court for trial. If you are convicted of a felony you could be sentenced from one year to life in prison and/ or pay a fine of more than$500 Homicide(杀人), arson(纵火),rape, robbery and burglary are examples of felony crimes Iypes of crimes Class Intent Severity Punishme Crime Committed Felonies wrongful Murder Traffic violations demeanors wrongful County Jail Lack of orkhouse Disorderly Conduct
1 Band Three Unit 1 Section A The Expensive Fantasy of Lord Williams Warm-up questions What do you know about crime? What type of crime does the main character commit in section A? We encounter crime everywhere—on TV, in our neighborhoods, in our homes, with our friends, or maybe even from ourselves. During the following part you will find information about different types of crime. Know the facts to fight crime. Types of crimes Offenses are divided by law into criminal and civil matters. While civil offenses infringe on a person's right to civil liberty, criminal offenses are those that violate public law. Federal and state laws divide these crimes into two categories of varying severity: misdemeanors（轻罪）and felonies（重罪）. Felonies are much more serious crimes than misdemeanors, and hence have much harsher sentences. Misdemeanors are punishable by no more than one year in jail and are heard primarily by the district court nearest to where the crime took place. Vandalism, shoplifting, trespassing, prostitution, and drunk driving, if it is a first or second offense, are all examples of misdemeanor crimes. Felony crimes are first heard in the district court where the crime occurred. The district court will conduct a hearing called a preliminary examination. If the district judge determines there is enough evidence, the case will be transferred to circuit court for trial. If you are convicted of a felony you could be sentenced from one year to life in prison and/ or pay a fine of more than $500. Homicide（杀人）, arson（纵火）, rape, robbery and burglary are examples of felony crimes
Organizational Strategies Exercise B: Mapping crimes Felonies Misdemeanors intent Serious Punishment ack of Intent Not so Serious Punishme Murder Death Disorderly County Jail Robbery Imprisonment Traffic Molations Forgery Can't hold Public Office Can stil‖wbte (以上图表任选一) The following lists the full range of crimes both felonies and misdemeanors applicable by law Sex offenses Rape, Prostitution, Sexual Abuse, Sexual Assault, Sexual Harassment, Sodomy et al Computer-related offenses: Cybercrime, Copyright Theft, Internet Fraud, Securities Fraud, Computer Viruses, Website Disruption (W), When Hackers Get Caught, Juvenile Hackers, et al Drug offenses Possession,Possession for Sale, Marijuana (XFR)Cultivation, Driving While Intoxicated(喝醉了, Professional Drug Dealer et al Ⅴ iolent offenses: Assault(攻击), Battery(殴打), Domestic violence, First Degree murder, Homicide, Manslaughter(3A). Second Degree Murder, Self-Defense et al Juvenile offenses:(青少年犯罪) Juvenile Assault, Juvenile Battery, Juvenile First Degree Murder, Juvenile Homicide, Juvenile Manslaughter. Juvenile Second Degree Murder. Juvenile Self-Defense et al White Collar offenses 2
2 （以上图表任选一） The following lists the full range of crimes, both felonies and misdemeanors, applicable by law. Sex Offenses: Rape, Prostitution, Sexual Abuse, Sexual Assault, Sexual Harassment, Sodomy et al. Computer-related Offenses: Cybercrime, Copyright Theft, Internet Fraud, Securities Fraud, Computer Viruses, Website Disruption（破坏), When Hackers Get Caught , Juvenile Hackers, et al. Drug Offenses: Possession, Possession for Sale, Marijuana（大麻）Cultivation, Driving While Intoxicated (喝醉了), Professional Drug Dealer et al. Violent Offenses: Assault（攻击）, Battery（殴打）, Domestic Violence, First Degree Murder, Homicide, Manslaughter（杀人）, Second Degree Murder, Self-Defense et al. Juvenile Offenses: （青少年犯罪） Juvenile Assault, Juvenile Battery, Juvenile First Degree Murder, Juvenile Homicide, Juvenile Manslaughter, Juvenile Second Degree Murder, Juvenile Self-Defense et al. White Collar Offenses:
Embezzlement(盗用,侵占), Perjury(伪证), Fraud(欺诈), Cred it Card Fraud Theft, Forgery(伪造), Extortion(勒索), Internet offenses( cyber crime)etal What is more prevalent in today's criminal court system, for example, bank robbery or identity theft? You guessed correctly: White-collar crime has become the primary law enforcement challenge of the 21st century Types of white collar crimes White-collar crime is a term that is usually applied to crimes associated with business that do not involve violence or bodily injury to another person. Examples of sO-called white-collar crimes are those crimes generally associated with lending institutions which involve bank fraud. such as making false statements to obtain a loan, filing false reports or returns with government agencies, embezzlement, using the mail or wire communications to defraud, and paying or accepting bribes(H White-collar crimes may be prosecuted(tiF )in state or federal courts, depending upon whether state or federal laws have been violated. The penalties for committing white-collar crimes vary, but in some cases they may be as severe as those prescribed for violent crimes Embezzlement: The illegal transfer of money or property that, although possessed legally by the embezzler, is diverted to the embezzler personally by his or her fraudulent action. For example, an employee would embezzle money from the employer or a public officer could embezzle money received during the course of their public duties and secretly convert it to their personal use Fraud: The act of obtaining money or property by deceit, trick or a dishonest act Most acts of fraud are felonies. Fraud commonly involves a misrepresentation of a material fact upon which the victim relie Forgery: The making of false documents by alteration or by false signature. There must be the specific intent to deceive for economic or personal gain by threat of force of the victim or the victim s tay some form of personal ad vantage Extortion: The act of obtaining money or gaining A general viewpoint supported by specific details Look at the sample composition on page 17 Women play an important part in mode ety. Now many women are going into professions, such as med icine, law and engineering. They comprise a large part of the workers in offices and factories. Many jobs they are engaged in are in line with their special capabil ities of their sex. In add ition, some of are working up to important positions which used to be held mainly by men. There are even some businesses which are run completely by women. It is obvious that women are making an outstanding contribution to the progress of modern society Text Structure Analysis Part 1(Paras1-5): General background of the story. It tells us where the story took place and who was the hero of the story. It also tells us roughly about what the hero
3 Embezzlement（盗用，侵占）, Perjury（伪证）, Fraud（欺诈）, Credit Card Fraud, Theft, Forgery（伪造）, Extortion（勒索）, Internet Offenses (cyber crime) et al. What is more prevalent in today's criminal court system, for example, bank robbery or identity theft? You guessed correctly: White-collar crime has become the primary law enforcement challenge of the 21st century. Types of white collar crimes White-collar crime is a term that is usually applied to crimes associated with business that do not involve violence or bodily injury to another person. Examples of so-called white-collar crimes are those crimes generally associated with lending institutions which involve bank fraud, such as making false statements to obtain a loan, filing false reports or returns with government agencies, embezzlement, using the mail or wire communications to defraud, and paying or accepting bribes（贿赂）. White-collar crimes may be prosecuted（起诉）in state or federal courts, depending upon whether state or federal laws have been violated. The penalties for committing white-collar crimes vary, but in some cases they may be as severe as those prescribed for violent crimes. Embezzlement: The illegal transfer of money or property that, although possessed legally by the embezzler, is diverted to the embezzler personally by his or her fraudulent action. For example, an employee would embezzle money from the employer or a public officer could embezzle money received during the course of their public duties and secretly convert it to their personal use. Fraud: The act of obtaining money or property by deceit, trick or a dishonest act. Most acts of fraud are felonies. Fraud commonly involves a misrepresentation of a material fact upon which the victim relies. Forgery: The making of false documents by alteration or by false signature. There must be the specific intent to deceive for economic or personal gain. Extortion: The act of obtaining money or gaining some form of personal advantage by threat of force of the victim or the victim's family. Writing Skill A general viewpoint supported by specific details Look at the sample composition on page 17 Assignment: Women play an important part in modern society. Now many women are going into professions, such as medicine, law and engineering. They comprise a large part of the workers in offices and factories. Many jobs they are engaged in are in line with their special capabilities of their sex. In addition, some of are working up to important positions which used to be held mainly by men. There are even some businesses which are run completely by women. It is obvious that women are making an outstanding contribution to the progress of modern society. Text Structure Analysis Part 1(Paras1-5): General background of the story. It tells us where the story took place and who was the hero of the story. It also tells us roughly about what the hero
d id and the truth behind what he d id Then it continues to tell us that the hero. mr Williams, was brought into court for what he had done General background of the stor Where and who? What did he do? What is the truth? What was the result Tomintoul, Scotland: He provided such a Mr Williams was not for Mr. williams? Lord Williams, or large injection of la lord at all but cash into the village government He was brought into he employee living out court and sentenced Paras. 1-2 gle-handedly fantasy that he en and a hal the la scottish noble and years in prison community back to paying for it e stealing funds from Para.3 Scotland Yard Para. 5 Para. 4 Part 2(Para 6-8): What are the responses from the villagers to mr. williams'case? The part tells us that the villagers'responses to Mr. Williams varied: some still supported him; some felt hard to understand how a clever person like him could mislead people; still others wondered where the money had come from What are the responses from the villagers to Mr Williams? Response 1: Response 2 t least some villagers are It's hard to understand how a Everyone wondered where sticking by him clever person like him could the money was coming from. mislead people like that. Why was he spend ing it in a Para. 6 What he did benefited the little place in the mountains? illage. A lot of the He wouldn' t have gotten it oroperties were beautifully back in 100 years restored Para. 8 Para. 7 Part 3(Para 9-14): What are the major crimes that mr. williams committed and how did he spend the money? This part reveals that Mr. Williams stole more than E8 million over eight years. And he spent the money buying an estate and noble titles, fine stone cottages, a pub and a hotel, and also the most expensive crystal glasses for his restaurant
4 did and the truth behind what he did. Then it continues to tell us that the hero, Mr. Williams，was brought into court for what he had done. General background of the story: Where and who? Tomintoul, Scotland; Lord Williams, or Tony. Paras. 1- 2 What did he do? He provided such a large injection of cash into the village that he single-handedly brought the community back to life. Para. 3 What is the truth? Mr. Williams was not a lord at all but a government employee living out a fantasy that he was a Scottish noble and paying for it by stealing funds from Scotland Yard. Para. 4 What was the result for Mr. Williams? He was brought into court and sentenced to seven and a half years in prison. Para. 5 Part 2(Para 6-8): What are the responses from the villagers to Mr. Williams’ case? The part tells us that the villagers’ responses to Mr. Williams varied: some still supported him; some felt hard to understand how a clever person like him could mislead people; still others wondered where the money had come from. What are the responses from the villagers to Mr. Williams? Response 1: At least some villagers are sticking by him. Para. 6 Response 2: It’s hard to understand how a clever person like him could mislead people like that. What he did benefited the village. A lot of the properties were beautifully restored. Para. 7 Response 3: Everyone wondered where the money was coming from. Why was he spending it in a little place in the mountains? He wouldn’t have gotten it back in 100 years. Para. 8 Part 3(Para 9-14): What are the major crimes that Mr. Williams committed and how did he spend the money? This part reveals that Mr. Williams stole more than £8 million over eight years. And he spent the money buying an estate and noble titles, fine stone cottages, a pub and a hotel, and also the most expensive crystal glasses for his restaurant
What are the major crimes that Mr Williams committed Mr Williams stole more than f8 million over eight years Para. 9 How did Mr. Williams spend the money? It went to create one more british lord how Para. 10 Mr. Williams spent! Mr Williams sunk Mr. Will iams spent Mr. Williams sper the money buying an his dishonest gains the money buying the money buying state and noble into this village with multiple cottages, a the crystal glasses, itles, to become thel fine stone cottages pub and a run-down the most expensive Lord of Chirnside entral area of green hotel and turned ones for the grass,green rows of ther into veryl restaurant Para. 11 hedges good-looking places Para. 14 Para. 12 Para. 13 Part 4(Para15-17): What was the result of Mr williams, spending such a large amount of money? Part 4 tells us how Mr. williams was caught by the bank and what the police did after they found Mr. Williams crime. And at the end of the story, Mr. Williams was feeling regretful for the crime. Accord ing to him, there was no way to justify it New words 1. fantasy n.[C,U]幻想,想像 The young man lives in a world of fantasy.这个年青人生活在幻想的世界里。 fantastic a.l) very good; excellent极好的,极出色的 You look fantastic in that skirt!你穿那条裙子看上去棒极了! wild and strange/ impossible to carry out奇异的;不切实际的 My friend gave me some fantastic pictures of bicycles --It's a fantastic idea to go skating in summer 我想他会来的不过这仅是我的设想罢了 fancy n.爱好,迷恋,想象力 -i think he would come but it's only a fancy of mine I' ve taken a fancy to that silly hat.我特别喜欢那顶怪帽子 vt.想象,设想 Fancy having a fool like that for a husband!试想找了这么一个傻瓜做丈夫! - Fancy meeting you here!想不到在这儿见到你了! 2. wealthy a.富裕的 -If we want everyone to be healthy, wealthy and happy,, strict birth control is quite essential.如果我们想使每个人都能过健康|富裕和幸福的生活,就必须实 行严格的计划生育 a man of wealth富人/ a wealth of learning圭富的学识 1.[C]猜疑,怀疑 -I have a suspicion that she is not telling the truth
5 What are the major crimes that Mr. Williams committed? Mr. Williams stole more than £8 million over eight years. Para. 9 How did Mr. Williams spend the money? It went to create one more British lord. How? Para. 10 Mr. Williams spent the money buying an estate and noble titles, to become the Lord of Chirnside. Para. 11 Mr Williams sunk his dishonest gains into this village with fine stone cottages, central area of green grass, green rows of hedges. Para. 12 Mr. Williams spent the money buying multiple cottages, a pub and a run-down hotel and turned them into very good-looking places. Para. 13 Mr. Williams spent the money buying the crystal glasses, the most expensive ones for the restaurant. Para. 14 Part 4(Para15-17): What was the result of Mr. Williams, spending such a large amount of money? Part 4 tells us how Mr. Williams was caught by the bank and what the police did after they found Mr. Williams’ crime. And at the end of the story, Mr. Williams was feeling regretful for the crime. According to him, there was no way to justify it. New Words 1. fantasy n. [C, U] 幻想，想像 —The young man lives in a world of fantasy. 这个年青人生活在幻想的世界里。 fantastic a. 1). very good; excellent 极好的，极出色的 —You look fantastic in that skirt! 你穿那条裙子看上去棒极了！ wild and strange / impossible to carry out 奇异的；不切实际的 --My friend gave me some fantastic pictures of bicycles. --It’s a fantastic idea to go skating in summer. 我想他会来的,不过这仅是我的设想罢了 fancy n. 爱好, 迷恋, 想象力 —I think he would come but it's only a fancy of mine. -- I've taken a fancy to that silly hat. 我特别喜欢那顶怪帽子。 vt. 想象, 设想 —Fancy having a fool like that for a husband! 试想找了这么一个傻瓜做丈夫! -- Fancy meeting you here! 想不到在这儿见到你了! 2. wealthy a. 富裕的 —If we want everyone to be healthy, wealthy and happy,, strict birth control is quite essential.如果我们想使每个人都能过健康|富裕和幸福的生活,就必须实 行严格的计划生育。 a man of wealth 富人 / a wealth of learning 丰富的学识 3. suspicion n. 1. [C] 猜疑，怀疑 —l have a suspicion that she is not telling the truth