Title: Lesson Five: Twelve Angry Men ( Part Two )
1 Lesson Five Twelve Angry Men ( Part
Two )
- About the author
- background / works / note
- About the text
- figures of speech / word study /
sentence paraphrase / exercise - In-class discussion
- Homework
2Twelve Angry Men
3 Background
- 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, with much abridgement. What distinguished
Roses teleplays was their direct preoccupation
with social and political issues. - Rose is one of the outstanding television
playwrights to emerge from the "Golden Age" of
television drama anthology series. Rose takes a
place in history at the top of the craft of
television writing. - In addition to other accolades, Rose was
nominated for six Emmy awards during his career,
and won three.
4Works
- TELEVISION MINISERIES
- 1979 Studs Lonigan1987 Escape From
Sobibor - MADE-FOR-TELEVISION MOVIES
- 1982 The Rules of Marriage1986 My Two
Loves (with Rita Mae Brown
- TELEVISION SERIES (various episodes)
- 1951 Out There 1954-57 Studio One 1955
Elgin Hour 1955 Philco Television
Playhouse-Goodyear Playhouse 1956 Alcoa
Hour-Goodyear Playhouse 1959 Playhouse 90 1960
Sunday Showcase 1961-65 The Defenders (creator
and writer) 1967 CBS Playhouse 1975 The Zoo
Gang (creator and writer)1977 The Four of Us
(pilot
5 Note
- In writing this play, the author attempted
to blend four - elements which he had seen at work in a
jury room - during his jury service. These elements
are - The evidence as remembered and interpreted by
each individual juror (the disparities here were
incredible ) - The relationship of jury and juror in a
life-and-death situation - The emotional pattern of each individual juror
and - The physical problems such as the weather,the
time, etc.
6 Figures of Speech
- Grammar in context observe the use of the modal
have done construction and point out the
concept each conveys. - I think we proved that the old man couldnt have
heard the boy yell, Im going to kill you. - I dont remember what he said, but I dont see
how he could have run to the door. - It may have been two too many.
- The old man would have had to hear the boy say,
Im going to kill you, while the train was
roaring by the old mans window.
7The perfect infinitive denotes a past action or
condition. When it is used with modals, the
concept it expresses depends on the modal.
- improbability of a past action
- probability of a past action
- possibility of a past condition / state
- probability of a past action
8 Word Study
- Im going to pace off 12 feet.
- to pace off (out ) to measure out 12 feet
by taking steps of equal length - Ive seen all kinds of dishonesty in my day, but
this little display takes the cake. - to take the cake (AmE) spoken to be worse
than anything else you can imagine - Ive seen all kinks of cheating, lying and
other dirty tricks in my life, but this little
demonstration is the worst I can imagine.
9- You bet I would.
- You bet Of course Certainly You can be
sure - He comes here running for his life. And now,
before he can take a deep breath, hes telling
how to run the show. The arrogance of this guy. - running for his life to leave quickly
because your life is in danger - to run the show to be in charge of the
whole thing - arrogance the quality of thinking that
you are very important and therefore behaving
very rudely
10.
- It takes too much time to switch your hand.
- to switch to change one thing to another
quickly - Now the vote is 9 to 3 in favor of acquittal.
- 9 to 3 in favor of acquittal 9 people for
acquittal and 3 against
11favor n.
- something that you do to help others or just out
of kindness - Im doing that as a special favor or you.
- Can you do me a favor? Could you get me a
taxi? - support or approval for an idea, plan or system
- As the mainland economy develops more and
more rapidly, unification will gain more and more
favor with the Taiwanese people. - Most people are in favor of family control.
12- unpopular support
- Favoritism is still widespread in some
countries. Those in power often show special
favors to their relatives and friends. - State-owned enterprises can longer rely on
government favors. - liked or not liked
- It is an open secret that he is now
thinking of giving his power to his second son.
His first son seems to be out of favor.
13 - advantage
- A new tax law was passed in favor of the
richest top 15. - The vote was 5 to 4 in our favor.
- to favor to prefer
- favorable adj. good, suitable, agreeable as in
favorable impression, favorable conditions,
favorable response etc. - favorite adj. n. what you like best
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14risk n. the responsibility of bad result (used
oftenin such collocations and phrases as to run
a risk to take a risk to put sb. Or sth a
risk at risk )
- We know that WTO membership also involves a lot
of risks. - You are running unnecessary risks.
- I dont want to take the risk of ruining my
health. - We are putting the future of humanity at great
risk by encouraging human cloning. - If we go on like this, we will be at the risk of
losing our market.
15to risk v. to put something at risk
- to risk something
- He risked his own life to save her.
- to risk doing something
- I dont want to risk losing my job.
- Every day when I go out in the street, I
risk being run over by a car.
16to stick ( stuck, stuck )
- to push
- He said that he saw the boy sticking a
knife into his own fathers chest. - to fix to be or become fixed
- Stick these pictures on the wall.
- to cling to to hold on to ( to stick fast to a
belief or idea) - Hitler stuck fast to his belief that
falsehood would be taken as the truth when
repeated a thousand times.
17to bear to take, to carry, to give birth to, to
put up with
- I cant bear that kind of political hypocrite.
- Many people cant bear living in complete
idleness. - From now on they will have to bear their own
costs. - Today our environmental policy is beginning to
bear fruits.
18to remind to cause somebody to remember to
bring into somebodys mind
- Mr. Yang is very disorganized. Im afraid youll
have to remind him again and again. - She often gets very absorbed in her work, and her
husband has to remind her to take her medicine. - She reminded me of my grandma very kind,
generous and understanding.
19 Sentence Paraphrase
- The kid yelled it out at the top of his lungs.
Anybody says a thing like that, the way he did,
he means it! - The boy shouted it out at the top of his
voice (very loudly). If anybody says a thing like
that, he means it.
20He is much too bright for that.
- He is too clear to do that. The would have been
really dumb to let everybody know that he is
going to kill his own father. Therefore it is
ridiculous to use as evidence to the crime the
fact that he had shouted Im going to kill you.
21- Hes a common ignorant slob. He dont even speak
good English. - He is a common lazy, dirty, and rude boy.
- Notice the irony in the statement He dont
even speak good English.
22Wouldnt he be afraid of being caught?
- This is a rhetorical question in the subjunctive
mood, involving a passive gerund used as the
object of the adjective phrase afraid of. - More examples of passive gerund used as object of
adjective phrase - He was afraid of being seen by his mother.
- She was fond of being looked at.
23- No.12 It wasnt very nice to have it sticking
out of some peoples chests. - No. 7 Especially relatives.
- No. 4 I dont see anything funny about it.
- No. 12 and No. 7 were joking about this
murder. No. 4 finds this distasteful. Thats why
he says he doennt see anything funny about it.
Sometimes people will say Thats not funny! to
show that they dont think its a joking matter.
24- No. 3 He was an old man. Half the time, he was
confused. How could he be positive about
anything? - No. 3 suddenly realized that he was
contradicting himself, because if the old man
could not be positive about anything, how could
they use his testimony as strong evidence? It was
too late however to cover his blunder.
25- Well, lets see if the details bear him out.
- Well, lets find out whether the details of
his descriptions support his statement or prove
what he said was true. - Hes got to burn and you let him slip through our
fingers! - Hes got to be sent to the chair or to be
executed, and you let him escape the punishment
by the law.
26- I feel sorry for you. What if must feel like to
want to pull the switch. You are a sadist. - I cant understand what kind of feeling it
is that will make you want to pull the switch.
The only possible answer is that you are a
sadist. You enjoy inflicting pain. You enjoy
watching people suffer. - Notice that No. 8 is deliberately trying to
provoke No. 3 into losing his temper, and No. 3
fell right into the trap.
27No. 8 (calmly) You dont really mean youd kill
me, do you?
- Now we know why No. 8 deliberately made No. 3
mad. He did that in order to make the point that
yelling out Ill kill you does not necessarily
mean you are really going kill somebody. The
ironical thing is that No. 3 helped No. 8 make
this point without knowing it.
28- Dont give me that! Im sick and tired of facts.
- Dont give me that kind of argument. I dont
need it. - I go for that too. Let the kid take his chances
with twelve other guys. - I also agree. Let the kid try his luck with
twelve other jurors. According to the law of the
United States, in case of a hung jury, another
jury will be formed and the whole legal procedure
will be repeated.
29- He comes here running for his life. And now,
before he can take a deep breath, hes telling us
how to run the show. The arrogance of this guy. - No. 11 is a new immigrant, or even a
political refugee. He came to America to run for
his life, that is, to escape persecution, but
now before he can take a deep breath, almost
immediately, he is telling us Americans how to do
everything. The arrogance of this guy is really
something. Im really amazed at this guys
arrogance.
30It was a very inexpensive feature
- It was a cheap movie.
- Notice that No. 4 is not responding to the
question put to him. He is saying this to gain
time while trying to recall the name of the
movie. Another reason may be that he is trying to
find an excuse for not remembering the name of
this movie he doesnt recall because it dosent
give him a deep impression.
31- No. 9 I think the point is made.
- No. 10 Big point!
- No. 9 thinks that this demonstration has
proved No. 8s point, but No. 10 doesnt think it
is so important a point. Notice that Big point
is ironical.
32- Dont tell me were going to start with that
again? - Do you mean that we have to go over that
thing again? - But I dont go along with it.
- But I dont accept that view.
33 Exercise
- 1. Translate.
- 1). From Chinese into English.
- ???????
- ????
- ????
- ????
- ????
- to risk being criticized
- to present the evidence
- to capture the tiger
- to twist the fact
- to cover ones blunder
34- 2). From English into Chinese.
- unshakable testimony
- reasonable doubt
- heavy makeup
- emotional streets
- a criminal court
35Fill in the blanks.
- Its terribly impolite to keep cutting ____ when
other people are talking. - They were completely cut ____ from the outside
world for a whole month because of the heavy
snow. - If you want to lose weight, cut ___ animal fat
and starchy food.
36 In- class Discussion
- What is the question raised by No. 11? How do
those still voting guilty try to explain why the
boy risked being caught and came back 3 hours
after he had killed his father? Do you agree with
them?
37 Homework
- 1. Give character sketches of 12 jurors according
to the text. - 2. Act out the play.