1、The word justice is given two different meanings in the text. What is the distinction between them? Listenjusticeusually(L1): abstract concept :part of the complex machinery of the lawperformed byhard to achieve (human, subjective)rare instances(L7):acts like a living forceact of its own accordIt se

2、rves him right.judgesillustrationillustrationThe word justice is usually associated with courts of law(法院，法庭）法院，法庭）. We might say that justice has been done when a mans innocence or guilt has been proved beyond doubt. Justice is part of the complex machinery of the law. Those who seek it undertake a

3、n arduous journey and can never be sure that they will find it. Judges（法官）（法官）, however wise or eminent(有名望的有名望的), are human and can make mistakes. eminent :famous and admiredjusticen.正義，公正；司法(the ministry of justice ) injustice不公平，不公正-Justice is done. -正義得到伸張bring the criminal to justice.把罪犯緝拿歸案,繩之

4、以法do justice to sb. 公平對待某人，給以公正的評價-那張照片不如你本人好看-That photo doesnt do you justice.do oneself justice 充分發揮自己的能力-She didnt do herself justice in the exam.beyond prep.(介詞)：超出某種范圍，限度，主要搭配名詞beyond doubt 無可懷疑beyond belief 難以相信 beyond words 難以形容 beyond description 難以描述beyond question 難以質疑beyond hope 沒有希望beyo

5、nd dispute 無可爭議 beyond controversy 無可爭辯 beyond imagination 難以想象 beyond measure難以衡量beyond understanding 難以理解 beyond comparison 無與倫比-Your beauty is beyond my description. -你的美是我無法用言詞形容的。innocencen 無辜無辜 (guilt)innocenta.無辜的無辜的 (guilty)undertakev.承擔，著手做承擔，著手做undertake to do -He undertook to inform every

6、one concerned.-We undertake a investigation.承擔，著手做：承擔，著手做：start to doset out to doset about doingbe engaged in sth.undertake an arduous journeyarduousa.艱苦的，艱難的-Studying English is an arduous job.ous 結尾的形容詞industrious a. 勤勞的laboriousa. 勞神的，費力的，吃力的There are rare instances when justice almost ceases to

7、 be an abstract concept. 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 ac

8、cord. in part：部分地，在某種程度上it serves him right. 他罪有應得，他活該justice almost ceases to be an abstract conceptcease: （正式）徹底的停止，暗指動作的突然性（正式）徹底的停止，暗指動作的突然性ceased to do 與動詞不定式連用與動詞不定式連用-His heart suddenly ceased to beat. 他的心臟突然停止了跳動。他的心臟突然停止了跳動。stop:（廣泛，不正式）不強調方式，只強調結果（廣泛，不正式）不強調方式，只強調結果-The car suddenly stoppe

9、d. 車突然停了。車突然停了。justice almost ceases to be an abstract conceptabstract a.抽象的抽象的 反義詞：反義詞： concept a. 具體的具體的 n.摘要，提要摘要，提要 make an abstract of sth. 做做的摘要的摘要 v.提取，提煉提取，提煉 abstract juice from an orange Reward or punishment are meted out quite independent of human interference mete out給予，處置mete out reward

10、 進行獎勵mete out punishment 進行懲罰-Justice was meted out to them.-他們得到了公正的處理。 be independent of human interference be independent of 不受 interference n.干涉，干預 inter-1) 表示表示between “之間的之間的”international 國際的國際的inter-city 城市之間的城市之間的inter-racial 種族間的種族間的2) 表示表示“相互相互” interchange 互換互換 interact 相互作用相互作用 interrel

11、ate相互聯系相互聯系enable justice to act of its own accord. accordn/vi 一致一致in accord with : 和和一致一致out of accord with : 和和不一致不一致of ones own accord : 自然而然地自然而然地-Justice is done of its own accord.according to : 依據，根據依據，根據in accordance with : 依據（法律）依據（法律）The shop was an old converted house with many large, disu

12、sed（廢棄的） fireplaces（壁爐） and tall, narrow chimneys （煙囪）. 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. convert v.轉變，改變convert to /into 把轉變為muffled 聽不清的，蒙住的 muffl

13、e v.捂住，壓抑promptly = immediatelyring up 打電話給fire brigade 消防隊When a thief was caught on the premises of a large jewellery store one morning, the shop assistants must have found it impossible to resist（抵抗）the temptation （誘惑）to say it serves him right. premises : n. 【pl.】經營場所，辦公場所】經營場所，辦公場所on the premis

14、es 在經營場所內在經營場所內 premise n. 前提，假設前提，假設residence : 住處（非常正式的用詞）住處（非常正式的用詞）dwelling : 供人居住的地方，也是非常正式的用詞供人居住的地方，也是非常正式的用詞 house : 住房住房housing : 房（總稱）房（總稱）the housing problem 住房住房問題問題 The cry had certainly come form one of the chimneys, but as there were so many of them, the fire fighters could not be cer

15、tain which one it was. They located the right chimney by tapping at the walls and listening for the mans cries. fire fighters 消防隊員消防隊員locate v. find out where sth. is 找到找到tap v.輕敲輕敲 n.水龍頭，閥門水龍頭，閥門They located the right chimney by tapping at the walls and listening for the mans cries.by tapping at th

16、e walls and listening for the mans cries and 連接前后形式要一致listen for : pay attention ,so as to be sure of hearing留神聽（表示集中注意力，等待聽到某種聲音）-We are listening for the clock to announce the New Year.我們正等待新年鐘聲的敲響。-Im listening for your steps.我正傾聽著你的腳步聲。After chipping through a wall which was eighteen inches thic

17、k, they found that a man had been trapped in the chimney. As it was extremely narrow, the man was unable to move, but the fire fighters were eventually able to free him by cutting a huge hole in the wall. inch 英尺英尺(=2.54centimeters)foot 英寸英寸(=12 inches)There are 12 inches in a foot.The sorry-looking

18、, blackened figure that emerged, admitted at once 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. chip through a wallchip v.切下、削下、鑿下（碎片、屑片）切下、削下、鑿下（碎片、屑片）chip a hole 鑿了一個洞鑿了一個洞 n. 碎屑，碎片碎屑，碎片 ，薄片，芯片，薄片，芯片chips of wood 碎木屑碎木屑potato chips 薯片薯片chop : 砍砍 chop head 砍頭砍頭sorry-looking 滿臉沮喪的 類似ugly-looking/good-looking;cheerful-looking/sad-looking blacken v. 使變黑 en作為形容詞后