16. rob v. 抢劫;非法剥夺
1)He was robbed twice in the downtown area. (他在闹市区两次被抢。)
2)A jewelry store was robbed last night. (昨晚一家珠宝店遭抢劫。)
3)She was robbed of her purse on the bus. (在公共汽车上,她的钱包被抢。)
4)
The pain robbed him of sleep. (疼痛使他不能入睡。)
5)The child was robbed of an opportunity to see his mother. (那孩子被剥夺了一次见母亲的机会。)
17. fraud n. 欺骗;骗局
1)He obtained the money by fraud. (他骗得了那笔钱。)
2)His explanation was nothing but a fraud. (他的解释完全是骗人的鬼话。)
3)What he did was a fraud on the customers. (他的所为是对顾客的一种欺骗行为。)
18. swindle v. 诈骗 n. 诈骗行为
1)He tried to swindle the insurance company. (他欺骗诈骗保险公司。)
2)Some old people are easily swindled. (有些老人很容易受骗。)
3)The boy swindled the old man out of his money. (那个男孩骗取了老先生的钱财。)
4)The big bank swindle involved a lot of people. (许多人与这起诈骗银行的大案有牵连。)
19. honesty n. 诚实;坦率
在第十四单元中我们学过副词honestly.honest是个形容词。-y是名词后缀,加在动词或形容词后面可以构成名词。
如:delivery, discovery, recovery, flattery, modesty, jealousy.
如果我们在honest, honesty前面加上前缀dis-则可以构成反义词。
1)His honesty wins him a lot of friends. (他的诚实赢得了许多朋友。)
2)In all honesty I'm at my wit’s end. (说实话,我现在是智穷计尽。)
3)He is honest to his friends (他对朋友很真诚。)
4)Nobody wanted to have anything to do with this dishonest chap. (谁都不想与这个不诚实的家伙打交道。)
5)His dishonesty gave his parents a shock. (他的不诚实令他的父母大为吃惊。)
20. probably adv. 很可能,大概,或许
probable adj. 有可能
probability n. 可能性
1)He will probably refuse your help. (他很可能会拒绝你的帮助。)
2)Their team will probably win the game. (他们队或许会赢得这场比赛。)
3)It's probable that they will come earlier. (他们可能会早点来。)
4)Overloading was the probable cause of the accident. (超载是事故的可能起因。)
5)There is no probability that he will succeed. (他不可能成功。)
6)There is every probability that she will make a fuss over the matter. (她很可能对此事大惊小怪。)
本课简介
在本篇课文中作者告诉我们并不只是粗野之人才犯罪,生活中看似无大碍的事情往往有违法律。现实生活是复杂的,不可能像在电影中一样,简单地把人分为好人和坏人。如同疾病可以轻至感冒重至癌症一样,犯罪行为也是有程度的轻重的。人们会对某些违法行为持宽容态度,这也许是因为人们想借此来为自己的某些违法行为开脱。另外,报刊、电视上的暴力使得人们对犯罪司空见惯。在许多情况下,人们不忍去伤害一个具体的人,而对某个不甚具体的群体或个体加以伤害却并不在意。人们对于违法行为的种种错误认识必须得以纠正。严法酷刑、警方的严加防范也许都不能使人完全免于犯罪,变得诚实,每一个人都应从自己做起,使我们的社会成为一个文明的法制社会。
本课语言点
1. Who do you think breaks the law in our society?
本句中do you think是个插入语,插入语用于问句中在英