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Lesson 35 Justice was done
The word justice is usually associated with courts of law. We might say that justice has been done when a man's innocence or guilt has been proved beyond doubt. Justice is part of the complex machinery of the law. Those who seek it, undertake an arduous journey and can never be sure that they will find it. Judges, however wise or eminent, are human and can make mistakes.
There are rare instances when justice almost ceases to be an abstract conception. 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 accord.
When a thief was caught on the premises of a large fur store one morning, the shop assistants must have found it impossible to resist the temptation to say 'it serves him right'. The shop was an old converted house with many large, disused fireplaces and tall, narrow chimneys. 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. The cry had certainly come from one of the chimneys, but as there were so many of them, the fire fighters could not be certain which one it was. They located the right chimney by tapping at the walls and listening for the man's cries. After chipping through a wall which was eighteen inches thick, they found that a man had been trapped in the chimney. As it was extremely narrow, the man was unable to move, but the firemen were eventually able to free him by cutting a huge hole in the wall. The sorry-looking, blackened figure that emerged, at once admitted 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.
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"正义"这个词常常是同法庭连在一起的。当某人被证据确凿地证明无罪的时候，我们也许会说正义得到了伸张。正义是复杂的法律机器组成部分。那些寻求正义的人走的是一条崎岖的道路，从来没有把握他们最终将到正义。法官无论如何聪明与有名，毕竟也是人，也会出差错的。
在个别情况下，正义不再是一种抽象概念。奖惩的实施是不受人意志支配的。在这种时候，正义像一种有生命的力量行使其职能。当我们说"他罪有应得"这句话的时候，我们部分承认了某种特定的环境使得正义自动地起了作用。
一天上午，当一个小偷在一家大型珠宝店里被人抓住的时候，店员一定会忍不住说："他罪有应得。"那是一座老式的、经过改造的房子，店里有许多废置不用的大壁炉和又高又窄的烟囱。快到中午的时候，一个女售货员听见从一堵墙里传出一种闷声闷气的叫声。由于这种喊叫声重复了几次，她跑去报告经理，经理当即给消防队挂了电话。喊叫声肯定是从烟囱里传出来的，然而，因为烟囱太多，消防队员无法确定到底是哪一个。他们通过叫击烟囱倾叫声而确定传出声音的那个烟囱。他们凿透了18英寸厚的墙壁，发现有个人卡在烟囱里。由于烟囱太窄，那人无法动弹。消防队员在墙上挖了个大洞，才终于把他解救出来。那个看来满脸沮丧、浑身漆黑的家伙从烟囱里一出来，就承认头天夜里他企图到店里行窍，但让烟囱卡住了。他已经在烟囱里被困了将近10个小时。甚至在那人还没被送交给警察之前，正义就已得到了伸张。
【New words and expressions】 生词和短语
●justice n. 正义，公正；司法
●coust n. 法院
●law n. 法律
●innocence n. 无辜
●undertake v. 承担，着手做
●arduous adj. 艰苦的，艰难的
●abstract adj. 抽象的
●concept n. 概念，观念
●mete out 给予，处置
●interference n. 干涉
●accord n. 一致
●premises n. 房屋
●convert v. 转变，改变
●disused adj. 不再用的，废弃的
●fireplace n. 壁炉
●muffle v. 捂住，厌抑
●chip v. 砍，削，凿
●bkacken v. 不变黑
●emerge v. （从某处）出现
重点词汇
1. justice n. 正义，公正；司法
句子
Justice is done 正义得到伸张
bring justice to the criminal 把罪犯缉拿归案
do justice to sb 公正地对待某人
give oneself up to justice 自首
in justice to sth/ sb. 为了对......公正起见
Eg: They decided to investigate the case in justice to person.为了对这件案件公正起见，他们决定调查这个案件
2. law n. 法律
句子
take law into one's own hand 无法无天
take the law of sb 控告
at law 在诉讼中
within the law 合法
outside the law 不合法
联想记忆
lawyer 律师
lawful 有法可依的
laefully adv.
lawless 无法可依的
lawlessly adv.
3. innocence n. 无辜
句子
He was innocent of the murder.
Don't be innocent as to believe everything he tells you.
as innocent as a new-born baby
4。undertake v. 承担，着手做
英释 take up
词句
undertake to do 承担，开始做
undertake an arduous task
I want you to undertake all the arrangements.
He undertook be here before midday.
联想记忆
开始做............
start to do sth
take off doing sth
be engaged in sth
set out to do
set about doing
perform sth.
... on the way 在进行中
The discuss on the way.
5。arduous adj. 艰苦的，艰难的
词句
Study English is an arduous job.
Life is an arduous journey; so we should learn to cherish life. 生命是趟苦难之旅，所以我们要学会珍惜生活。
联想记忆
laborious adj.艰苦的，费力的
a laborious task
tough adj.困难的
a tough journey
assiduous adj.勤勉的，刻苦的
He is assiduous in his duties.
构词 -ous adj.
industrious,
laborious,
strenuous
6。concept n. 概念，观念
词句
the concept of freedom
a high ethical concept
It is difficult for a small boy to have the concept of right and wrong.
联想记忆
conception n.构想，设想，主义，计划，怀孕
from a clear conception of ...... 对......形成一个清晰的概念
have no conception of ...... 对......完全不懂，不知道
a false conception错误观念
7 mete out 给予，处置
mete out rewards or punishment 实施奖与惩
8 interference n. 干涉
联想记忆
interfere v.妨碍，干扰
Don't interfere in my affaires!
9 accord n. 一致
词句
in accord with 和......一致
out of accord with 和......不一致
of one's own accord 自然而然的
Justice is down of it's own accord.
联想记忆
according to: 依据，根据
in accordance with 依据(法律，规章，制度),比较正式
10. premises n. 房屋
联想记忆
residence 住处，居留地（正式用法）
dwelling 供人居住的地方
house 住房
housing 房（总称）
11. muffle v. 捂住，厌抑
词句
the falling snow muffled the noise of the traffic.
muffle a screaming mouth
a muffled voice
练习：
1．All of us want to see justice _____ him.
A ) made b) brought c)given d) done
2 The description of what happens in learning process is sometimes too ______.
a) complex to understand
b) difficult to be understand
c) complicated to understand
d) complicated enough to understand
3 At half past one the downpour _______.
a)paused b)halted c)ceased d) cemented
4 They fought back heroically to _____ the enemy attack.
a) insist b)persist c)assist d）resist
5 选词填空：confess admit claim
Suffering from a guilty conscience, the woman ______ her sins to the priest.
As soon as the thief was rescued from the chimney, he _____- that he had tried to break into the house.
So far ,no one has ______ responsibility for the attack.
On his deathbed ,the old man wanted to ____ all his sins.
key:
1．All of us want to see justice _____ him.
A ) made b) brought c)given d) done
key: D
do justice to sb 或者do sb justice 公平对待某人
bring sb. to justice
2 The description of what happens in learning process is sometimes too ______.
a) complex to understand
b) difficult to be understand
c) complicated to understand
d) complicated enough to understand
选C
complex有许多简单部分合成的复杂，通常指结构机构的复杂
complicated 许多部分相互纠合，错综复杂，也指难懂，难解的意思。
3 At half past one the downpour _______.
a)paused b)halted c)ceased d) cemented
选c
cease 指某种状态停止或者不再存在，也指行为缓慢的逐渐停止。
pause 一般指暂停某种动作，后来又继续进行；
halt 常常指进行中的止步和完全终止
cement指黏结，胶结
4 They fought back heroically to _____ the enemy attack.
a) insist b)persist c)assist d）resist
insist 坚持
persist 坚持不懈
resist 抵抗
assist帮助
选ｄ
5 选词填空：confess admit claim
Suffering from a guilty conscience, the woman ______ her sins to the priest.
As soon as the thief was rescued from the chimney, he _____- that he had tried to break into the house.
So far ,no one has ______ responsibility for the attack.
On his deathbed ,the old man wanted to ____ all his sins.
Key: confessed admitted claimed confess
confess v. 承认, 坦白, 忏悔
admit v容许, 承认, 接纳
claim n./vt 要求, 要求权, 主张, 要求而得到的东西
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