Lesson 5-Twelve Angry Men(Part One) iii Translation In some countries in the West, there is a principle guiding a criminal court: the court must prove that accused person's guilt beyond reasonable doubt in other words, the accused is held innocent until proved guilty. Reasonable doubt refers to the doubt that could arise in the mind of an ordinary, impartial, honest, reasonable and cautious person with reference to the accused's guilt In theory the concept of holding the accused inn until proved guilty makes sure that a case is not misjudged an an innocent person is not unjustly treated. In the one-act play nd that re Angry Men, Juror No. 8 uses this concept to save the boy's life. He raises one reasonable doubt after another until the other jurors agree that there is no evidence to prove that the boy is guilty. However, in many other cases, this practice may also help criminals to escape punishment. If a criminal is very rich, he can hire very competent lawyers to defend him. If his lawyers are experienced and teeped in the law, and ready to defend anyone for money it wouldn't be too difficult for them to pick holes in the testimo ny of the witnesse and raise reasonable" doubts. Moreover, a lawyer is trained to ignore questions of right and wrong, guilt or innocence, and try to find ways to keep his client out of court and out of jail. WBTLE The end of translation
W B T L E Lesson 5—Twelve Angry Men (Part One) III. Translation The end of Translation. In some countries in the West, there is a principle guiding a criminal court: the court must prove that accused person’s guilt beyond reasonable doubt. In other words, the accused is held innocent until proved guilty. Reasonable doubt refers to the doubt that could arise in the mind of an ordinary, impartial, honest, reasonable and cautious person with reference to the accused’s guilt. In theory, the concept of holding the accused innocent until proved guilty makes sure that a case is not misjudged and that an innocent person is not unjustly treated. In the one-act play Twelve Angry Men, Juror No. 8 uses this concept to save the boy’s life. He raises one reasonable doubt after another until the other jurors agree that there is no evidence to prove that the boy is guilty. However, in many other cases, this practice may also help criminals to escape punishment. If a criminal is very rich, he can hire very competent lawyers to defend him. If his lawyers are experienced and steeped in the law, and ready to defend anyone for money, it wouldn’t be too difficult for them to pick holes in the testimony of the witnesses and raise “reasonable” doubts. Moreover, a lawyer is trained to ignore questions of right and wrong, guilt or innocence, and try to find ways to keep his client out of court and out of jail
Lesson 5-Twelve Angry Men(Part One) T2 Poem A Nations Strength (Ralph Waldo emerson) Not gold, but only man can make A People great and strong; Men who, for truth and honors sake Stand fast and suffer long Brave men who work while others sleep, Who dare while others fly- They build a nations pillars deep And lift them to the sky WB LE To be continued on the next page
W B T L E Lesson 5—Twelve Angry Men (Part One) IV. Poem A Nation’s Strength (Ralph Waldo Emerson) Not gold, but only man can make A People great and strong; Men who, for truth and honor’s sake, Stand fast and suffer long. Brave men who work while others sleep, Who dare while others fly– They build a nation’s pillars deep And lift them to the sky. To be continued on the next page
T2 Poem 国力 (拉尔夫沃尔多爱默生) 什么才能使一个民族伟大强盛? 不是金子, 而只有人; 只有那些英雄, 他们为了真理,为了民族的光荣, 坚定不移,不惜牺牲。 在懒汉们酣睡的时候, 勇敢的人们却在忘我劳动。 当懦夫们望风而逃, 我们的英雄却在冲锋陷阵。 是他们建造了支撑祖国大厦的柱石, 使它们拔地而起,高耸入云 WBTLE To be continued on the next page
W B T L E Lesson 5 Lesson 4 —Twelve Angry Men (Part One) - Wsdom of Bear Wood To be continued on the next page. IV. Poem 国力 （拉尔夫‧沃尔多‧爱默生） 什么才能使一个民族伟大强盛？ 不是金子， 而只有人； 只有那些英雄， 他们为了真理，为了民族的光荣， 坚定不移，不惜牺牲。 在懒汉们酣睡的时候， 勇敢的人们却在忘我劳动。 当懦夫们望风而逃， 我们的英雄却在冲锋陷阵。 是他们建造了支撑祖国大厦的柱石， 使它们拔地而起，高耸入云
Lesson 5-Twelve Angry Men(Part One) T2 Poem About the poet: Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882)was born in Boston, where his father was a clergyman. While at Harvard, he began keeping journals -records of his thoughts-a practice he continued throughout his life. He later drew on the journals for materials for his essays and poetry. Emerson was concerned with many reform movements, among them the abolition of slavery. He is regarded as a leading American philosopher and writer. His influence on American literature resulted not so much from the quality of his own writing as from the guidance he provided for other writers such as Thoreau whitman and Emily Dickinson WBTLE The end of poem
W B T L E Lesson 5—Twelve Angry Men (Part One) About the poet: Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803—1882) was born in Boston, where his father was a clergyman. While at Harvard, he began keeping journals—records of his thoughts—a practice he continued throughout his life. He later drew on the journals for materials for his essays and poetry. Emerson was concerned with many reform movements, among them the abolition of slavery. He is regarded as a leading American philosopher and writer. His influence on American literature resulted not so much from the quality of his own writing as from the guidance he provided for other writers such as Thoreau, Whitman, and Emily Dickinson. IV. Poem The end of Poem
Lesson 5-Twelve Angry Men(Part One) v. Supplementary Reading A personal experience as a juror Right before lunch, my name was the last in a long list (of the chosen jurors), and I excitedly hurried over to Empaneling Room No. 5, where after a long delay my fellow jurors and I were transported by bus to another court building located no more than 200 feet away The voir dire, where the judge and lawyers ask all order of questions, was the most interesting aspect of my day. Our panel of jurors was instructed that this case was a robbery case, where two men were suspected of robbing a pizza delivery man at knifepoint WBTLE To be continued on the next page
W B T L E Lesson 5—Twelve Angry Men (Part One) V. Supplementary Reading A personal experience as a juror … Right before lunch, my name was the last in a long list (of the chosen jurors), and I excitedly hurried over to Empaneling Room No. 5, where after a long delay my fellow jurors and I were transported by bus to another court building located no more than 200 feet away… The voir dire, where the judge and lawyers ask all order of questions, was the most interesting aspect of my day. Our panel of jurors was instructed that this case was a robbery case, where two men were suspected of robbing a pizza delivery man at knifepoint. To be continued on the next page