A Red Right for Scofflaws

大学高级英语第九课A red light for scofflaws PPT.

A Red Right for Scofflaws--------Frank Trippett

大学高级英语第九课A red light for scofflaws PPT.

scofflaw How is the compound word made up? What is the definition of this word?

大学高级英语第九课A red light for scofflaws PPT.

ScofflawScoff + law

v. deride, ridicule one who treats the law with contempt, especially a person who avoids various kinds of not easily enforceable laws.

大学高级英语第九课A red light for scofflaws PPT.

What is meant by “A Red Light for Scofflaws? A red light = a warning

大学高级英语第九课A red light for scofflaws PPT.

Frank Trippett Frank Trippett, US journalist and freelance writer,

is sometime editor of major American popular journals and a senior writer for Time magazine. The text is an article that appeared in Time magazine,1983.

大学高级英语第九课A red light for scofflaws PPT.

Outlaw litter

大学高级英语第九课A red light for scofflaws PPT.

Tax cheating

大学高级英语第九课A red light for scofflaws PPT.

Illicit noise

大学高级英语第九课A red light for scofflaws PPT.

Graffiti-prone

大学高级英语第九课A red light for scofflaws PPT.

Illegally spitting

大学高级英语第九课A red light for scofflaws PPT.

Drunk driving

大学高级英语第九课A red light for scofflaws PPT.

Speeding

大学高级英语第九课A red light for scofflaws PPT.

Red-light running

大学高级英语第九课A red light for scofflaws PPT.

Purpose To call on both the American public and the

administration to check the spread of the scofflaw spirit because it is a cause of social demoralization.

大学高级英语第九课A red light for scofflaws PPT.

Structure Para.1 ----- the problem: millions of American

are breaking the legal codes Para.(2~4) ----- varieties of scofflaws Para.(5~8) ----- dangers of scofflaws Para.9 ----- conclusion

大学高级英语第九课A red light for scofflaws PPT.

Form Argumentation Statistical data Specific examples

Commonsense knowledge