Consider the following topics. Make use of the words and word combinations given in brackets

1. Jennifer’s preparation for Abraham Wilson’s trial( to check for procedures and defenses, to force oneself to do smth, to have little personal life, the crimes of murder and manslaughter, voluntary and involuntary appellate court decisions, a brief, an affidavit, an exhibit, a motion, a transcript, to pore over smth, files on intent and premeditation, to testify, to put sb on the stand, to reveal smb’s background, to familiarize oneself with smth, to look over smth, to talk to guards, to interview convicts, to witness smth, to grab a quick sandwich, to lose weight, to have dizzy spells, to be entitled to a fair trial)

2. The House of Detention for Men, the largest and oldest jail on the Ricker’s Island (a prison mate, to await trial for felonies, murder, arson, rape, armed robbery, sodomy, to be transported in, an armed guard, counsel room, to be reserved for attorney-client meetings, an incredible cacophony, to be made of, a cellblock, to yell, to be assigned to, to bellow, to brush up against sb)

3. Jennifer's feeling on the day the trial of Abraham Wilson was to begin(to awaken, to feel tired and heavy-eyed, to fill with dreams of the trial, to put sb in the witness box, to be similar, to be strapped in the electric chair, to console, to have a premonition of doom)

4. Di Silva's opening statement (valuable time, to smile sympathetically, to be accused by sb of doing smth, to admit smth, to follow sb, to force oneself to do smth, to put sb away in a penitentiary, to prevent sb from doing smth, to execute, to commit murders for reasons, to pull the trigger, an intruder, a desperate criminal, to deliberately prejudice the jury, to overstep the bounds, to call for mistrial or reversal, to shake one's head, to nod, to frown, to applaud sb, to automatically look over at sb, to caution sb, to drill smth into sb, the air of defiance, to exude, to enrage)

5. Jennifer's speech(to address the jury, to feel one's hostility and impatience, to waste one's time, to keep sb in court, to take a deep breath, to look into one's face, a sign of sympathy or support, a defendant, to be charged with murder, to kill in cold blood and in hot blood, to kill in self-defense, to agree on one point, to ring with sincerity, in the passion of conviction, to commit in self-defence, to present solid evidence)

6. Jennifer's introduction of Exhibit A(to submit in evidence, to prove one contention of self-defense, to be at stake, to place smth in evidence as Exhibit A, to be on one's feet, to study the rules of evidence, to object to smth, to be immaterial and irrelevant, to have the inclination to do smth, to put into the record, to become extraneous, to overrule, to file an exception, to prepare smth for introducing the evidence, to be held in contempt of court, to bring up in the direct, to be admissible in the cross, to have a valid point, to leave the door open)

7. Abraham Wilson’s case (to be able to kill, a butcher knife, a pair of tongs, to threaten sb, to be forced to do smth, a witness box, to commit a murder, to lose one’s temper, to do one’s best, to be sentenced to death, a fair trial, to reach a verdict, a foreman of the jury, to read a verdict, to be unable to believe)

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Date: 2016-01-03; view: 1077