法律英语

　　随着我国经济、文化和科技的不断发展，社会对大学生的英语水平提出了更高的要求，大学英语教学改革已成为社会关注的热点之一。为了推动大学英语教学改革，教育部在总结近年来教学改革经验的基础上，对2004年颁布的《大学英语课程教学要求（试行）》进行了全面修订，并于2007年8月正式颁布了《大学英语课程教学要求》。与以往的《大学英语教学大纲》相比，新的《大学英语课程教学要求》从以下三个方面为大学英语教学带来了新的变化：1.培养目标的变化。《大学英语课程教学要求》提出，大学英语要培养学生的英语综合应用能力，在坚持其通用基础学科定位的同时，提出了与专业学习相结合的专门用途英语，以及以人文、国际交流为核心的文化素质课程的定位；2.教学思想的变化。提出了自主学习的思想，鼓励学生自主选择学习内容和学习方式；3.教学模式的变化。鼓励在教和学的过程中使用以计算机为基础的教育技术，拓展英语学习的渠道，增加语言练习的机会，提高语言输入和输出的质量。

暂缺《法律英语》作者简介

UNIT 1 THE LEGAL SYSTEM
Reading： Bodies of law
Types of laws
Speaking 1 ： Explaining what a law says
Types of courts
Speaking 2： Civil court systems.
Persons in court
Listening： Documents in court
Writing： Paraphrasing in plain language
Language Focus
Legal Latin
Translation Skills
Repetition
UNIT 2 LEGAL EDUCATION AND PROFESSION
Reading： Legal education —— a call to the Bar
A lawyers curriculum vitae
Listening 1： Law firm structure
Listening 2： Practice areas
Speaking and Writing： Describing a law firm and its practice areas
Language Focus
Translation Skills
Omission
UNIT 3 CONSTITUTIONAL LAW
Reading： Introduction to constitutional law.
Key terms： Principles of the constitutional law
Text analysis： The 13 enduring constitutional issues
Listening： The Bill of Rights
Speaking： Public speaking skills
Writing： Writing a classroom constitution
Language Focus
Translation Skills
Addition
UNIT 4 COMPANY LAW： Company Formation and Management
Reading 1 ： Introduction to company law
Key terms： Roles in company management
Listening： Company formation
Speaking： Informal presentation —— a type of company
Reading 2： Corporate governance
Text analysis： A letter of advice
Writing： A letter of advice
Language Focus
Translation Skills
Translation of words （1）
UNIT 5 COMPANY LAW： Capitalisation
Reading 1 ： Introduction to company capitalisation
Key terms： Shares
Listening： A rights issue
Reading 2： Shareholders and supervisory boards
Understanding legalese
Speaking： Paraphrasing and expressing opinions
Writing： Summarising
Language Focus
Translation Skills
Translation of words （2）
UNIT 6 COMPANY LAW： Fundamental Changes in a Company
Reading 1 ： Introduction to changes in companies
Key terms： Opposing concepts in company law
Listening： Explaining legal aspects of an acquisition
Text analysis： Beginning a presentation
Reading 2： Spin-offs
Speaking： Presenting a spin-off
Writing： Standard phrases for opening and closing letters and emails
Language Focus
Case Study
The facts of the case
Task 1： Speaking.
Task 2： Writing
Translation Skills
Conversion of word classes
UNIT 7 CONTRACT LAW： Contract Formation
Reading 1 ： Introduction to contract formation
Key terms： Defenses to contract formation
Text analysis： Understanding contracts
Listening： Contract negotiation
Speaking： Negotiating expressions
Writing： An informative memo
Language Focus
Translation Skills
Translation of the passive
UNIT 8 CONTRACT LAW： Remedies
Reading 1 ： Introduction to contract remedies
Key terms： Types of damages
Listening： Remedies
Speaking： Initial interview with a client
Writing： Follow-up correspondence to a client
Language Focus
Translation Skills
Translation of adjective clauses （1）
UNIT 9 CONTRACT LAW： Assignment and Third-Party Rights
Reading 1 ： Introduction to contract assignation
Key terms： Contracts
Speaking： Explaining third-party rights
Listening： Preparing a lawsuit and developing an argument
Reading 2： A closing argument
Text analysis： Persuasive writing and speaking
Writing： Memo giving advice
Language Focus
Case Study
The facts of the case
Task 1： Speaking
Task 2： Writing
Translation Skills
Translation of adjective clauses （2）
UNIT 10 EMPLOYMENT LAW
Reading 1 ： Introduction to employment law
Key terms： Employment
Listening 1 ： An employment tribunal claim
Writing 1 ： Attachments and formality
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Keys
Listening Transcripts