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1、ExtraPassage1Imagineaclassroomwheretheinstructorsspeakaforeignlanguageandthestudentscan’ttakenotes,turntoatextbook,oraskanyquestions.Yetattheendofthefinalexam,oneparticipationmayfacelifeinjailorevendeath.That’sthetaskhandedtoAmericanjuniors,brieflythrowntogether
2、todecideaccusedcriminals’fate.In“ATrialbyJury”，PrincetonhistoryprofessorD.GrahamBurnettoffersarareglimpseinsidejurydeliberationsataNewYorkmurdertrialwhereheservedasforemanlastyear.Accordingtotheprosecutor,thecaseseemsclear-cut;asexualencounterbetweentwomenwentaw
3、ry.Thedefendantstabbedhisvictim26times,butclaimsheactedinself-defense,killingamanwhowasattemptingtorapehim.Burnettopenswithagraphicdescriptionofthecrime.Hethenintroducesthecharactersandwalksreadersthroughthe10-daytrial.Youhearthetestimonyofwitnessesdressedindrag
4、andfindyourselfputoffbyagrowlingprosecutorandthejudge’sindifference.Mostofthedrama,though,comesduringfourdaysandthreenightsofdeliberations.Onceretreatedinthejuryroom,confusionreigns.Mostjurorsdon’tunderstandthechargesorthemeaningofself-defense.Uninterestedjurors
5、eemmoreconcernedaboutmissingappointments.Onthethirdday,onejurorrunstobathroomintearsafterexchangingcurses.Bythefinalday,nearly,everycries.Thoughhe’snomorefamiliarwiththelawthantheotherjurors,whoincludeavacuum-cleanerrepairmanandasoftwaredeveloper,it’sfittingthat
6、Burnettisateacher.Forus,heservesasapatientinstructor,illustratingwithhisexperiencejustwhataremarkableandsometimesremarkablystrangedutyservingonajurycanbe.Formanycitizens,jurydutyistheirfirstexposuretoourjusticesystem.Jurorsdiscoverfirsthandthegapbetweenlawandjus
7、tice.Theyfacetwoflawedversionsofthesameevent,offeredbywitnessestheymaynotbelieve.AsBurnettobservers,“Weexpectmuchofthisroom,andwethinkaboutitlessoftenthanweprobablyshould.”Weassumejurorswilltaketheirjobseriously.Weexpectthemtodigestcomplicateddefinitionsthatleav
8、elawyersconfused.ButasBurnettquicklydiscovers,jurorsreceivelittlehelp.Thejudgeoffersthemnoguidanceabouthowtoconductthemselvesandracesthroughhisdeliveryofthemurderchar
