当你第一次以Full-Time形式踏入美国、英联邦法学院，不论是JD/LLM的1L，还是国家留基委的半年交换，还是律所Leave出国采风顺便回到校园，考出A+，都能令你有更多机遇和积累，未来收获一个自由的人生。这个系列就是写给你的Know-How，看到了偷偷藏起来，别让同学知道了。希望越来越多有资质的同学藉由更早的看到这个系列斩获summa cum laude（拉丁荣誉，班里的Top1%）。
由于这个系列针对的是第一次全职留学的同学，有必要增加一些基础的训练。烦请有兴趣的同学不查阅任何词典的情况下通读完以下英文。要明白，英美法学院的题目不仅有思辨的题干部分，还有大量的描述性的故事语言，这是构筑虚构情景所要求的，进行故事类英文经典的阅读训练，让你可以弄清情节和基本人物关系，毕竟“找到法学院教授埋下的含糊不清”的前提是“你别自己阅读理解偏差，把2个岔路的问题，搞成了8个岔路，二元方程可以解，八元方程一般学生恐怕没那个算力”~
In rural Kansas, Dorothy Gale lives on a farm owned by her Uncle Henry and Aunt Em. Dorothy's neighbor, Almira Gulch, who had been bitten by Dorothy's dog, Toto, obtains a sheriff's order authorizing her to seize Toto. Toto escapes and returns to Dorothy, who runs away to protect him. Professor Marvel, a charlatan fortune-teller, persuades Dorothy to go home because Aunt Em is heartbroken. She returns just as a tornado approaches the farm. Unable to get into the locked storm cellar, Dorothy takes cover in the farmhouse and is knocked unconscious as the tornado lifts the house and drops it intact onto an unknown land.
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Dorothy awakens and is greeted by a good witch named Glinda, who floats down in a bubble and explains that Dorothy has landed in Munchkinland in the Land of Oz, and that the Munchkins are celebrating because the house landed on the Wicked Witch of the East. Her sister, the Wicked Witch of the West, suddenly appears. Before she can seize her deceased sister's ruby slippers, Glinda magically transports them onto Dorothy's feet and tells her to keep them on. Because the Wicked Witch has no power in Munchkinland, she leaves, but swears vengeance upon Dorothy and Toto. Glinda tells Dorothy to follow the yellow brick road to the Emerald City, the home of the Wizard of Oz, as he might know how to help her return home as the bubble makes her vanish and float away.
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Along the way, Dorothy meets the Scarecrow, who wants a brain; the Tin Man, who wants a heart; and the Cowardly Lion, who wants courage. The group reaches the Emerald City, despite the efforts of the Wicked Witch. Dorothy is initially denied an audience with the Wizard by his guard, but the guard relents due to Dorothy's grief, and the four are led into the Wizard's chambers. The Wizard appears as a giant ghostly head and tells them he will grant their wishes if they bring him the Wicked Witch's broomstick.
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During their quest, Dorothy and Toto are captured by flying monkeys and taken to the Wicked Witch, but the ruby slippers protect her and Toto manages to escape, leading the Scarecrow, Tin Man, and Cowardly Lion to the castle. They free Dorothy, but are pursued and finally cornered by the Witch and her guards. The Witch taunts them and sets fire to the Scarecrow's arm. When Dorothy throws a bucket of water onto the Scarecrow, she inadvertently splashes the Witch, causing her to melt away.
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The Witch's guards gratefully give Dorothy her broomstick, and the four return to the Wizard, but he tells them to return tomorrow. When Toto pulls back a curtain, the "Wizard" is revealed to be an ordinary man operating machinery that projects a ghostly image of his face. The four travelers confront the Wizard, who insists he is a good man at heart, but confesses to being a humbug. He then "grants" the wishes of Dorothy's three friends by giving them tokens to confirm that they have the qualities they sought.
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The Wizard reveals that he, like Dorothy, is from Kansas and accidentally arrived in Oz in a hot air balloon. When he offers to take Dorothy back to Kansas with him aboard his balloon, she accepts, but Toto jumps off and Dorothy goes after him, and the balloon accidentally lifts off with just the Wizard aboard. Glinda reappears and tells Dorothy she always had the power to return to Kansas using the ruby slippers, but had to find that out for herself. After sharing a tearful farewell with her friends, Dorothy heeds Glinda's instructions by tapping her heels three times and repeating, "There's no place like home."
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Dorothy is transported back to Kansas, where she awakens in her own bed. Aunt Em attends to her while Uncle Henry and the farm hands stand by. Professor Marvel stops in as Dorothy describes Oz, telling the farm hands and the Professor they were there too, and they smile, humoring her. As Dorothy hugs Toto, she gratefully exclaims, "Oh, Auntie Em, there's no place like home!"
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【这个故事是绿野仙踪~现在可以看图片、看音乐剧、或者看中文文字翻译，把你想象的画面和实际的画面一一对比，寻找差距。】
（未完待续）
现在9月下旬，还算刚开学，愿《普通法系留学第一学期考A+宝典》系列的连载可以帮助你实现自己普通法考试的开门红。
我另外一篇连载作品《翘臀小蛮腰死命卷》分享的是课业之外的认识，是一部自传性质的回忆集，读者群体设定是内地的法学院学生或者法学院毕业后5年以内的律师或法务，如有兴趣可以搜来一并食用。