商務(wù)英語口語會刊-法律行為

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法律行為(1)
    1.Attorney 律師
    A: Why do we call our lawyer an attorney?
    B: Attorney is a more formal and respectable name for a lawyer.
    A:我們?yōu)槭裁垂芪覀兊穆蓭熃衋ttorney呢?
    B:Attorney是對律師的正式的尊稱。
    2.Accuse 控告
    A: Did his brother accuse him of mailing bombs?
    B: Yes. His brother did the right thing. Or he will kill more people.
    A:是他哥哥控告他郵寄炸彈的吧?
    B:是的,他哥哥做得對,要不然他會害死更多的人。
    3.Arrest 逮捕
    A: Did he get arrested in South Carolina?
    B: Yes.How amazing. It was more than a thousand miles away from where he committed the crime.
    A:他在南卡洛林娜州被逮捕的吧?
    B:是的,真神奇啊,距離他犯罪的地方有一千多英里。
    4.Civil Court 民事法庭
    A: What is a Civil Court?
    B: Civil court is different from a Criminal Court. It deals with the cases where no crimes are involved.
    A:什么是民事法庭?
    B:民事法庭與刑事法庭不同,專門受理不是刑事犯罪的案件。
    5.Court appeal 上訴
    A: Why do the sentenced appeal?
    B: If they think the court judgement is not right, they can appeal with certain time.
    A:判刑的人為什么要上訴?
    B:如果他們覺得法官的判決不對,他們可以在指定時間提出上訴。
    法律行為(2)
    1.Defendant 被告
    A: If I accuse you of something, you become the defendant, right?
    B: Right. And you are called the plaintiff.
    A:如果我指控你,你就變成了被告,對嗎?
    B:是的,那你就叫做原告。
    2.Execution 執(zhí)行死刑
    A: I saw on the TV of a death penalty execution yesterday.
    B: I hate to see those kinds of things.
    A:我昨天在電視上看到了執(zhí)行死刑。
    B:我不愿意看那種事情。
    3.DA(District Attorney) 公訴人
    A: What is the District Attorney?
    B: A DA represents the government in a case.
    A:公訴人是什么人?
    B:公訴人在法庭上代表政府。
    4.Law firm 律師事務(wù)所
    A: How do you select a law firm?
    B: You don't select a law firm. You select a lawyer in most case.
    A:你如何選擇律師事務(wù)所?
    B:大多數(shù)情況下不是選擇律師事務(wù)所,而是選擇律師。
    5.Sentence 宣判
    A: When you get a cancer, isn't that like being sentenced to death?
    B: Not really. Many cancer patients are still living well.
    A:如果得了癌癥是不是就意味著判了死刑?
    B:也不完全是,許多癌癥患者都活得好好的。