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,你就变成了被告,对吗?
B:是的,那你就叫做原告。
2.Execution 执行死刑
A: I saw on the TV of a death penalty execution yesterday.
B: I hate to see those kinds of things.
A:我昨天在电视上看到了执行死刑。
B:我不愿意看那种事情。
3.DA(District Attorney) 公诉人
A: What is the District Attorney?
B: A DA represents the government in a case.
A:公诉人是什么人?
B:公诉人在法庭上代表政府。
4.Law firm 律师事务所
A: How do you select a law firm?
B: You don't select a law firm. You select a lawyer in most case.
A:你如何选择律师事务所?
B:大多数情况下不是选择律师事务所,而是选择律师。
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:如果得了癌症是不是就意味着判了死刑?
B:也不完全是,许多癌症患者都活得好好的。