商務(wù)英語口語會(huì)刊 NO.110

法律事務(wù)——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(duì)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。