时间:2019-01-28 作者:英语课 分类:地道美语播客


英语课

   Ally: Hello, Ally McNeal.


 
  Jerry: Ally, this is Jerry Mason. I need to talk to you right away. We’re being sued and we’ve just been served. This is one of those times I wish we had in-house counsel.
 
  Ally: Jerry, you know that our firm will do its best to represent you, as we’ve done in the past. You can count on me and all of the attorneys in this office. How about if I come to your office this afternoon and we can discuss it?
 
  Jerry: Okay, that’s great.
 
  Ally: In the meantime, can you give me a brief rundown?
 
  Jerry: Yeah, we’re being sued for negligence 1. In fact, it’s a class action suit against our company
 
  Ally: All right. Can you fax or email me the papers so I can see what they’re alleging 2?
 
  Jerry: Yes, I can do that. We really need your help with this, Ally. A lawsuit 3 like this could ruin a company like ours.
 
  Ally: Don’t panic. We’ll take a look at it and see if there’s any merit in the case. It might just be a frivolous 4 lawsuit.
 
  Jerry: If they have a case, you’ll have to find a loophole to get us out of this, or negotiate a settlement. The last thing I want is to go to court.
 
  Ally: Let’s not get ahead of ourselves. We’ll discuss it this afternoon. And Jerry?
 
  Jerry: Yeah?
 
  Ally: In the meantime, try to lay off the coffee.
 
  Script by Dr. Lucy Tse

n.疏忽,玩忽,粗心大意
  • They charged him with negligence of duty.他们指责他玩忽职守。
  • The traffic accident was allegedly due to negligence.这次车祸据说是由于疏忽造成的。
断言,宣称,辩解( allege的现在分词 )
  • His reputation was blemished by a newspaper article alleging he'd evaded his taxes. 由于报上一篇文章声称他曾逃税,他的名誉受到损害。
  • This our Peeress declined as unnecessary, alleging that her cousin Thornhill's recommendation would be sufficient. 那位贵人不肯,还说不必,只要有她老表唐希尔保荐就够了。
n.诉讼,控诉
  • They threatened him with a lawsuit.他们以诉讼威逼他。
  • He was perpetually involving himself in this long lawsuit.他使自己无休止地卷入这场长时间的诉讼。
adj.轻薄的;轻率的
  • This is a frivolous way of attacking the problem.这是一种轻率敷衍的处理问题的方式。
  • He spent a lot of his money on frivolous things.他在一些无聊的事上花了好多钱。
学英语单词
.der
ability to architect plans and strategies
Adenophora potanini Korsh.
advance metal
albinocratic
anisotropic liquid
Avnslev
band course
barium azodicarboxylate
bell morels
broadening vision in management
buccinator artery
carbon nanotube-based electrochemical dna sensor
cathartica
Cauvet
change-over knob
cheapsat
cherrypie
compact COBOL
compline
convex surface (or dorso-lateral surface)
counter staining
counterflow rapid action mixer
cryogenic biology
cryogenic gyroscope
Cryptotaxis
crystal growth by sintering
Cyronine
dc servo motor
deceiptful
decisieverts
design power
dibbling machine
diffuse bipolars
direct access storage device(dasd)
disflourish
double-handedness
drinkabler
Echinostoma lindoensis
Entomoplasmatales
epitonium taiwanica
examination and approval authority
false maculae
faunal
fixed wireless data
forhevedness
fortunel
go to the doctor
guisarmes
Gutenberg, Johannes
hagia sophias
hypogene anomaly
in former days
in place density
infantry man
integrifolium
jaculate
law report
leiomyosarcoma of kidney
lignin number
lime plant
littuit
Lumbricus
manual ringing telephone
mechanical sealed main coolant pump
megakeryoblast
mercury dibromide
mobile videotape recorder
modified refractivity
moving-bed catalytic reforming
nidifying
nighest
Normes Francaises
NW by W
Omoprostil
orchidaceous corolla
owners declaration
paradoxures
Paramobil
plastic relay house
proloculus
pure blue
put dibs on
quees
quickplay
remonstration
shoe divider
steam jet air pump
strategic minefields
suggestopedy
sulfating
surface trap density
sylvia
Tadzhiki
to swell
two-sided manifold
uang
ultraacoustics
Virchow's node
water-softener
wean someone from
Zapocoz