INO老师ESL课程·780.doc

ESL Podcast 780 – Being Sued 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. 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? Jerry: Yes, I can do that. We really need your help with this, Ally. A lawsuit 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 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 知识点讲解： to sue sb. 起诉 means to go to the court ,to go to a judge,and say that this person did sth.wrong and they owe u money,they should pay money for sth. they did wrong to u.they hurt or sth. ?to be served 被（法庭）传唤 in this case means to receive legal papers. from the court notifying u or telling u that u r being served,u might wanna take some legal action ?in-house 机构内常驻的 means working for ur company permanently ?counsel 辩护人 means a lawyer or attorney，someone who is knowledgeable about the law ?to represent you law firm 律师事务所 we call a group of lawyers a firm,the law firm is a group of lawyers that work together. attorney 辩护律师，代言人 means lawyer but a little more formal ?