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[J-144] What an Attorney! 多么个律师啊！
A wealthy woman was being sued for a fat sum by a maid who had fallen off a small stepladder. There before the jury's eyes stood the plaintiff's prize exhibit, the ladder itself, alleged to be rickety and unsafe.
Lloyd Stryker, the attorney for the defense, a rugged, big-shouldered hulk of a man, was extolling the ladder's sound construction. To prove his point he climbed its four steps and stood on top. To clinch his case, he jumped on the ladder. It practically exploded all over the courtroom.
Stryker picked himself up. “You see, gentlemen,” he said quietly, as though he had planned it that way, “you see how solidly that stepladder was built? A big fellow like me had to jump on it with all his weight to break it!” He won the case.
[译注] 一个有钱的妇人被控告要付一大笔钱，告她的是一个从小梯子掉落的女佣。在陪审团的眼前，立着原告卤获的证物，那梯子本身，而它被指称是摇晃而不安全。
被告的律师 洛易得史特莱克 是个粗壮的、大肩膀的笨大之人，他称赞那梯子的建全架构。为了证明他的论点，他爬上梯子的四阶而站在顶端。为了钉牢他的案件，他还在梯子上跳。结果梯子实际上在法庭爆了开来散在各处。 史特莱克自己站了起来。「先生们，你们看，」他说得很平静，宛如自己计划那样，「你们看到那梯子被造得多么结实吗？像我这样的大家伙还得用尽重量在它上面掉，才把它碎掉。」他赢了那案件。 注： attorney
= lawyer (律师)， sue (控告)， a fat sum (一大笔钱)， plaintiff (原告)， prize (卤获物)， exhibit (证物)， alleged (被指称)， rickety (摇晃不稳)， rugged (粗壮的)， hulk (笨大人)， extol (称赞)， clinch (钉牢，把握)， explode (爆炸)， pick oneself up (站起身来)， solidly (结实地)。 [复习填充] A wealthy woman was being s___ for a fat sum by a maid who had fallen off a small step______. There before the jury's eyes stood the plaintiff's prize ex_____, the ladder itself, alleged to be r______ and unsafe. Lloyd Stryker, the attorney for the de_____, a rugged, big-shouldered h___ of a man, was ex_______ the ladder's sound construction. To prove his point he climbed its four steps and stood on top. To c_____ his case, he jumped on the ladder. It practically ex______ all over the courtroom. Stryker picked himself __. “You see, gentlemen,” he said quietly, as though he had planned it that way, “you see how s______ that stepladder was built? A big fellow like me had to jump on it with al his w_____ to break it!” He won the case.
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