法律行为（1）
1.Attorney 律师
A: Why do we call our lawyer an attorney?
B: Attorney is a more formal and respectable name for a lawyer.
A：我们为什么管我们的律师叫attorney呢？
B：Attorney是对律师的正式的尊称。
2.Accuse 控告
A: Did his brother accuse him of mailing bombs?
B: Yes. His brother did the right thing. Or he will kill more people.
A：是他哥哥控告他邮寄炸弹的吧？
B：是的，他哥哥做得对，要不然他会害死更多的人。
3.Arrest 逮捕
A: Did he get arrested in South Carolina?
B: Yes.How amazing. It was more than a thousand miles away from where he committed the crime.
A：他在南卡洛林娜州被逮捕的吧？
B：是的，真神奇啊，距离他犯罪的地方有一千多英里。
4.Civil Court 民事法庭
A: What is a Civil Court?
B: Civil court is different from a Criminal Court. It deals with the cases where no crimes are involved.
A：什么是民事法庭？
B：民事法庭与刑事法庭不同，专门受理不是刑事犯罪的案件。
5.Court appeal 上诉
A: Why do the sentenced appeal?
B: If they think the court judgement is not right, they can appeal with certain time.
A：判刑的人为什么要上诉？
B：如果他们觉得法官的判决不对，他们可以在指定时间提出上诉。
法律行为（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。