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背景: 在美國律師是高收入的職業,但並不十分受人尊重。因而有很多律師的笑話。 z1tD2jL _
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假如你有機會在法庭上作證,但願你也有跟這位警官先生一樣的機智。這位警官在一件重罪案件中出庭接受被告律師的詢問。這位律師想貶低這位警官的誠信度。 ~BTm6*'h
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as sharp as this policeman. He was being cross-examined by a R4)l4rnO
defense attorney during a felony trial. The lawyer was trying to !M }-N
undermine the police officer's credibility ..... %1cxZxGT
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問:警官. . . 你親眼看見被告逃離現場? [
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Q: 'Officer --- did you see my client fleeing the scene?' kLs{B
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答:沒有。 但是案發後我看到一個疑似被告的人跑了好幾條街。 `r&Ui%fk;0
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description of the offender, running several blocks away.' 5Th\wTh04
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問:警官. . .是誰告訴你被告的長像? G~_eBy
Q: 'Officer -- who provided this description?' o4 "HE*
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答:是那個接到報案到達現場的警官。 LDw.2E
A: 'The officer who responded to the scene.' zI"&g]TV5
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問:是和你一夥的警官向你描述了這位嫌疑犯的長像。你相信你的同僚嗎? 6}@T^?
Q: 'A fellow officer provided the description of this so-called rv)Eg53Q
offender. Do you trust your fellow officers?' ^4JK4+!Zfq
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答:我相信,我以人格保證。 rx]Q,;"
A: 'Yes, sir. With my life.' aA*h *
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問:以人格保證?那我問你一個問題。上班的時候你們有更衣室可以讓你們更換制服嗎? VwBw!,%Ab
Q: 'With your life? Let me ask you this then officer. Do you have a 3b
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答:我們有的! #WUN=u
A: 'Yes sir, we do!' X,M!Tp
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問:那你們有帶鎖的櫃子在更衣室嗎? MP@}G$O
Q: 'And do you have a locker in the room?'
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A: 'Yes, sir, ... I do.' %/U'Wu{*
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問:那你們的櫃子上鎖嗎?
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Q: 'And do you have a lock on your locker?' VAheus
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答:是的,上鎖! WSF$xC/~
A: 'Yes, sir.' W7s
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問:好, 這是為什麼, 警官,假如你能以人格保證你的同僚都是可以信賴的,為何在大家共用的更衣室裡櫃子還有必要上鎖? K\RMX?Ys
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Q: 'Now, ... why is it, officer, if you trust your fellow officers with your life, you find it necessary to lock your locker in a room you share with these same officers?' \Rt>U|%
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答:你要知道,我們的辦公室是跟法院共用的,經常會有律師穿過那個更衣室的。 V/\`:
A: 'You see, sir -- we share the building with the court complex, and sometimes lawyers have been known to walk through that room.' u ?F},VL;
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這時法庭上發出一陣笑聲,庭審立即暫停。這位出庭的警官被提名為年度的“最給力的反唇相譏”獎。我們認為他會得獎。 \2f?)id~
The courtroom EXPLODED with laughter, and a prompt recess was called. The officer on the stand has been nominated for this year's 'Best Comeback' line -- and we think he'll win. Zq:
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現在我們知道他為何是位將軍. . . jA@
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Now We Know Why He Was a General ----- hYFi"ck
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在最近的一次訪問中,诺曼施瓦茨科普夫將軍(海灣戰爭中的美軍統帥)被問到他是否有會可能原諒那些曾經庇護教唆對美國進行911攻擊的恐怖分子。 a~VW
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In an recent interview, General Norman Schwarzkopf was asked if he thought there was room for forgiveness toward the people who have harbored and abetted the terrorists who perpetrated the 9/11 attacks on America.
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他以典型的施瓦茨科普方式回答。 )g&nI<Mh
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將軍說,”我相信原諒他們是上帝的事… V#4ox km
而我們的工作是安排他們跟上帝見面” {R7RBX
The General said, "I believe that forgiving them is God's function ... M_?B*QZJI
Our job is to arrange the meeting."
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