时间:2018-12-03 作者:英语课 分类:2012年ESL之就医和人际交往


英语课

 


Getting a Divorce 


Nicole: I’m really sorry to hear about you and Catherine getting a divorce. 


Tom: I appreciate it, but it was a long time coming. We’ve been heading toward divorce for years. I just hope it doesn’t get too messy. 


Nicole: I don’t mean to pry 1, but didn’t the two of you have a prenup? 


Tom: Yeah, but Catherine wants it set aside because our financial situation has changed so much since we got married. She also wants sole custody 2 of Sarah, alimony, and child support. 


Nicole: We live in a community property state, so that should simplify things, shouldn’t it? 


Tom: You’d think so, but the distribution of property may get complicated. I’m hoping we can settle everything amicably 3, but I’m ready for a fight, if it turns ugly. I’ve hired Dewey Cheatum. 


Nicole: Wow, you’re serious. He’s the most high-powered divorce attorney in this city. 


Tom: I’m not taking any chances with my assets or my daughter. If Catherine wants to play hardball, I’m coming out swinging! 


 


Script by Dr. Lucy Tse 



1 pry
vi.窥(刺)探,打听;vt.撬动(开,起)
  • He's always ready to pry into other people's business.他总爱探听别人的事。
  • We use an iron bar to pry open the box.我们用铁棍撬开箱子。
2 custody
n.监护,照看,羁押,拘留
  • He spent a week in custody on remand awaiting sentence.等候判决期间他被还押候审一个星期。
  • He was taken into custody immediately after the robbery.抢劫案发生后,他立即被押了起来。
3 amicably
adv.友善地
  • Steering according to the wind, he also framed his words more amicably. 他真会看风使舵,口吻也马上变得温和了。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
  • The couple parted amicably. 这对夫妻客气地分手了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
学英语单词
Abu Qir
actuarial risk
Amiodar
analytic(al) psychology
as pale as ashes
automatic jigger
bell of die
blue hell
Bourtoutou
byrthynsak
cankle
caribbean community
cloth plaiting machine
cluj-napoca (kolozsvar)
collection efficiency of photomultiplier tube
conservatism principle
cross-section of stripping work
Death pays all scores.
defrange
democratic country
deodorizing tank
Deutzia albida
digresseth
dramata
enteroid
entity view of ability
evening absorbent
fascinery
flannel fabric
flat coal shovel
foliar spray
format legend
fuel pump mounting height
gas man
gaseous insulator
glacial-lake deposit
hammer-block
haslop
health physics assistant
i-lope
internal friction characteristic
Izard County
Jolo I.
jute paper
killing off
Kivotos
kote-eyeqiece
Kukuihaele
kulsong (gursong)
lacrimal ductule
ladies in waiting
ladlefuls
leguminous creeping cover
leucol
lime saturation factor
many-body
Masini's sign
methaemalbumin
methylneomycin
mid-height plane
mixologies
nates
necessary place
object linked embedded
Oracle Reports
pathognomy
peer entity authentication
periodic excitation
pneumaoarthrography
polrvinyl
popstyling
precious-metals recovery
proof beyond a reasonable doubt
propion gel
quarter scale
recreational activities
red screen of death
restylers
rocker-arm shaft
rolling shutters
Russian Register of Shipping
service life depreciation method
sheep-o
shock-free
short fiction
source code
spoon lure
sulfurless cure
tetradecane
thin shell theory
tined wheel
travel for study
Tripuri
trollishly
Turk Loydu
urinomics
venae emissaria
water-raising capacity
weight mixing
weighted-in-point method
wexford b.
winnowed out