英语一 2014年 Text 2
美国律师：我认罪
ground [ɡraʊnd] n.[常pl.]理由;地面;土地
eg. But there are few places where clients have more grounds for complaint than America.
(2014 Text 2)
但是，美国律师的客户最有理由抱怨，鲜有人能出其左右。
hostility [hɒˈstɪləti] n.敌意;对抗
journalism [ˈdʒɜːnəlɪzəm] n.新闻业
eg. All around the world, lawyers generate more hostility than the members of any other profession—with the possible exception of journalism. (2014 Text 2)
放眼世界，可能除了新闻业之外，律师行业是最遭人嫉恨的行业。
filer [ˈfaɪlə] n.提交（诉讼的）人;文件编档员
eg. Many of them instead become the kind of nuisance-lawsuit filer that makes the tort system a costly nightmare. (2014 Text 2)
相反，许多人只能接手一些惹人厌烦的诉讼，由此致使美国的司法体系成为收费昂贵的噩梦。
excessive [ɪkˈsesɪv] a.过多的
eg. One is the excessive costs of a legal education. (2014 Text 2)
其一是法律教育的成本过高。
fearsomely [ˈfɪəsəmli] adv.令人生畏的
eg. Law-school debt means that they have to work fearsomely hard. (2014 Text 2)
攻读法律院校欠下的债务意味着他们必须拼命工作。
sit for 参加（考试）
eg. Another is to let students sit for the bar after only two years of law school.
(2014 Text 2)
还有人建议准许学生在就读法律院校两年后就可以参加律师资格考试。
其他单词：
restrictive [rɪˈstrɪktɪv] a.限制性的
liberalize [ˈlɪbrəlaɪz] v.放宽限制
nuisance [ˈnjuːsns] n.令人讨厌的东西
tort [tɔːt] n.民事侵权行为
