JY Law Notes 法律・英文・科技

Resource: The Print  https://theprint.in/world/judge-jury-and-social-media-trial-why-johnny-depp-lost-libel-suit-in-uk-but-won-in-us/984386/   In Depp’s case in the UK, the burden of proof lay with  The Sun,  but in the US, it was Depp who had to  persuade  the jury that Heard not only defamed him, but did so with malice.  In other words, in the UK, plaintiffs have to show that a false and defamatory statement was made, but in the US they also have to prove an added element of actual malice. But what really turned the tide in Depp’s favour in the US was the jury as opposed to a single judge in the UK. Experts have   highlighted  how Depp used a strategy called “deny, attack, and reverse victim and offender” or “Darvo” —  a common defence tactic in sexual assault and domestic violence trials.  The strategy, experts say, is  “very, very effective against juries” although “lawyers and judges tend not to fall for it” because they...

From: English Island    Ignore his fast talk. （Ｘ）別管他講話太快。 （Ｏ）別聽他的花言巧語。 Fast talk表面上看來是「講話很快」，其實是指人講話很快、語言浮誇，不太實在。 經常這樣講話的人，我們可以說他是fast talker。而fast talk更常用來當動詞： He fast-talked his way into a powerful job.  他靠誇誇其談謀了個要職。 They are fast friends.  （Ｘ）他們很快變成朋友。 （Ｏ）他們是很要好的朋友。  大家熟悉Fast意思是「快」，但它還有一個意思，是「牢固的、安穩的」。來看一例： He's fast asleep.  （Ｘ）他很快睡著。 （Ｏ）他睡得很熟。 Fast asleep  是熟睡，fast不是「很快」，而是「很安穩、很熟」。類似的還有，如果我們說一個規則是hard and fast，意思也是「很明確、很牢固、不能更改」： We have hard and fast rules for this procedure. 我們對流程規定非常明確。 Fast friend就是取這個意思，「牢固的朋友、可靠的朋友」。再看看例句： Do you have any fast friend in that company? 你在那家公司有可靠的朋友嗎？

From: Lingoda Class Report (Jessica), Cambridge Dictionary          There's a great page here on the Cambridge dictionary site with some           more info on when to use late, when to use lately and when it can be swapped with recently! https://dictionary.cambridge.org/grammar/british-grammar/late-or-lately   Late:   Late   as an adverb means ‘not on time’: Well, I couldn’t find my classroom, so I got to the classroom a bit  late  and then I had to sing a song in front of the other students! Lately:   Lately is used for REPEATED events. Something that is recurring often.  We use   lately   for states or for repeated events, mostly with the present perfect: She says she’s been feeling tired  lately . I think she’s working too much.     You asked me if you could interchange 'recently' and 'shortly,' and I said no. Here is why: Recently (adverb) m eaning - at a recent time;...