看绯闻女孩学英语 203

Anne: Thank you.

谢谢。

Nate: Mom,hey. What's going on?

妈妈，怎么了?

Anne: What do you think?

你认为呢?

I'm headed down to the police station.

我被叫去警察局。

The lawyers will meet me there along with someone from the district attorney's office.

律师会在那儿和我见面，还有地方检查院的人。

Nate: Wait,what?Why can't we just pay his bail¹?

等一下，什么?为什么我们不能保释他?

Anne: His bail is set at a million dollars.

他的保释金要1000万。

Nate: What are you talking about? It wasn't even that much coke.

你在说什么，不会有那么多可卡因的。

Anne: It seems your father is facing some other charges.

看起来你爸爸似乎还受到了其它的控告。

Nate: For what?

什么罪名?

Anne: Embezzlement² and fraud.

挪用公款以及诈骗。

I guess they've been building their case for a while.Well, are you coming?

我想他们这个案子，已经有一段时间了。你一起来吗?

1 bail   

v.舀（水），保释；n.保证金，保释，保释人

参考例句：

• One of the prisoner's friends offered to bail him out.犯人的一个朋友答应保释他出来。
• She has been granted conditional bail.她被准予有条件保释。

2 embezzlement   

n.盗用，贪污

参考例句：

• He was accused of graft and embezzlement and was chained and thrown into prison.他因被指控贪污盗窃而锒铛入狱。
• The judge sent him to prison for embezzlement of funds.法官因他盗用公款将其送入监牢。