早读英语精华本基础篇lesson14

Legal advice

Marshaller Pormer was a young lawyer.

One day a neighbour entered his office, and asked, "What can I do if another man's dog entered my yard and killed one of my chickens?"

Mr. Pormer replied ,"That the damage done could be clacked from the owner of the dog."

"Well,"said the man,"Since it was your dog, you might pay me the worth of chicken about one dollar, Mr Pormer."

Mr. Pormer smiled as he handed the man his the amount named, and said,"Now then,as I have paid all that I owe you,don't you think it's only fair if you set off the matter a little bit you owe me?"

"But..." protested¹ the neighbour,"I don't owe you a penny!"

"Ah..." smiled Mr pormer, "Don't you? Can you pay me five dollars for the legal advice which I gave you concerning² the loss of your chicken?"

1 protested   

v.声明( protest的过去式和过去分词 )；坚决地表示；申辩

参考例句：

• He protested he was being cheated of his rightful share. 他提出抗议说他被人骗取了他依法应得的份额。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Amy protested she was being cheated of her rightful share. 艾米提出抗议，说有人骗取了她依法应得的份额。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 concerning   

prep.关于，论及

参考例句：

• What do you know concerning this?关于这事你知道些什么？
• Some senior students wrote in asking for information concerning postgraduate studies.一些四年级学生写信询问有关研究生课程的信息。