跟读练习: 😮12 MUST-KNOW irregular verbs for lawyers - 通过视频学习英语口语
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Hi everyone.
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I hope you are doing well.
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In today's short lesson, we're going to look at 12 irregular verbs that you as a lawyer should know.
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I'm Louise, and I'm here to help you improve your legal English.
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So let's get started.
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Arise is an irregular verb that you should know.
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The conjugations are arise, arose, arisen.
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It's a common verb used by lawyers, and it means to emerge or come into existence.
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An example sentence is, a dispute has arisen regarding the interpretation of the clause.
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Bind is an irregular verb used a lot by lawyers.
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The conjugations are bind, bound, and bound.
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It means to tie or to obligate, and it's often used in the passive voice as in to be bound, meaning to be legally obligated to follow something.
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An example sentence is, the parties are bound by the contract.
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The parties must follow the contract.
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Break is an irregular verb, used a lot in legal English.
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The conjugations are break, broke, broken.
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It is often used in legal English to mean to violate a rule.
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It collocates with law, as in, to break the law.
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An example sentence is, the defendant broke the law by driving at 50 kilometers per hour in a 30 kilometers per hour zone.
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Bring is an irregular verb used a lot by lawyers.
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The conjugations are bring, brought, and brought.
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In legal English it's used to mean to carry or cause something to happen, especially in the collocation with to bring proceedings, which means to start legal proceedings in the civil court.
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An example sentence is, the claimant brought proceedings against the defendant.
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Find is an irregular verb, used a lot in legal English.
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The conjugations are find, found, and found.
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In legal English it is used of course to mean discover something, but it's especially used when referring to court decisions.
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For example, we say that the court found in favour of the defendant when the defendant won the case, or the court found against the defendant when the defendant lost the case.
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We can also talk about the court or the jury found the defendant guilty or not guilty.
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So an example sentence is the court found the defendant guilty.
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Plead is another irregular verb used a lot by lawyers.
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The conjugations are plead, pled/plead or pleaded, and pled/plead/ pleaded in the past participle.
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Plead is used in the US to mean when a lawyer states his or her case in court.
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It was also used historically in England, however, since 1998, we tend to use, to state one's case instead.
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However, in criminal law plead collocates with guilty or not guilty, meaning that the defendant either admits or denies guilt.
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An example sentence is, the defendant pleaded guilty to the charges.
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Prove can be an irregular verb.
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The conjugations are prove, proved in the past simple, and the past participant can be proven or proved.
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It means to establish the truth, what is real through evidence to prove that something is true.
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An example sentence is, the authorities proved that the companies had formed a cartel to fix prices, contrary to competition law.
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Seek is an irregular verb used a lot by lawyers.
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The conjugations are seek, sought, sought.
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It means to obtain or achieve something or to look for something.
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It's often used when talking about what a client wants to achieve, when faced with a dispute.
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For example, they are seeking damages, seeking compensation, seeking redress, seeking a remedy.
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An example sentence is the claimant sought damages for breach of contract.
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Swear is an irregular verb used a lot by lawyers.
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The conjugations are swear, swore, and sworn.
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It means to make a very serious promise.
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For example, in court you swear an oath before giving evidence.
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An example sentence is, the witness swore an oath before giving evidence in the trial.
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In other words, they promised to tell the truth.
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Undertake is an irregular verb used a lot in legal English.
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The conjugations are to undertake, undertook, and undertaken.
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It means to commit to or assume responsibility for something.
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An example sentence is, the company undertook to provide the services within the agreed timeframe.
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Win is an irregular verb, I hope you're going to be using a lot as a lawyer.
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The conjugations are win, won, won.
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And it means to achieve victory or success, especially when we're talking about winning a court case.
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An example sentence is, the lawyer won the case for his client, meaning the client went to court, in legal proceedings, either civil or criminal, and they won.
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The court ruled in their favour.
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Withdraw is an irregular verb used a lot in legal English.
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The conjugations are withdraw, withdrew, and withdrawn.
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It means to remove or take back something.
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It collocates with money, as in you withdraw money from a bank or ATM.
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But you can withdraw many things.
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For example, the claimant withdrew the application before the hearing.
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Meaning that the claimant removed their court application and decided to not go ahead with the legal proceedings.
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So that brings us to the end of today's lesson.
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I hope you learned something new.
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I hope you found it useful.
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I hope you're going to be using some of these irregular verbs very accurately now.
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本视频的口语学习目标
本视频聚焦法律英语中高频不规则动词，帮助学习者突破专业场景下的口语表达瓶颈。通过掌握这些动词的正确变位和用法，你能在法律对话、案例分析或雅思口语练习中更精准地传达意思，提升专业英语的流利度。无论是模拟法庭辩论还是描述法律事件，这些动词都是构建流畅表达的关键，助你实现从“能说”到“会说”的跨越。
实用短语库
- “a dispute has arisen”（出现争议）
- “be bound by the contract”（受合同约束）
- “break the law”（违法）
- “bring proceedings against”（对…提起诉讼）
- “the court found the defendant guilty”（法院判定被告有罪）
- “pleaded guilty to the charges”（对指控认罪）
- “sought damages for breach of contract”（因违约索赔）
这些短语不仅适用于法律场景，稍加变通也能用于日常表达，是提升口语实用性的“干货”。
攻克发音与节奏难点
视频中的不规则动词变位多样，如“arise-arose-arisen”“bind-bound-bound”等，容易混淆。通过shadow speak练习（即跟读模仿），你能强化对这些变位的记忆，同时纠正发音。比如“pleaded”的两种发音（/ˈpliːdɪd/或/ˈplɛdɪd/）、“proven”与“proved”的语调差异，都需要仔细模仿。坚持shadow speech训练，能让你在说英语时更自然地把握节奏，避免因动词变位错误或发音不准影响表达。此外，结合法律场景的例句练习，还能提升你在雅思口语中描述复杂话题的能力，让回答更具逻辑性和专业性。
记住，每天花10分钟进行shadowing练习，专注于这些动词的发音和用法，你的英语发音和口语流畅度一定会稳步提升！
什么是跟读法？
跟读法 (Shadowing) 是一种有科学依据的语言学习技巧，最初开发用于专业口译员的培训，并由多语言者Alexander Arguelles博士普及。这个方法简单而强大：您在听英语母语原声的同时立即大声重复——就像是一个延迟1-2秒紧跟说话者的影子。与被动听力或语法练习不同，跟读法强迫您的大脑和口腔肌肉同时处理并模仿真实的讲话模式。研究表明它能显着提高发音准确性，语调，节奏，连读，听力理解和口语流利度——使其成为雅思口语备考和真实英语交流最有效的方法之一。