Eloquent Plea | 雄辩的陈词

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The lawyer approached the jury box and began an eloquent plea for her client:

"Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, I want to tell you about this man. There's so much to say that is good: he never beat his wife; he was always kind to little children; he never did a dishonest thing in his life; he has always lived by the golden rule; he is a model of everything decent, forthright, and honest. Everyone loves him and..."

Her client leaned over to a friend and whispered, "How do you like that? I pay her good money to defend me, and she's telling the jury about some other guy."

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