大学英语新课标第三册英语U2B3课文.docx

大学英语新课标第三册英语U2B3课文
Whereas You Were an Insensitive Fool...
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原告系一名家庭主妇，其主要指责包括：负责一家人的生活，准备一日三餐，接送小孩，打扫一家四口和一条狗居住的家。
2. Her husband, the Defendant, is an attorney in Washington, .
Jurisdiction and Venue被告，其夫系一名华盛顿特区的律师。
3. The Circuit Court for Montgomery County, Md., handles major criminal and civil cases including marital breach of contract complaints filed by any and all outraged wives who, after suffering vacation-ending injuries, are cruelly blamed and mistreated by their husbands.
Background Facts
4. On June 29, 1986, Lisa K. Friedman, heretofore known as “the Plaintiff” and her husband signed a Contract of Marriage (the “Contract”).
5. The Contract contemplated, among many clauses, that the parties will “love and comfort, in sickness and in health” for an estimated length of time described in the Contract as “as long as [they] both shall live.”
Count One
Breach of Contract
6. The Defendant breached the Contract by failing and refusing to offer aid and comfort to the Plaintiff after she stumbled off a curb in front of the hotel where the couple intended to enjoy a romantic and restful three nights before beginning their highly anticipated, hugely expensive and meticulously planned archaeological hiking tour of remote historical sites in Israel and Jordan.
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