08+April+21

=Drop Dead Diva S1E5 - Lost and Found= = __Program Introduction__ =

__**Life looks different, the second time around**__ A vapid aspiring model, Deb, killed in a car crash. She was sent to a hi-tech heaven. There are equipped with escalators and they use computers to record everyone’s life, Fred is Deb's gatekeeper, he found out that Deb was a zero/zero (meaning she didn't do any good things or any bad deeds.) So Fred said Deb was simply SHALLOW, this made Deb very unhappy,then she pressed the RETURN button and went back to Earth. She is alive again, only, she is in somebody else’s body, Jane’s body. Not like Deb, Jane was INTELLIGENT, OVERWEIGHT and not paying much attention to fashion and fabric. and she was a super busy lawyer. It’s difficult for Deb to accept who she is now ,so Fred was demoted to a guardian angel for helping the life of NEW Jane.

Here is the promo about Drop Dead Diva: [] =__** Characters ** __= The main characters are:


 * [[image:jane1.JPG width="361" height="346"]] || [[image:teri1.JPG]] ||
 * **Jane Bingum**/Brooke Elliott || **Teri Lee**/Margaret Cho ||
 * [[image:Stacey1.JPG align="center"]] || [[image:handsomegray.jpg]] ||
 * **Stacy Barrett**/April Bowlby || **Grayson Kent**/Jackson Hurst ||
 * [[image:fred1.jpg width="290" height="338" align="center"]] || [[image:kim.jpg width="331" height="330"]] ||
 * **Fred**/Ben Feldman || **Kim Kaswell** /Kate Levering ||
 * [[image:parker1.JPG width="410" height="315" align="center"]] ||  ||
 * **J. Parker** /Josh Stamberg ||  ||

= __Brief Synopsis of This Episode__ =

In this episode, 《 Last and Found 》 , Jane was told that the day was her 32th birthday, but for Deb, she was only 24 year-old! Jane could not accept that she **LOST** 8 years of life. Coincidentally, the case she was working on was about a unlucky man being wrongfully convicted and was finally freed after 10 years. Therefore Jane felt the same way for this guy, she decide to fight back for what was lost for him and to some extent, for herself. Grayson and Kim took on the case of a man who created a web site for married couple looking to cheat was accused of ruining marriages. Grayson disliked the owner of the website, so how would he and Kim win the case?

Annotated script:

**__Vocabulary and Phrases__**

**2.Pro bono:** It is a phrase derived from Latin meaning "for the public good". The term is generally
used to describe professional work undertaken voluntarily and without payment as a p ublic service. Pro bono service, unlike traditional volunteerism, uses the specific skills of professionals to provide services to those who are unable to afford them.

** 3.Incisor: ** one of the eight sharp teeth at the front of the mouth that are used for biting

<span style="font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS',sans-serif; line-height: 12pt;">** <span style="font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS',sans-serif;">4.Amnesia : ** <span style="font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS',sans-serif;">a medical condition in which somebody partly or completely loses their memory

<span style="font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS',sans-serif; line-height: 12pt;"> <span style="font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS',sans-serif;">**5.Moisturizer:** a cream that is used to make the skin less dry

<span style="font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS',sans-serif; line-height: 12pt;">**6.Bonded：**Emotionally or psychologically linked. In this episode, Stacy says totally bonded means she is familiar with Jane so much.

**<span style="font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS',sans-serif;">7.Polyester： ** <span style="font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS',sans-serif;">a kind of strong artificial fabric, often mixed with other fabrics and used especially for making clothes such as sports shirts and suits.

**8.The yellow:** Here stacy means the yellow and principal substance of an egg, the yolk.
**<span style="font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS',sans-serif;">9.Reflexology： **a type of alternative treatment in which somebody's feet are rubbed in a particular way in order to heal other parts of their body or to make them feel mentally relaxed. A good example is foot massage.

<span style="font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS',sans-serif; line-height: 12pt;">**10.Quad：<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal;">In a few words, it means the muscles of thigh. **

<span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS',sans-serif; line-height: 12pt;">**11.trans fat：**<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal;">Most of the time, trans fats mean the artificial fats which has high temperature resistance, high metamorphism resistance, and long expiry days. However, it’s not natural and not good to health. Moreover, it raises the ratio of heart disease.

**12.incarcerate:** to put sb in prison or in another place from which they cannot escape. <span style="font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS',sans-serif; line-height: 16px;"> put sb behind bars.

<span style="font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS',sans-serif; line-height: 12pt;">**13.parolee:** the prisoner who is given permission to leave prison before the end of their sentence on condition that they behave well.

<span style="font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS',sans-serif; line-height: 12pt;">**14.witness protection:** the protection of the witnesses of crimes before, during, and after the trial for fear that the witness are harmed or threatened.

<span style="font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS',sans-serif; line-height: 12pt;">**15.transition service:** the service to help the disabled or freed prisoners get accustomed to the society in many aspects such as education, <span style="font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS',sans-serif; line-height: 12pt;">job training, medical treatment, etc..

**16.commensurate to:** matching sth in size, importance, quality, etc..

<span style="font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS',sans-serif; line-height: 12pt;">**17.recess:** a short break in a trial in a court of law.

<span style="font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS',sans-serif; line-height: 12pt;">**18.petition:** a written document signed by a large number of people that asks sb in a position of authority to do or change sth.

<span style="font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS',sans-serif; line-height: 12pt;">**19.factual:** based on or restricted to facts

**20.impropriety:** the quality or condition of being improper; incorrectness.

<span style="font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS',sans-serif;">**21.DA.:** abbreviation of the word __“District Attorney”__ which represents an elected or appointed government official who represents the government in the prosecution of criminal offenses.

<span style="font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS',sans-serif; line-height: 12pt;">**22.The statute of compensation:** the law which lists all the legal process of the compensation

<span style="font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS',sans-serif; line-height: 12pt;">**23.infidelity:** the act of not being faithful to your wife or husband, by having sex with sb else.

<span style="font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS',sans-serif; line-height: 12pt;">**24.Your witness:** It means it's sb's turn to testifies under oath in a trial

<span style="font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS',sans-serif; line-height: 12pt;">**25.prostitute:** sb who earns money by having sex with others.

<span style="font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS',sans-serif; line-height: 12pt;">**26.solicit:** to have sex with people in return for money.

<span style="font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS',sans-serif; line-height: 12pt;">**27.cyber-pimp:** “cyber-” means connection with electronic communication, especially the Internet. “cyber-pimp” means sb who derives income from the earnings of prostitute by finding people who want to pay for sex __on the Internet__

<span style="font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS',sans-serif; line-height: 12pt;">**28.Objection:** a lawyer's protest about the legal propriety of a question.

<span style="font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS',sans-serif; line-height: 12pt;">**29.sustain:** in trial practice for the judge to agree with a lawyer’s objection. <span style="font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS',sans-serif; line-height: 12pt;">closing argument: the final argument by a lawyer on behalf of his/her client.

<span style="font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS',sans-serif; line-height: 12pt;">**30.redirect:** to ask for more questioning of a witness during a trial or deposition

**31.defiance:** strong refusal to obey sth.

<span style="font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS',sans-serif; line-height: 12pt;">**32.Holy crap:** An expression of amazement

<span style="font-size: 1.3em; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;">**Phrases:**

 * 1.go with:** to combine well with or match sth

**<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS',sans-serif;">2.way off: **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS',sans-serif;">Here means "you are totally wrong". Since Teri told Stacy that Jane doesn’t get massages, which is not agreed with Stacy, so she replied to Teri with this sentence.

<span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS',sans-serif; line-height: 12pt;">**3.be all about sth:** have a passion fof sth

<span style="font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS',sans-serif; line-height: 12pt;">**4.put yourself in sb’s shoes:** to perceive things in sb’s viewpoints as if you were he/she.

<span style="font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS',sans-serif; line-height: 12pt;">**5.cross the t’s, dot the i’s:** to thoroughly scan documents to make sure that there are no spelling mistakes or grammatical problems.

=__<span style="font-size: 1.4em; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;">** Cultural Notes ** __=

<span style="font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS',sans-serif;">A website for searching “Legal Terms”
<span style="font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS',sans-serif; line-height: 12pt; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">[]

<span style="font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS',sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 12pt;">which centered on automobile racing.
<span style="font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS',sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">[] (Theme song of English version) <span style="font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS',sans-serif;">

<span style="font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS',sans-serif; line-height: 12pt;">Jimmy Choo:
<span style="font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS',sans-serif; line-height: 12pt;">He is a Malaysian fashion designer based in London, United Kingdom. He is best known for founding Jimmy Choo Ltd that became known for its hand-made women's shoes. <span style="font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS',sans-serif; line-height: 12pt;">[|http://www.jimmychoo.com]

**<span style="font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS',sans-serif;">20/20: **
<span style="font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS',sans-serif; line-height: 12pt;">a program of ABC news which is broadcast every Friday 10 p.m. in America. []

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The discussion between the __furious__ anchor and the founder of Ashley Madison, Noel Biderman []

**John Thompson - 14 million settlement**
A true case in which a innocent man was wrongfully incarcerated for 18 years and was evntually compensated with 14 million dollars.

The story of John Thompson []

The discussion of John Thompson's case on Sodahead(a platform for people to express their own opinions on the Internet) And remember to think about : "What's my opinion?" []

An organization which helps people who was wrongfully incarcerated: "Innocence Project" []



<span style="font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS',sans-serif; line-height: 12pt;">feng shui：
<span style="font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS',sans-serif; line-height: 12pt;">The Chinese-originated belief that the environment gives energy that you can use to your own being. Opinions differ from each other.

<span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS',sans-serif; line-height: 12pt;">Swedish：
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS',sans-serif; line-height: 12pt;">massage combined with a system of active and passive exercises for the muscles and joints. And this most common form of massage uses strokes, manipulations and movements to stimulate, relax or rehabilitate the body.



**Doughnut Holes**
A small ball-shaped pastry, made in the same manner as a doughnut, roughly the size of the hole in a donut.



<span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS',sans-serif; line-height: 12pt;">Deep-Fried onion blossom：
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS',sans-serif; line-height: 12pt;">a famous dish in Outback <span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS',sans-serif; line-height: 12pt;">[] <span style="color: #544120; font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS',sans-serif; line-height: 16px;">Bloomin' Onion® <span style="background-color: white; color: #544120; font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS',sans-serif; line-height: 12pt;">A true Outback original. Our special onion is hand-carved by a dedicated bloomologist, cooked until golden and ready to dip into our spicy signature bloom sauce.

<span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS',sans-serif; line-height: 12pt;">Outback：
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS',sans-serif; line-height: 12pt;">a famous steakhouse in the United States, which has chain store in Taiwan, too. <span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS',sans-serif; line-height: 12pt;">[]

<span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS',sans-serif; line-height: 12pt;">Central L.A.：
a region of Los Angeles County containing 26 neighborhoods. []

<span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-color: transparent; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; color: #0000ff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 22px; line-height: 32px;">**__Video Links__** [] **<span style="background: white; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">1. 00:02:00 ~ 00:04:28 ** 1.Why did Teri said “Get in line” when Jane said she wants to stab Kim with her Jimmy Choo? 2.When Stacy chatted with Jane on the phone, she said “I was getting there”, what does that mean?

**<span style="background: white; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">2. 00:12:38 ~ 00:13:28 ** 1.What are the common points between Stacy and Jane?

**<span style="background: white; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">3. 00:13:29 ~ 00:14:35 + 00:15:48 ~ 00:16:53 ** 1.What did Jane ask for from the prison board at Mr. Fernandez’s hearing? 2.What is the final result in the hearing?

**<span style="background: white; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">4. 00:27:37 ~ 00:29:05 ** 1.Why did the accusing lawyer consider Mr. Schuster to be a “cyber pimp”? 2.What are “classic signs of defiance” in Kim’s opinion?

**<span style="background: white; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">5. 00:35:03 ~ 00:36:22 ** 1.What was Michael’s decision after Jane told him the settlement of the suit?

<span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-color: transparent; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; color: #0000ff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 22px; line-height: 32px;">**__Discussion__**

<span style="background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-origin: initial; color: black; font-family: 新細明體;">1.If you have a chance to be somebody else <span style="background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-origin: initial; color: black; font-family: 新細明體;">for just one day, who would you want to be? <span style="background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-origin: initial; color: black; font-family: 新細明體;">2.Do you support the idea that the failure of marriage can be caused by a dating website? <span style="background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-origin: initial; color: black; font-family: 新細明體;">If your girlfriend/boyfriend cheats on you, what would you do? <span style="background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-origin: initial; color: black; font-family: 新細明體;">3.How much is your freedom worth?

<span style="background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-origin: initial; color: black; font-family: 新細明體;">If you are the one who is wrongly convicted and put in jail for ten years, and at last you get $100,000 for compensation, will you keep fighting for more settlement or just accept the judgement?