第七十八篇：一名男子被星巴克熱茶燙傷，獲賠 5,000 萬美元

Man awarded $50 million after Starbucks hot tea causes permanent disfigurement
一名男子被星巴克熱茶燙傷，獲賠 5,000 萬美元

本週精選文來自：NBC

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★Vocabulary

1. disfigurement 毀容
2. groin 腹股溝
3. negligent 疏忽的
4. scalding 滾燙的
5. catastrophic 極嚴重的
6. hold someone accountable for something 使...負責
7. flagrant 明目張膽的
8. at fault 有過失
9. graft 移植的皮膚
10. reminiscent 令人想起...的
11. frivolous 無理的
12. punitive 懲罰性的
    
    

#里茲螞蟻文法課 必教句型

• #被動式
  A California delivery driver was awarded $50 million in damages after a jury agreed a Starbucks location was negligent in its handling of a scalding hot tea.
  在陪審團認定某星巴克門市在提供熱茶時有過失之後，一名在加州的外送司機獲得 5000 萬美元的賠償金。
• #形容詞比較級
  Liebeck’s case is sometimes criticized as a frivolous lawsuit, but evidence at trial showed that McDonald’s coffee was significantly hotter than that of other restaurants.
  Liebeck 的案件有時被批評為無理訴訟，但審判中的證據顯示，麥當勞咖啡的溫度明顯高於其他餐廳。