Lawyer Nadia received a bizarre（奇异的）/bi'zɑ:/ file hours before trial（庭审前数小时）/aʊərz ˌbiˈfɔr traɪəl/. It contained a crisp（脆的、新鲜的）/krisp/ photograph of counterfeit（赝品、伪造品）/'kauntәfit/ livestock（家畜）/'laivstɒk/ permits and a recording that seemed to prove blackmail（勒索）/'blækmeil/. The plaintiff（原告、起诉人）/'pleintif/ claimed a notorious（声名狼藉的、臭名昭著的）/nәu'tɒ:riәs/ trader had used a fake buffalo（水牛）/'bʌfәlәu/ charity to smuggle（偷运、走私）/'smʌgl/ goods. Yet the custody（监护、拘留）/'kʌstәdi/ log was nil（无、零）/nil/ for two days, and the North District jurisdiction（司法权、审判权）/.dʒuәris'dikʃәn/ required prompt disclosure（及时披露）/prɑmpt dɪˈskloʊʒər/. A judicial（法庭的、公正的）/dʒu:'diʃәl/ mistake could deplete trust（耗损信任）/dɪˈplit trəst/ in the whole judiciary（司法部、司法系统）/dʒu:'diʃiәri/.

Investigator（调查者、审查者）/in'vestigeitә/ Eric admitted that a negligent（疏忽的、粗心的）/'neglidʒәnt/ courier（信使、送急件者）/'kuriә/ had left the file beside jelly（果冻、果冻甜食）/'dʒeli/ and a kitchen sponge（海绵、海绵状的东西）/spʌndʒ/. Someone could swap（交换、替换）/swɒp/ a page, scrape（刮、擦）/skreip/ a seal, or slash（猛砍、乱砍）/slæʃ/ the envelope. A strange buzz（嗡嗡声、流言）/bʌz/ on the recording might be an editing mark. Notwithstanding（尽管）/.nɒtwiθ'stændiŋ/ its possible value, Nadia would not wield（挥舞、运用）/wi:ld/ prestige（声望、威望）/pre'sti:ʒ/ to bypass the rule. “Why did your team deviate from the custody protocol（偏离保管程序）/ˈdiviˌeɪt frəm ðə ˈkəstədi ˈproʊtəˌkɔl/?” “The magistrate（长官、法官）/'mædʒistreit/ ordered us to detain（拘留、扣押）/di'tein/ a suspect, and the handover（转移、转换）/'hændәuvә/ collapsed.”

Ms. Cole（芸苔属植物、海甘蓝）/kәul/, usually amiable（亲切的、和蔼可亲的）/'eimjәbl/, began to frown（皱眉）/fraun/ during interrogation（讯问期间）/ˈdʊrɪŋ ˌɪnˌtɛrəˈgeɪʃən/. She said the suspect wore（语境补充词）/wɔr/ ape（无尾猿）/eip/ armor（盔甲、潜水服）/'ɑ:mә/ at a parade and tried to lure（饵、诱惑）/luә/ her behind a stall. He threatened assault（攻击、袭击）/ә'sɒ:t/ and invoked（祈求、恳求）/in'vәuk/ a wicked（坏的、邪恶的）/'wikid/ superstition（迷信）/.sju:pә'stiʃәn/ about a witch（巫婆、女巫）/witʃ/. Her oath（誓约、誓言）/әuθ/ was clear, but discord（不调和、不和）/'diskɒ:d/ emerged when Eric showed her a cropped image. “I can testify to the threat, but I cannot identify who altered this file.” “That distinction protects your plea（恳求、辩解）/pli:/ and the defendant's（被告）/di'fendәnt/ rights.”

The prosecutor（实行者、告发者）/'prɒsikju:tә/ wanted to indict（起诉、控告）/in'dait/ immediately and later prosecute（告发、起诉）/'prɒsikju:t/ the trader. Defense（语境补充词）/dɪˈfɛns/ counsel asked the court to arbitrate the disclosure dispute（仲裁披露争议）/ˈɑrbəˌtreɪt ðə dɪˈskloʊʒər dɪˈspjut/, exclude the file, and offset（抵消、把...并列）/'ɒ:fset/ any publicity（名声、宣传）/pʌb'lisiti/. Nadia proposed a narrow hearing whereby（因此、由是）/(h)weә'bai/ both sides could inspect the original device（检查原始设备）/ˌɪnˈspɛkt ðə ərˈɪʤənəl dɪˈvaɪs/. She would plead（辩护、恳求）/pli:d/ for admission only if an expert restored the chain. “If the judge accepts that process, the verdict（裁决、判决）/'vә:dikt/ will rest on tested evidence（建立在经检验证据上）/rɛst ɔn ˈtɛstɪd ˈɛvədəns/.” “Henceforth（自此以后、今后）/hens'fɒ:θ/ every transfer must carry two signatures.”

The court delayed the lawsuit（诉讼）/'lɒ:sju:t/, kept（语境补充词）/kɛpt/ the accused in lawful（法律许可的、守法的）/'lɒ:ful/ custody, and rejected public pressure to convict（囚犯、罪犯）/kәn'vikt/ early. An expert used software to zoom（猛增、急速上升）/zu:m/ into the waveform（波形）/'weivfɔ:m/ after Nadia asked him to interrogate（质问、讯问）/in'terәgeit/ its metadata（语境补充词）/metadata/. Ms. Cole repeated her account under oath（宣誓后）/ˈəndər oʊθ/. A judicial mistake could deplete trust in the judiciary. I can prove the threat but cannot identify the editor. She would plead for admission only if authentication（语境补充词）/ɔˌθɛntəˈkeɪʃən/ succeeded. The decree（法令、判决）/di'kri:/ protected fairness（晴朗、光明正大）/'fєәnis/ showing that procedure matters. The expert found the recording intact but the photograph altered. Nadia withdrew（语境补充词）/wɪθˈdru/ the image and used the audio only after authentication（鉴真之后）/ˈæftər ɔˌθɛntəˈkeɪʃən/. The trader did not rejoice（使欢喜）/ri'dʒɒis/; he entered a plea and later sought（seek的过去式和过去分词）/sɒ:t/ parole（假释、誓言）/pә'rәul/. The decree protected both accountability（负有责任、可说明性）/ә.kauntә'biliti/ and fairness, showing that urgency（紧急、催促）/'ә:dʒәnsi/ cannot excuse a broken（坏掉的、打破的）/'brәukәn/ evidence chain.