Begoña Gómez Prepares Legal Strategy Ahead of Trial
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Begoña Gómez is getting ready for a trial. She is the wife of Spain's prime minister. Her trial is coming soon.
Gómez is building a strong strategy. A strategy is a plan to win. She wants important material for her case. Material means documents or information.
A judge is a person who decides about the law. The judge has called Gómez to speak in court.
This happened after a man named Vito Quiles made a complaint against her. A complaint is when someone tells the police or a court about a problem.
Quiles says Gómez made a false accusation. A false accusation is when someone says something bad and it is not true.
Now Gómez must answer questions about this in court.
Vocabulary15 words
- trial
- a meeting in court to decide if someone did something wrong
- strategy
- a plan to reach a goal
- material
- documents or information used as proof
- judge
- a person who decides about the law in court
- complaint
- telling someone in charge about a problem
- false accusation
- saying something bad about someone that is not true
- case
- a problem that goes to court
- prime minister
- the leader of the government
- court
- a place where judges decide about the law
- testify
- to speak and answer questions in court
- decision
- a choice someone makes
- law
- the rules of a country
- plan
- an idea about what to do
- important
- having big meaning or value
- answer
- to reply to a question
Quiz
Answer key
1. The wife of Spain's prime minister 2. For a false accusation 3. True
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Play the audio again and fill in the missing words as you listen.
Begoña Gómez is getting ready for a _____.
She is the wife of Spain's _____ minister.
Gómez is building a strong _____.
She wants important _____ for her case.
A _____ has called Gómez to speak in court.
This happened after Vito Quiles made a _____ against her.
Quiles says Gómez made a false _____.
Now Gómez must _____ questions about this in court.