What is the Alternative Dispute Resolution?
Is mediation allowed to all 50 states?
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Passage 1/Переход 1:
Listen to part of the lecture in a business class. - Слушайте часть лекции в бизнесс классе.
Alternative dispute resolution (ADR). - Альтернативное решение спора.
Now, all of you know - сейчас, все вы знаете, that business relations can go sour - что деловые отношения могут пойти на спад, and sometimes deals are broken - и иногда отношения разрываются, and the solution needs to be reached - и, поэтому, решение должно быть достигнуто.
That’s why I want to talk to you today - именно поэтому я хочу говорить с вами сегодня about ADR or Alternative Dispute Resolution - о ADR или альтернативном решении спора.
Some of you may - некоторые из вас, возможно, have talked a little or a lot about ADR - говорили немного или много о ADR in one of you law classes and that’s great - в одном из ваших юридических классах, и это замечательно.
You will find an overlap and that’s OK - вы найдете наложение, и это нормально.
ADR is really becoming - Альтернативное решение спора действительно становится a viable way to resolve problems - жизнеспособным способом решить проблемы without going to a court - не обращаясь в суд or it can be a way to short cut - или это может быть путь к сокращению of lengthy court process - длинного процесса суда.
So if you have heard of some of this before, - так, если вы слышали об этого прежде, listen again - послушайте снова, because what you’re going to hear today - потому что то, что вы собираетесь услышать сегодня,
has the possibility - имеет возможность of being very beneficial to you - быть очень выгодным для вас in your business endeavors - в ваших усилиях для бизнеса and might even help you in other aspects of your life - и могло бы даже помочь вам в других аспектах вашей жизни when there are disputes which need to be resolved - когда есть споры, который должны быть решены.
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VOCABULARY
- Alternative dispute resolution, n. an argument between two or more people
In a civilized society, any dispute can be resolved without violence.
- relations can go sour , a. Of or relating to excessively acid
The business plan turns sour.
- You will find overlap and that’s OK. , v. To have an area or range in common with.
The new project will overlap with the on-going projects.
- ADR is really becoming a viable way , a. Capable of success or continuing effectiveness; practicable:
The president’s stimulus plan will be viable as long as the fund works as planned.
- a way to short cut of lengthy court process., a. Tediously long; drawn-out:
We should cut in half this lengthy meeting.
- beneficial to you in your business endeavors, n. concerted effort toward an end: enterprise
The government endeavored to improve the quality of life in the inner city.
- without the intervention of courts, n. To come, appear, or lie between two things: You can't see the lake from there because the house intervenes.
- some states permit types of ADR, v. To grant consent or leave to (someone); authorize:
Please permitted him to explain.
- You know that in a trial that, n. lawsuit
I will become a tral lawyer because I love standing up and argue in a court room.
- Another advantage of mediation is that it is confidential. , a. secretive
Could you keep our conversation in confidential?
- a lawsuit is filed, , n. trial
- try to resolve the issues. , v. To find a solution to; solve.
A dispute always requires resolving in some way.
- the agreement is binding on the parties. , v. To place under legal obligation by contract or oath.: abide by
The contract between you and me binds the deal with a down payment.
- can be punished with some kind of sanction. , n. Authoritative permission or approval that makes a course of action valid
A court order is a sanction that must be followed, otherwise punishment is applied.
- the same rules to pertaining to mediation. , v. To have reference; relate:
Police acquired the evidence that pertains to the accident.
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