Daily English·Innocent
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1. Innocent. Oh, I'm familiar with this. It's an adjective. It's related to crime.
2. Yes. In a court case, the judge will ask you: how do you plead – guilty or innocent?
3. Ah, and guilty means that you have committed a crime. Innocent means that you haven't. “I plead innocent” means “I didn't break the law”. “I was just an innocent bystander!”
4. Exactly. But innocence is not only a legal matter. Innocence can also relate to smaller moral issues.
5. You mean like making someone feel scared, or offering them bad advice.
6. Uh huh. If you've never done such things, you must be innocent. And I know you're perfectly innocent, Kiele.
7. Oh yes, of course.
8. Maybe everyone wants to be innocent. Everyone wants to appear as innocent as a lamb or a dove – especially girls.
9. Maybe. Innocent is cute. But I remember that Britney Spears song: I'm not that innocent? I guess she just wanted to be taken more seriously by people.
10. Yes. Actually, innocence can be associated with immaturity or idealism. And these things are not always useful in the adult world.
11. Yes. So, although ‘guilty’ is always a bad word, ‘innocent’ may not actually be what everyone wants to be all the time.
12. Exactly. Nobody likes a goody-two-shoes…
