Former Skier Bode Miller Arrested
前滑雪運動員 Bode Miller 被捕
Introduction
Bode Miller is a famous American skier. Police in Idaho arrested him for drugs.
Bode Miller 是一位著名的美國滑雪運動員。愛達荷州的警察因毒品問題將他逮捕了。
Main Body
Police arrested Mr. Miller on June 6. He had drugs and drug tools. He also paid money for driving too fast. He paid $5,000 and left the jail.
警察於 6 月 6 日逮捕了 Miller 先生。他持有毒品和吸毒工具。他還因超速被罰款。他支付了 5,000 美元後離開了監獄。
Mr. Miller says he did not do it. He has a court meeting on July 29.
Miller 先生表示他沒有這樣做。
Mr. Miller was a great athlete. He won six Olympic medals. He won a gold medal in 2010. He won many other races before he stopped in 2017.
Miller 先生曾是一位偉大的運動員。他贏得了六面奧運獎牌。他在 2010 年贏得了一面金牌。在 2017 年退役之前，他還贏得了許多其他比賽。
Conclusion
Mr. Miller will go to court on July 29.
Miller 先生將於 7 月 29 日出庭。
Vocabulary Learning
🕒 The "Past Action" Secret
Look at these words from the story:
- Arrested
- Payed (Actually: Paid)
- Stopped
The Rule: To talk about things that already happened, we usually add -ed to the end of the action word.
The Exception: Some words are "rebels" and change completely. Example: Win → Won
💰 Money & Numbers
In English, we put the symbol $ before the number.
5,000 $
Reading tip: You say "Five thousand dollars," not "Dollar five thousand."
📅 Dates
Notice how the story writes dates: June 6 July 29
Pattern: [Month] + [Number]
A2 Pro Tip: When speaking, we usually say "June sixth" or "July twenty-ninth" (adding the 'th' sound).