Company Sues Restaurant Owners for Money
公司起訴餐廳老闆追討款項
Introduction
A property company is taking three men to court. These men owned a restaurant in Nashville.
一家物業公司正在起訴三名男子。這三名男子在納許維爾經營一家餐廳。
Main Body
The company is Village 21 Investment Partners. They want more than $1.4 million. They say Jason Aldean, Luke Bryan, and Adam LaRoche stopped paying rent. The restaurant, E3 Chophouse, closed in February.
該公司為 Village 21 Investment Partners。他們要求賠償超過 140 萬美元。他們聲稱 Jason Aldean、Luke Bryan 與 Adam LaRoche 停止支付租金。該餐廳 E3 Chophouse 已於二月歇業。
Adam LaRoche started the first restaurant in Colorado in 2013. He opened the Nashville restaurant in 2019 with his friends. Jason and Luke are famous singers.
Adam LaRoche 於 2013 年在科羅拉多州開設了第一家餐廳。他隨後於 2019 年與朋友在納許維爾開設了這家餐廳。Jason 與 Luke 均為知名歌手。
The manager said the restaurant closed because of money problems. Prices went up and costs were too high. The owners said they wanted to change the brand. Some workers said the owners did not tell them about the closure.
經理表示餐廳歇業是因為財務問題。物價上漲且成本過高。老闆則表示他們想要更改品牌。部分員工則稱老闆並未告知他們歇業的消息。
Conclusion
The people will go to court on June 26.
他們將於 6 月 26 日出庭。
Vocabulary Learning
⏱️ Then and Now
Look at how we talk about the past vs. the present in this story.
The Present (Right Now)
- The company is Village 21...
- They want more than $1.4 million...
- Jason and Luke are famous singers...
The Past (Finished)
- These men owned a restaurant...
- The restaurant closed in February...
- Adam started the first restaurant...
The Rule: To talk about things that happened before, we often just add -ed to the action word.
- Start → Started
- Close → Closed
- Own → Owned
Quick Tip: If the person is a singer now, use are. If they owned a business before, use owned.