Former AFL Official Goes to Court for Betting Fraud
前 AFL 官員因投注詐欺面臨法庭審理
Introduction
A former AFL umpire and two other men must go to trial. The police say they used secret information to make money from betting.
一名前 AFL 裁判員與另外兩名男子必須接受審理。警方表示他們利用秘密資訊從投注中獲利。
Main Body
Michael Pell was an AFL official. He told his brother and a friend about secret votes for the Brownlow Medal. These men used the secret information to bet on games. They won about $300,000.
Michael Pell 曾是一名 AFL 官員。他告訴他的哥哥和一名朋友關於 Brownlow Medal 的秘密票數。這些人利用該秘密資訊對比賽進行投注。他們贏得約 30 萬美元。
The lawyers for the men said they did nothing wrong. They said the law is not clear. They said the votes for the medal did not change, so there was no crime.
這些男子的律師表示他們沒有做錯任何事。他們認為法律並不明確。他們稱獎項的票數沒有改變，因此不構成犯罪。
But the judge did not agree. He said the men cheated the betting companies. The men used secret information to take money from the companies. This is a crime.
但法官並不認同。法官表示這些人欺騙了投注公司。這些人利用秘密資訊從公司獲利。這是一種犯罪行為。
Conclusion
The three men say they are not guilty. They will go to court again on July 24.
這三名男子表示他們沒有罪。他們將於 7 月 24 日再次出庭。
Vocabulary Learning
🛑 The "No" Pattern
In this story, we see how to say something is not true. This is the most important step for A2 learners to describe things accurately.
1. Simple No
- The law is not clear.
- They are not guilty.
2. Action No (Did not) When we talk about the past, we use did not + the action word.
- They did not do anything wrong.
- The votes did not change.
Quick Guide:
Not → Use for descriptions (adjectives).
Did not → Use for things that happened before (past actions).