Two Men Arrested at World Cup Game
兩名男子在世界盃比賽中被捕
Introduction
Police in Miami arrested two men from Argentina. They tried to enter a World Cup game with fake tickets.
邁阿密警方逮捕了兩名來自阿根廷的男子。他們試圖使用假票進入世界盃比賽。
Main Body
Pato Perrotta and Beni Marmol went to the stadium. They used old media passes to get inside. They passed three security checks.
Pato Perrotta 和 Beni Marmol 前往體育場。他們使用舊的媒體通行證進入。他們通過了三次安全檢查。
The police caught them. The men said they wanted to make videos for the internet. They told the police different stories.
警方將他們逮捕了。這兩名男子表示他們想拍攝影片上傳到網路上。他們向警方提供的陳述並不一致。
Now the men have legal problems. They might go to prison for five years. They might also pay $5,000. They paid $2,500 to leave jail for now.
現在這兩名男子面臨法律問題。他們可能會被判處五年監禁。他們可能還需要支付 5,000 美元。他們目前支付了 2,500 美元獲釋。
Conclusion
The men are free now. They must wait for the judge to decide their punishment.
這兩名男子現在獲釋了。他們必須等待法官決定懲罰結果。
Vocabulary Learning
🚨 The 'Past' Pattern
Look at these words from the story: arrested, tried, went, used, passed, caught, said, told, paid.
What is happening here? These words tell us about things that already happened. To talk about the past in English, we usually add -ed to the end of the word.
- Arrest Arrested
- Try Tried
- Pass Passed
⚠️ The 'Rule Breakers' Some words are rebels. They don't use -ed. You must memorize these special changes:
| Now | Then (Past) |
|---|---|
| Go | Went |
| Say | Said |
| Tell | Told |
| Pay | Paid |
| Catch | Caught |
⚖️ Predicting the Future
When we aren't 100% sure about what will happen, we use might.
- They might go to prison. (Maybe they will, maybe they won't).
- They might pay $5,000. (It is a possibility).
Quick Tip: Just put might before the action word!