Police Check Tickets for Euro 2024

警方檢查 2024 歐洲盃門票


Introduction

Police in Germany are looking for problems with tickets for the Euro 2024 football tournament. They searched the German Football Association (DFB) offices.

德國警方正在調查 2024 歐洲盃足球賽門票是否存在問題。他們搜查了德國足協 (DFB) 的辦公室。

Main Body

Police think some people got tickets and hotels for free. This is not allowed. One man from Gelsenkirchen and one man from France are in the investigation. The man from Gelsenkirchen got gifts worth 2,400 euros.

警方認為有些人免費獲得了門票和酒店。這是不被允許的。一名來自蓋爾森基興的男子和一名法國男子正在接受調查。該名蓋爾森基興男子收到了價值 2,400 歐元的禮物。

The DFB says they are not in trouble. They are only helping the police. The DFB says their workers did nothing wrong.

DFB 表示他們沒有問題,僅僅是在協助警方。DFB 稱其員工沒有做錯任何事。

The government says public workers must be honest. They cannot take free gifts. This is important for the public to trust the games.

政府表示公務員必須誠實,不能接受免費禮物。這對於公眾對賽事的信任至關重要。

Conclusion

The police are still checking the tickets in many cities.

警方仍在許多城市檢查門票。

Vocabulary Learning

🔎 The 'Who is doing what' Pattern

Look at how we describe people in this story. We use simple labels to tell us where someone is from or what their job is. This is the fastest way to build A2 sentences.

1. Location Labels Instead of long sentences, we use: The man from [Place]

  • The man from Gelsenkirchen
  • The man from France

2. Job/Group Labels We group people to talk about them generally:

  • Police → (The people who catch criminals)
  • Workers → (The people who do the job)
  • Public workers → (People paid by the government)

3. Quick Action Words (Verbs) Notice how the story uses very short words to show action:

  • Got → received (The man got gifts)
  • Say → tell us (The DFB says...)
  • Check → look at carefully (Police check tickets)

Cheat Sheet for your own sentences: The [Person] from [Place] \rightarrow [Action Word] \rightarrow [Thing] Example: The worker from Germany \rightarrow got \rightarrow a ticket.

Vocabulary Learning

tournament (n.)
A sports competition with many games and teams
Example:The football tournament lasts for one month.
association (n.)
An official group of people organized for a specific purpose
Example:The football association makes the rules for the game.
allowed (adj.)
Permitted or okay to do
Example:Smoking is not allowed in the building.
investigation (n.)
The process of searching for the truth about something
Example:The police started an investigation into the crime.
honest (adj.)
Telling the truth and not stealing or lying
Example:An honest person does not take money from others.
trust (v.)
To believe that someone is good, honest, and truthful
Example:I trust my best friend with my secrets.
Practice A2 words in a crossword
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