Court Case for the Death of Daphne Caruana Galizia
關於 Daphne Caruana Galizia 之死的法庭案件
Introduction
Yorgen Fenech is a businessman from Malta. He is in court because police say he helped kill a journalist named Daphne Caruana Galizia in 2017.
Yorgen Fenech 是一位來自馬爾他的商人。他目前在法庭受審,因為警方稱他於 2017 年協助殺害了一名叫 Daphne Caruana Galizia 的記者。
Main Body
The police say Mr. Fenech paid a taxi driver. The taxi driver then paid two men to kill the journalist with a bomb. Mr. Fenech also paid a lot of money for the lawyers of those two men.
警方稱 Fenech 先生向一名計程車司機支付費用。隨後該計程車司機支付兩名男子費用,用炸彈殺害該名記者。Fenech 先生還支付了大筆款項作為那兩名男子的律師費。
Daphne wrote stories about a company called '17 Black'. Mr. Fenech owned this company. He did not like the stories.
Daphne 撰寫過關於一家名為 「17 Black」 公司的報導。Fenech 先生正是該公司的所有者。他不喜歡那些報導。
Many people were angry because the government did not find the killers quickly. Because of this, the leader of Malta, Joseph Muscat, left his job in 2020. Mr. Fenech says he did not do anything wrong.
許多人感到憤怒,因為政府未能迅速找到兇手。正因如此,馬爾他領導人 Joseph Muscat 於 2020 年離職。Fenech 先生則表示他沒有做錯任何事。
Conclusion
The trial is happening now in Valletta. It will last for a few weeks.
審判目前正在瓦萊塔進行,將持續數週。
Vocabulary Learning
🗝️ The 'Action Flow' Pattern
Look at how the story moves from one person to another. In A2 English, we use simple verbs to show who did what.
The Money Trail:
- Mr. Fenech paid taxi driver
- Taxi driver paid two men
- Two men killed journalist
Why this matters for you: To reach A2, you don't need big words. You need to connect a Person + Action + Object.
Simple Logic Shifts:
- Positive Action: "Mr. Fenech owned this company."
- Negative Action: "He did not like the stories."
Quick Tip: Notice the word "because". It is the bridge between a fact and a result.