Former Football Player Marcellus Wiley Arrested
前美式足球員 Marcellus Wiley 被逮捕
Introduction
Marcellus Wiley played football in the NFL. Police in Florida arrested him recently.
Marcellus Wiley 曾在 NFL 打球。佛羅里達州警方最近將他逮捕了。
Main Body
On July 4, police went to a hotel in Orlando. Wiley's wife told the police she was afraid. She said Wiley touched her face with his finger. Their daughter said they argued, but she did not see them fight. Wiley said his wife lied because she wants a divorce.
7 月 4 日，警方前往奧蘭多的一家酒店。Wiley 的妻子告訴警方她感到害怕。她表示 Wiley 用手指觸碰她的臉。他們的女兒表示兩人發生了爭執，但她沒有看到他們打架。Wiley 則聲稱妻子在撒謊，因為她想要離婚。
Wiley paid $1,000 and left jail on July 5. In Florida, the law says touching someone without their permission is a crime.
Wiley 在 7 月 5 日支付了 1,000 美元後獲釋出獄。在佛羅里達州，法律規定在未經許可的情況下觸碰他人屬於犯罪行為。
Other people also have problems with Wiley. Since 2023, some people say he hurt them between 1994 and 2009. They say he did bad things when he was at university and playing football. Wiley says these stories are not true.
其他人也對 Wiley 提出了指控。自 2023 年起，有些人聲稱他在 1994 年至 2009 年間傷害了他們。他們表示他在就讀大學及打球期間曾做出不當行為。Wiley 否認這些說法，稱其並非事實。
Conclusion
Mr. Wiley is not in jail now. He must wait for the court.
Wiley 先生目前不在監獄中。他必須等待法院的裁決。
Vocabulary Learning
🕒 Then vs. Now
Look at how the story moves between the past and the present. To reach A2, you need to know when to use simple past words and when to use current words.
The Past (Finished)
- played (He is not playing now)
- arrested (It happened already)
- went (The action is over)
- paid (The money is gone)
The Present (Now)
- is (Current state)
- wants (Current feeling)
- says (Current statement)
The Pattern
Past Action Current Result
Example: He paid \rightarrow$ He is not in jail.
🗝️ Word Pairs
Notice these opposites in the text:
- True Lied
- Permission Crime