Former Official Gets Death Sentence for Stealing Money

前官員因貪汙被判死刑


Introduction

A court in China gave a death sentence to Yang Youlin. He was a government worker in Nanjing. He stole a lot of money.

中國的一家法院判處楊尤林死刑。他曾是南京的一名政府職員,貪污了大量金錢。

Main Body

Yang Youlin worked for the government from 1993 to 2023. He took money from businesses to help them. He took 2.21 billion yuan. This is a very large amount of money.

楊尤林在1993年至2023年間在政府工作。他收受企業的金錢以提供協助。他共計收受了22.1億元,這是一筆非常巨大的金額。

President Xi Jinping wants to stop corruption. He wants to remove bad people from the government. Some people say this is to help the country. Other people say it is to remove political enemies.

習近平主席希望遏制腐敗,他想要將政府中的劣跡之輩剷除。有些人認為這是為了幫助國家,而另一些人則認為這是為了剷除政治對手。

Yang said he was sorry. He helped the police. But the court said he stole too much money. The court took all his money and things.

楊尤林表示他很抱歉。他配合了警方調查,但法院認為他貪污的金額過高。法院沒收了他所有的財產與物品。

Conclusion

Yang Youlin must die because he stole a lot of money from the state.

楊尤林必須被處死,因為他從國家盜取了大量金錢。

Vocabulary Learning

⚡ The Power of 'TO' (Action Goals)

In this story, we see a pattern where to connects an action to a reason. At A2 level, you need this to explain why someone does something.

Look at these patterns:

  • Took money \rightarrow to help them
  • Wants \rightarrow to stop corruption
  • Wants \rightarrow to remove bad people
  • Say this is \rightarrow to help the country

💡 The Simple Rule Action+to+extVerb=The Goal\text{Action} + \text{to} + ext{Verb} = \text{The Goal}

Examples from the text:

  1. Goal: Help businesses \rightarrow Action: Took money.
  2. Goal: Stop corruption \rightarrow Action: President wants it.

Quick Note on Vocabulary:

  • Corruption = Dishonest behavior by people in power.
  • State = The government of a country.

Vocabulary Learning

official (n.)
A person who has a special position in a government
Example:The government official signed the new law.
sentence (n.)
The punishment that a court gives to a person
Example:The judge gave the thief a five-year sentence.
corruption (n.)
Dishonest behavior by people in power, such as stealing money
Example:The new leader wants to end corruption in the city.
enemies (n.)
People who hate or fight against each other
Example:The two countries were enemies for many years.
state (n.)
The government of a country
Example:The state provides free education for all children.
Practice A2 words in a crossword