Actor Rajpal Yadav Must Pay Money and Go to Jail

演員 Rajpal Yadav 必須賠償金錢並入獄


Introduction

A court in Delhi says actor Rajpal Yadav and his wife broke the law. They did not pay back money from seven bad cheques.

德里的一家法院表示,演員 Rajpal Yadav 及其妻子違反了法律。他們沒有償還七張空頭支票的款項。

Main Body

In 2010, a company gave Rajpal Yadav money for a movie. The movie did not make money. Rajpal and his wife did not pay the money back. They owed about 9 crore rupees.

2010 年,一家公司資助 Rajpal Yadav 拍攝電影。但該電影並未獲利。Rajpal 與其妻子沒有償還款項。他們欠款約 9 億盧比。

The court gave the actor more time to pay. But he did not pay. He told the judge he wanted to go to jail instead of paying the money. The judge was unhappy with this.

法院給予該演員更多時間還款。但他並未支付。他告訴法官,他寧願入獄也不願還錢。法官對此感到不滿。

The judge said the actor must go to jail for three months. He must also pay a lot of money. His wife must pay money too. The court already gave some money back to the company.

法官裁定該演員必須入獄三個月。他還必須支付一大筆款項。他的妻子也必須賠錢。法院已將部分款項退還給該公司。

Conclusion

The actor has two months to ask a higher court for help.

該演員有兩個月的時間向更高層級的法院尋求協助。

Vocabulary Learning

💸 Talking about Money & Debt

In this story, we see a pattern for when someone owes money but cannot pay it. For an A2 learner, the most useful thing here is how to describe money movements.

1. The 'Give and Take' Cycle

  • Give money \rightarrow To provide funds (The company gave Rajpal money).
  • Pay back \rightarrow To return money you borrowed (He did not pay the money back).
  • Owe \rightarrow When you have a debt (They owed 9 crore rupees).

2. Simple Opposites in the Text

ActionResult
Make money \rightarrow ProfitDid not make money \rightarrow Loss
Pay money \rightarrow SuccessDid not pay \rightarrow Jail

3. 'Must' for Rules When the judge speaks, he uses Must. This is used for things that are 100% necessary or required by law.

  • Example: He must go to jail. (He has no choice).

Vocabulary Learning

court (n.)
A place where a judge decides if someone broke the law
Example:The man went to court to talk to the judge.
broke the law (v. phrase)
Did something that is not allowed by the government
Example:He broke the law when he stole the car.
cheques (n.)
Pieces of paper used to pay money from a bank account
Example:I wrote two cheques to pay for my rent.
owed (v.)
Had to pay money to someone else
Example:She owed me ten dollars for the coffee.
instead of (prep.)
In place of someone or something else
Example:I will drink water instead of soda.
Practice A2 words in a crossword