Problems with Money and Building at the Kennedy Center
肯尼地中心的資金與建築問題
Introduction
Senator Sheldon Whitehouse wants to investigate the Kennedy Center. Some people say the center spent money badly on building work.
參議員 Sheldon Whitehouse 想要調查肯尼地中心。有些人表示該中心在建築工程上的資金運用不當。
Main Body
The Senator says the center did not follow the law. He says the center changed the building only to make President Trump happy. They wanted the building to look good for TV.
參議員表示該中心並未遵守法律。他稱該中心修改建築僅是為了讓川普總統滿意。他們希望建築在電視上看起來更美觀。
Some workers say the building is now poor. The floors and columns are breaking. The center paid 8 million dollars to a company that did not know how to do the work.
一些工人表示建築目前的狀況很差。地板和柱子正在損壞。該中心向一家並不熟悉該類工程的公司支付了 800 萬美元。
The center says they followed the rules. The White House says the building was very old and needed new work.
該中心表示他們遵守了規定。白宮則表示建築過於老舊，需要重新工程。
Conclusion
The Kennedy Center must send an answer and papers to the Senator by July 23.
肯尼地中心必須在 7 月 23 日前將回覆及文件提交給參議員。
Vocabulary Learning
🧱 The "Action-Result" Pattern
In this story, we see how to describe things that are broken or wrong. To reach A2, you need to describe the state of things simply.
1. Describing Problems Look at these words from the text:
- Badly → (How they spent money)
- Poor → (How the building is now)
- Breaking → (What the floors are doing)
2. The "Need" Connection When something is poor or breaking, we use "need".
The building was old → It needed new work.
3. Money Words Notice how we talk about payments:
- Spent money (Used money)
- Paid 8 million (Gave money to someone)
Quick Guide:
Badly = Not good (Action)
Poor = Not good (Quality)
Breaking = Falling apart (Process)