Dutch Football Referee Rob Dieperink Dies
荷蘭足球裁判 Rob Dieperink 逝世
Introduction
Rob Dieperink was a 38-year-old football referee from the Netherlands. He died recently.
Rob Dieperink 是一位 38 歲的荷蘭足球裁判，他近期逝世了。
Main Body
Rob worked as a referee for many years. In April, police in London stopped him. They thought he hurt a child. But the police looked at the videos and the evidence. They found he did nothing wrong. They stopped the case.
Rob 擔任裁判多年。四月時，倫敦警方攔截了他。他們認為他傷害了一名兒童。但警方在查看影片與證據後，發現他沒有做錯任何事，因此撤銷了案件。
In May, FIFA took Rob off the World Cup list. Rob said the police were wrong. He told the football leaders the truth. He was sad about FIFA's choice, but his Dutch football group, the KNVB, helped him.
五月，FIFA 將 Rob 從世界盃名單中除名。Rob 表示警方弄錯了，他向足球主管們說明了真相。雖然他對 FIFA 的決定感到難過，但其所屬的荷蘭足球協會 KNVB 給予了他支持。
The KNVB said Rob was a very good worker. They are very sad that he died.
KNVB 表示 Rob 是一位非常優秀的員工，他們對他的逝世深感悲痛。
Conclusion
Rob Dieperink died. People do not know why he died.
Rob Dieperink 逝世了，目前還不知道他去世的原因。
Vocabulary Learning
🕒 THE 'PAST' PATTERN
Most words in this story tell us about things that already happened. To do this, we often just add -ed to the end of the action word.
Look at these changes:
- Work → Worked
- Stop → Stopped
- Help → Helped
⚠️ THE 'RULE BREAKERS'
Some words are rebels. They don't use -ed. You must memorize them as they are:
- Die Died (follows the rule)
- Is Was (changes completely)
- Do Did (changes completely)
- Tell Told (changes completely)
💡 QUICK TIP
When you see "was", think of it as the past version of "is".
- Now: He is a referee.
- Past: He was a referee.