The End of a Long Money Fight Between a Husband and Wife
一對夫婦長年金錢爭端終於落幕
Introduction
Varsha Gohil and Bhadresh Gohil fought about money for twenty-three years. Now, a court in the UK has made a final decision.
Varsha Gohil 與 Bhadresh Gohil 為了金錢爭執了二十三年。現在英國法院已做出最終決定。
Main Body
Varsha asked for a divorce in 2002. Later, the court found that Bhadresh hid money. In 2010, Bhadresh went to prison for ten years. He stole money and lied about it.
Varsha 在 2002 年要求離婚。隨後，法院發現 Bhadresh 隱瞞了財產。在 2010 年，Bhadresh 因偷竊金錢並對此撒謊而被判處十年監禁。
In 2015, the Supreme Court said a person can ask for more money if their partner lied about their wealth. The court looked at 28 million pounds. The government wanted all the money because it was from crimes.
在 2015 年，最高法院表示，如果伴侶對其財富撒謊，當事人可以要求更多金錢。法院審視了 2800 萬英鎊。政府希望沒收所有款項，因為這些是犯罪所得。
But the judge found some money was legal. The judge said Bhadresh was very dishonest. The judge gave 6.66 million pounds to Varsha. Last month, the court said this is the final answer.
但法官發現部分金錢是合法的。法官表示 Bhadresh 非常不誠實。法官判給 Varsha 666 萬英鎊。上個月，法院表示這是最終裁定。
Conclusion
The court stopped the fight. Varsha Gohil will get 6.6 million pounds.
法院終結了這場爭端。Varsha Gohil 將獲得 666 萬英鎊。
Vocabulary Learning
🕒 Talking about the Past
In this story, we see many words that tell us things happened a long time ago. These are Past Tense verbs.
The Pattern: Most of these words end in -ed. This is the easiest way to talk about yesterday or last year.
- Ask → Asked
- Fight → Fighted (Wait! This is a mistake. The story uses fought because some words are 'rebels' and don't follow the -ed rule).
The 'Rebel' Words (Irregulars): These change completely. You just have to memorize them:
Find becomes Found Go becomes Went Steal becomes Stole Lie becomes Lied (This one follows the -ed rule!)
Quick Guide for A2:
If you want to say something happened in the past:
Person + Past Verb + Object
*Example: "Bhadresh went to prison."
Money Words to Know
- Wealth: A lot of money.
- Legal: Allowed by the law.
- Dishonest: Not telling the truth.