Restaurant Fights to Stay in London
餐廳努力留在倫敦
Introduction
Veeraswamy is the oldest Indian restaurant in the UK. The company wants to stay in its building. Now, they are going to court against the Crown Estate.
Veeraswamy 是英國最古老的印度餐廳。該公司希望留在其建築物中。現在，他們正準備對 Crown Estate 提起訴訟。
Main Body
Veeraswamy started in 1926. Many famous people, like Queen Elizabeth II, ate there. It is a very special place.
Veeraswamy 成立於 1926 年。許多名流，例如英國女王伊麗莎白二世，都曾在這裡用餐。這是一個非常特別的地方。
The Crown Estate owns the building. They want the restaurant to leave. They want to fix the building and make more office space for more money.
Crown Estate 擁有該建築物。他們希望餐廳搬離。他們想要翻修建築，並增加更多辦公空間以獲取更多收益。
The restaurant says they can stay. They say the building work is easy. They also say moving to a new place costs £5 million. This is too much money for them.
餐廳表示他們可以留下來。他們認為建築工程很簡單。他們還表示搬遷到新地點需要花費 500 萬英鎊。對他們來說，這筆金額太高了。
Conclusion
A judge will listen to both sides in London on June 29. The judge will decide if the restaurant stays or goes.
法官將於 6 月 29 日在倫敦聽取雙方陳述。法官將決定餐廳是留下還是離開。
Vocabulary Learning
💡 THE 'WANT' PATTERN
In this story, people have different goals. We use want + to + action to talk about these goals.
- The restaurant → wants to stay.
- The owners → want to fix the building.
- The owners → want to make money.
Quick Guide:
- Use want to when you have a plan or a dream.
- Example: I want to learn English.
🏗️ USEFUL WORDS FOR PLACES
| Word | Simple Meaning |
|---|---|
| Building | A place with walls and a roof |
| Office space | A place where people work on computers |
| Court | A place where a judge makes decisions |