【读新闻学英语】儿子得了癌症晚期,妈妈居然拿好心人给的捐款去赌博?!
2019年3月7日 14:36这位妈妈的赌瘾真大啊~
The mother of a little UK boy who died from cancer has admitted defrauding the fund set up to pay for his treatment. Toby - who had high-risk neuroblastoma, a rare form of cancer - died in January just days after his sixth birthday.
英国小男孩Toby死于癌症,她的母亲承认自己骗取了为支付治疗费用而设立的基金。他患有高风险的神经母细胞瘤,一种非常罕见的癌症。在他6岁生日后的几天,就去世了。
defrauding:骗取
neuroblastoma:神经母细胞瘤
The fund raised £200,000 (NZ$387,000) after friends, family, supporters and players from Leeds football club all donated to support the youngster.But as donations rolled in, his mother Stacey Worsley abused her position as a trustee of the fund, stealing $193,000 from the earnings before gambling it away.
他的朋友,家人,支持者以及利兹足球队的队员们都给他捐钱,基金筹集到了20万英镑(38.7万纽币)。但随着捐款不断增加,他的母亲Stacey Worsley滥用自己作为基金受托人的权利,在赌博之前从基金中偷走了19.3万纽币。
donated:捐款
trustee :受托人
Worsley pleaded guilty to one charge of committing fraud by false representation and is due to be sentenced on March 29. West Yorkshire Police said the fraud did not impact Toby's medical treatment.
Worsley对于以虚假陈述进行欺诈的指控表示认罪,将于3月29日被审判。西约克郡警方表示,欺诈行为并没有影响Toby的治疗。
pleaded guilty :认罪
Toby became ill in late 2016 and on his fourth birthday in January 2017 he was told he had a stage-four neuroblastoma tumour.In July 2018, Toby's treatment showed his bone marrow was clear of cancer, but later that year he was diagnosed with a brain tumour.
2016年底,Toby生病,2017年1月,他四岁了。那时,他就被诊断患上了四期神经母细胞瘤。2018年7月,Toby的治疗显示他的骨髓里没有癌症,但是那年晚些时候,就被诊断患有脑瘤。
tumour:肿瘤
marrow:骨髓
He died on January 12, 2019.It is believed the money was being recovered from online gambling companies Worsley had spent the money at.
他在2019年1月12日去世。而那些被他妈妈拿去赌博的钱,也从在线赌博公司那里收回来了。
gambling :赌博
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