Judge Suspended for Drinking Wine and Smoking in Online Hearing Keeps Salary
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A judge in Brazil drank wine and smoked during an online court hearing.
The hearing was in Minas Gerais, a state in Brazil.
After this, the courts suspended him from work.
But he will still get his salary every month.
His salary is 83,500 reais, the money used in Brazil.
The courts decided not to stop his pay.
This story is about the justice system in Minas Gerais.
Many people talked about the judge's behavior.
The video of the hearing showed his actions.
Courts often check how judges act at work.
Vocabulary15 words
- suspended
- stopped from doing a job for some time
- salary
- money you get every month for your job
- reais
- money used in Brazil
- stop
- to make something end
- justice
- the system of courts and judges
- hearing
- a meeting in court
- virtual
- online, not in person
- behavior
- how a person acts
- decided
- made a choice
- state
- a part of a country
- money
- what people use to buy things
- work
- a job
- action
- something a person does
- system
- a group of rules or people working together
- court
- a place where judges work
Quiz
Answer key
1. He drank wine and smoked 2. — 3. Yes
Fill-in-the-blank listening
Play the audio again and fill in the missing words as you listen.
A judge in Brazil drank _____ and smoked during an online court hearing.
The hearing was in Minas Gerais, a _____ in Brazil.
After this, the courts _____ him from work.
But he will still get his _____ every month.
His salary is 83,500 _____, the money used in Brazil.
The courts decided not to _____ his pay.
This story is about the _____ system in Minas Gerais.
Many people talked about the judge's _____.