▍原文 Chinese property tycoon Xu Jiayin has been sentenced to life in prison. He pleaded guilty in April to multiple charges, including illegally taking public deposits, fundraising fraud and embezzlement. Once ranked as Asia's richest man, Xu founded the property giant Evergrande in 1996, and oversaw the company's rapid rise through an aggressive expansion program funded with large amounts of borrowed money. However, many developments were never completed, leaving homeowners high and dry. ▍語言點 1. property tycoon 地產大亨 · tycoon n. 大亨，巨頭（特指商界手握巨大財富的實業大佬） 2. be sentenced to life in prison 被判處無期徒刑 3. plead guilty to something 承認……的罪名 4. illegally taking public deposits 非法吸收公眾存款 5. fundraising fraud 集資詐騙 6. embezzlement /ɪmˈbezlmənt/ n.（本文）職務侵占罪；貪汙，挪用公款 7. be ranked as something 被評為，被列為…… 8. oversee /ˌəʊvəˈsiː/ v. 監管，掌管 9. aggressive expansion program 激進擴張計劃 ...