Young Person in Court for Terror Plans
青少年因恐怖計畫出庭
Introduction
A young person is in a court in Brisbane. The court wants to know if he planned a terrorist attack.
一名青少年在布里斯本出庭，法院旨在釐清他是否策劃了一場恐怖襲擊。
Main Body
The police say the boy read books about bombs. He did science tests with chemicals. He looked for information on the internet. He wanted to hurt people at a parade and political leaders.
警方表示該少年閱讀過關於炸彈的書籍。他使用化學物質進行科學實驗，並在網上搜尋資訊。他企圖在遊行中傷害民眾及政治領袖。
His lawyer says the boy is very sad and sick. He says the boy only spoke bad words because he was angry. He says the boy did not really want to hurt anyone.
他的律師則表示該少年非常憂鬱且身體不適。律師稱該少年之前出言不遜僅是因為憤怒，實際上並非真的想傷害任何人。
The lawyer also says the boy's parents separated. The boy felt very bad and did not know what to believe. He read bad things online because he was confused.
律師還提到該少年的父母分居了。少年因此感到非常難過，不知該相信什麼，在迷惘之時在網上閱讀了不健康的內容。
Conclusion
The judge will give final instructions. Then the jury will decide if he is guilty.
法官將給予最終指示，隨後陪審團將判定其是否有罪。
Vocabulary Learning
⚡ Action Words in the Past
Look at how the story tells us what happened. Most of the action words end in -ed. This tells us the story is about the past.
- plan → planned
- want → wanted
- look → looked
- separate → separated
Watch out! Some words are rebels and change completely. They don't use -ed:
- say → said
- do → did
- feel → felt
- read → read (it looks the same, but we say it like the color 'red')
Quick Tip for A2: If you want to talk about yesterday, try adding -ed to your action word. If that sounds wrong, check if it's a 'rebel' word like said or did.