Police Check Traffic Problems During Student Test
警方調查學生考試期間的交通問題
Introduction
Police in Bengaluru checked if a big political meeting stopped students from reaching their tests.
班加羅爾警方調查一場大型政治集會是否影響了學生前往考場。
Main Body
Some leaders said a meeting caused bad traffic. They said students were late because of this. But a government minister said this was not true.
有些領袖表示集會導致交通擁堵，因此學生才遲到。但一位政府部長表示這並非事實。
Police looked at cameras on the streets. One student was three minutes late. The student left home very late. The student also took a long road.
警方查看了街道上的監視器。一名學生遲到了三分鐘，是因為該生出門太晚，且走了一條較遠的路。
Other students missed the test for different reasons. One student missed a bus. Another student had the wrong paper. The traffic was normal that day.
其他學生錯過考試是因為不同的原因。一名學生錯過了公車，另一名學生則拿錯了試卷。當天的交通狀況正常。
Conclusion
The police say the students were late because of their own mistakes, not because of the meeting.
警方表示學生遲到是因為自身的失誤，而非因為集會。
Vocabulary Learning
🕒 The 'Late' Logic
In this story, we see how to describe reasons using simple words. To reach A2, you need to connect an action to a cause.
Pattern: [Action] + because of + [Reason]
- Students were late because of this (the meeting).
- Students were late because of their own mistakes.
💡 Vocabulary Shift
Instead of saying "The reason was...", just use "Because of" followed by a thing (noun).
- Bad traffic Traffic jam
- Wrong paper Mistake
- Long road Wrong way
Quick Tip: Use "Another" when you have a list of different problems:
- One student missed a bus.
- Another student had the wrong paper.