Man Goes to Prison for Subway Fire
男子在捷運放火被判入獄
Introduction
Hiram Carrero is 19 years old. A judge said he must go to prison for five and a half years. He started a fire on a New York City train.
Hiram Carrero 今年 19 歲。法官判定他必須入獄五年半。他在紐約市的一輛列車上放火。
Main Body
On December 1, 2025, Carrero got on a train. He used paper to start a fire. He tried to burn a homeless man who was sleeping. Carrero left the train quickly.
2025 年 12 月 1 日，Carrero 登上了一輛列車。他使用紙張點火。他試圖燒死一名正在睡覺的無家可歸者。Carrero 隨後迅速離開了列車。
Police and firefighters helped the man. The man did not die, but he has bad burns on his body. The judge listened to the lawyers. One lawyer said the crime was very bad. Another lawyer said Carrero had a hard life and brain problems.
警察和消防員救了該名男子。該男子沒有死亡，但身體有嚴重的燒傷。法官聽取了律師的陳述。一名律師表示這項罪行非常惡劣。另一名律師則稱 Carrero 生活困苦且有腦部問題。
Other people started fires on trains before. One person died in 2024. Another fire happened in Chicago. These crimes are very dangerous for people in the city.
此前也曾有人在列車上放火。2024 年有一人死亡。芝加哥也發生過一次火災。這些罪行對於城市中的人們來說非常危險。
Conclusion
Hiram Carrero will stay in prison for 66 months. After that, he must follow special rules for three years.
Hiram Carrero 將入獄 66 個月。之後，他必須遵守三年的特別規定。
Vocabulary Learning
🕒 Time & Actions
Look at how the story tells us about the past. We add -ed to the end of action words to show it already happened.
- Start → Started
- Try → Tried
- Listen → Listened
Wait! Some words are 'rebels' and change completely. We don't add -ed to these:
- Go Went (Example: He went to prison)
- Get Got (Example: Carrero got on a train)
- Say Said (Example: A judge said...)
⚖️ Comparing Two Things
When the writer talks about more than one person or event, they use these two words to keep things organized:
- One (The first thing) One lawyer said...
- Another (The next thing) Another lawyer said...
Use One... Another... when you are listing different people or problems.