Big Fires in Lucknow and New Delhi
勒克瑙與新德里發生大火
Introduction
Two big fires happened in Lucknow and New Delhi. Many buildings burned and some people died.
勒克瑙與新德里發生了兩場大火。許多建築物被燒毀，部分民眾死亡。
Main Body
A fire happened in a building in Lucknow. It had a pet shop and a school. Fifteen people died and nine people were hurt. The building was for homes, not for shops. The police arrested four people.
勒克瑙的一座建築物發生火災。裡面有一家寵物店和一所學校。共有十五人死亡，九人受傷。該建築物是用於住宅而非商業用途。警方已逮捕四人。
Another fire happened in New Delhi. It burned 200 small homes for workers. The fire started early on Wednesday morning. Twenty fire trucks came to stop the fire.
新德里發生了另一場火災。燒毀了 200 棟工人居住的小型房屋。火災於週三清晨開始。共有 20 輛消防車前往滅火。
The fire in New Delhi spread fast. This happened because the homes were very close. There were also gas bottles and electric wires in the area.
新德里的火勢蔓延迅速。這是因為房屋之間距離非常近。此外，該區域內還有瓦斯桶和電線。
Conclusion
Police are still checking the site in Lucknow. In New Delhi, the fire is over and workers are checking the damage.
警方仍在勒克瑙的現場進行調查。在新德里，火勢已平息，工人正在檢查損壞情況。
Vocabulary Learning
🧱 Building Sentences with 'Because'
Look at this sentence: "This happened because the homes were very close."
What is happening here? We use because to give a reason. It connects two ideas.
The Pattern: [Something happened] because [The reason why]
Examples from the text:
- The fire spread fast because homes were close.
Try this logic for A2 level:
- I am tired because I worked a lot.
- He is happy because it is sunny.
🕒 Past Action Words
Notice how the story tells us about things that already finished. We change the action words (verbs) to show the past.
| Now (Present) | Then (Past) | Example from Story |
|---|---|---|
| Happen | Happened | "A fire happened..." |
| Burn | Burned | "Buildings burned..." |
| Start | Started | "The fire started..." |
| Come | Came | "Fire trucks came..." |
Quick Tip: To talk about yesterday or last week, add -ed to many words (like burn burned), but some words change completely (like come came).