Two Trains Hit Each Other in Bedfordshire
貝德福德郡發生兩列火車相撞事故
Introduction
Two trains hit each other on Friday near Elstow. One person died and about 100 people were hurt.
週五在 Elstow 附近發生兩列火車相撞事故，導致一人死亡，約 100 人受傷。
Main Body
One train from Nottingham stopped because it had a technical problem. The signal was red. Another train from Corby did not stop at the red signal. It hit the first train at 49 mph.
其中一列從 Nottingham 出發的火車因技術問題而停駛，當時號誌為紅燈。另一列從 Corby 出發的火車未在紅燈處停止，以時速 49 英里的速度撞上第一列火車。
Shaun Burton was the driver of the Corby train. He died in the crash. 53 people are in the hospital. Eight people are very sick.
Corby 火車的司機 Shaun Burton 在事故中喪生。目前有 53 人住院，其中 8 人傷勢嚴重。
Workers used big cranes to move the trains. They built a new small road to reach the crash. The trains cannot use this line for the rest of the week. Workers must fix the tracks.
工人使用大型起重機移走火車，並鋪設一條新的臨時小路以進入事故現場。該路線在本週剩餘時間內將無法使用，工人必須修理軌道。
Conclusion
The trains cannot use this line now. Experts are studying why the crash happened.
目前火車無法使用此路線。專家正在研究事故發生原因。
Vocabulary Learning
🕒 Talking About the Past
In this story, we see how to describe things that already happened. Most words just add -ed to the end.
The Pattern: Action → Past Action
- stop → stopped
- hit → hit (this one stays the same!)
- use → used
🛠️ Simple Action Words
Look at how the story explains a sequence of events. It uses short sentences to tell a story:
- The train stopped.
- The train did not stop.
- It hit the first train.
Note: To say something did not happen, we use did not + the basic word (stop), not the -ed version.
📍 Useful Location Words
- Near (Close to): "Near Elstow"
- From (Starting point): "From Nottingham"
- In (Inside a place): "In the hospital"