Police Arrest Woman for Keeping Illegal Crocodile

警方逮捕一名私藏非法鱷魚的女子

Jun 25, 2026, 08:22
HKSociety

Introduction

Police arrested a woman. She had a young crocodile and other rare animals in her home.

警方逮捕了一名女子。她在家中飼養了一隻幼年鱷魚及其他稀有動物。

Main Body

On Wednesday, people saw a one-meter crocodile on a balcony. Animal experts caught the crocodile. The animal had a hurt leg. It is a mix of two types of crocodiles.

週三，有人在陽台上發現一隻一公尺長的鱷魚。動物專家將該鱷魚捕捉。該動物腿部受傷。它是兩種鱷魚的混種。

Police and animal officers went to the woman's home on Thursday. They found many rare animals there. The woman is 35 years old.

警方與動物部門人員於週四前往該名女子的家中。他們在那裡發現了許多稀有動物。該女子今年 35 歲。

The woman did not have legal papers for the animals. This is against the law. She can go to prison for ten years and pay a lot of money.

該女子並沒有持有動物的合法證明文件。這違反了法律。她可能面臨十年監禁以及高額罰金。

Conclusion

The woman is in jail. The government now has the animals.

該女子目前在獄中。政府已接管這些動物。

Vocabulary Learning

🕒 The "Past" Story Mode

In this story, most things happened yesterday or last week. To talk about the past, we often just add -ed to the action word.

Look at the change:

  • Arrest →\rightarrow Arrested
  • Catch →\rightarrow Caught (Special word!)
  • Find →\rightarrow Found (Special word!)

🗝️ Power Words for A2

Instead of saying "bad things," we use these specific words to describe rules:

  1. Illegal →\rightarrow Not allowed by the law.
  2. Legal papers →\rightarrow The official documents you need to own something.
  3. Against the law →\rightarrow A phrase that means "you did something wrong."

📏 Describing Things

"A one-meter crocodile"

Notice the order: Size →\rightarrow Object. We don't say "A crocodile of one meter." We put the size first like a label!

Vocabulary Learning

arrested (v.)
When police take someone away because they did something wrong.
Example:The police arrested the man for stealing a car.
rare (adj.)
Not common; very hard to find.
Example:This is a rare bird from the jungle.
balcony (n.)
A small area outside an upstairs window.
Example:I like to drink coffee on my balcony.
legal (adj.)
Allowed by the law.
Example:You must have a legal passport to travel.
prison (n.)
A building where criminals are kept.
Example:The thief went to prison for two years.
Practice A2 words in a crossword→
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