The Search for Nancy Guthrie
尋找 Nancy Guthrie
Introduction
Police are looking for 84-year-old Nancy Guthrie. She disappeared from her home in Tucson on February 1. Police want to find the person who took her.
警方正在尋找 84 歲的 Nancy Guthrie。她於 2 月 1 日在圖森（Tucson）的家中失蹤。警方希望找到將她帶走的人。
Main Body
A person sent emails to the news. First, they asked for a lot of money in Bitcoin. They knew small things about her house. Later, they sent a message. They said Nancy is dead.
有人向新聞機構發送了電子郵件。起初，他們要求支付大筆比特幣。他們知道關於她住家的少量細節。隨後，他們發送了一條訊息，稱 Nancy 已經去世。
Some experts think the person is not a professional criminal. Other experts think the emails are fake. The police and the FBI do not always agree on the work. They use different labs for DNA tests.
一些專家認為該人士並非專業罪犯。其他專家則認為這些電子郵件是偽造的。警方與 FBI 在工作上並不總是達成共識，他們使用不同的實驗室進行 DNA 檢測。
TMZ offered money to find Nancy. The FBI stopped talking to TMZ. Some people think the FBI now knows who the criminal is. Police also looked at some graves near the border, but they found nothing.
TMZ 提供賞金以尋找 Nancy。FBI 隨後停止與 TMZ 溝通。有些人認為 FBI 現在已經知道罪犯是誰。警方也搜查了邊境附近的一些墳墓，但沒有發現任何東西。
Conclusion
The police are still working. They are looking for a person in a mask and a woman. They will pay more than $1.2 million for help.
警方仍在調查中。他們正在尋找一名戴面具的人和一名女性。若能提供協助，他們將支付超過 120 萬美元。
Vocabulary Learning
🕵️ The 'Action' Pattern
In this story, we see a lot of past actions. When something happened and finished, we usually add -ed to the word.
Look at these changes:
- Ask Asked
- Stop Stopped
- Look Looked
💡 A Special Rule: The 'Irregular' Ones
Some words are rebels. They do not use -ed. You must memorize them as they are:
- Find becomes Found
- Say becomes Said
- Know becomes Knew
📝 Word Grouping
People in the story:
- Police / FBI (The seekers)
- Criminal (The taker)
- Experts (The thinkers)
Money words:
- Bitcoin / Dollars / Million