Six People Die in New York Apartments
紐約公寓六人死亡
Introduction
Police in Mechanicville, New York, are looking into the deaths of six people in an apartment building.
紐約州 Mechanicville 的警方正在調查一棟公寓大樓內六人死亡的事件。
Main Body
Police found six dead people on June 23. They were a grandmother, her daughter, and four grandchildren. The police think the grandmother, Amy Steadman, killed them.
警方於 6 月 23 日發現六具屍體。死者是一位奶奶、她的女兒以及四個孫子。警方認為是奶奶 Amy Steadman 殺害了他們。
Police found a note. They think the grandmother used medicine to kill the family. One child had a cut from a sharp object.
警方發現了一張紙條。他們認為奶奶使用藥物殺害了家人。其中一名孩童有被利器割傷的傷口。
The children's father, Brady Harmon, lives in Utah. He says he had a big fight with the mother about the children. He did not see his children for five years.
孩子們的父親 Brady Harmon 住在猶他州。他說他曾與母親就孩子問題大吵一架。他已經五年沒見過孩子了。
Conclusion
Police are still working. They are waiting for more medical tests to find the exact cause of death.
警方仍在調查中。他們正等待更多的醫療檢測結果，以確定確切的死因。
Vocabulary Learning
🕵️ The 'Action' Word
Look at how the story tells us what happened. It uses Past Simple. This is for things that are finished.
The Pattern: Most words just add -ed at the end.
- Look → Looked
- Wait → Waited
The 'Rule-Breakers' (Irregular): Some words change completely. You must memorize these!
- Find → Found
- Say → Said
- Do → Did
🧬 Family Tree Words
To reach A2, you need to describe people. This story uses these connections:
- Grandmother (The mother of your parent)
- Daughter (The female child of a parent)
- Grandchildren (The children of your children)
Quick Tip: If one person is a child, many people are children.