Police Stop Big Drug Shipments in Australia
澳洲警方截獲大量毒品
Introduction
Australian police stopped many people from bringing illegal drugs into the country. They found a lot of drugs and arrested many people.
澳洲警方阻止了許多人將非法毒品帶入該國，發現了大量毒品並逮捕了許多人。
Main Body
Police stopped a big ship called the MV Wealth. People used small boats to move 3.1 tonnes of drugs to a quiet beach in Queensland. Some people burned a truck to hide the evidence.
警方截停了一艘名為 MV Wealth 的大船。有人使用小船將 3.1 噸毒品運送到昆士蘭一個偏僻的海灘。有些人甚至焚毀了一輛貨車以銷毀證據。
Police found more drugs in Brisbane and Sydney. They found 2.7 tonnes of cocaine in a big metal box. This is the most cocaine ever found in Australia. The drugs probably came from North Asia.
警方在布里斯本和悉尼發現了更多毒品。他們在一個大型金屬箱中發現了 2.7 噸可卡因。這是澳洲有史以來發現最多的可卡因。這些毒品可能來自北亞。
In another place, police stopped two men, Brayedyn Gould and Drew Paterson. These men made drugs in a house. Police found chemicals and 12.5kg of drugs there.
在另一個地點，警方攔截了兩名男子 Brayedyn Gould 和 Drew Paterson。這兩名男子在住家製造毒品。警方在那裡發現了化學藥劑和 12.5 公斤毒品。
Conclusion
The ship MV Wealth is still in the Solomon Islands. Ten people are in jail for these crimes.
MV Wealth 號船目前仍留在所羅門群島。十人因這些罪行而被入獄。
Vocabulary Learning
📦 The 'Amount' Pattern
When we describe how much of something we have, we use different words. Look at these three ways from the story:
- Many used for people (Many people)
- A lot of used for general things (A lot of drugs)
- More used when adding to what we already have (More drugs)
📍 Where things happen
Notice how the text connects a thing to a place using the word 'in':
- Drugs in a big metal box
- Men in a house
- People in jail
🛠️ Action Words (Past)
To tell a story about the past, we often add -ed to the end of the action:
- Stop Stopped
- Arrest Arrested
- Burn Burned