Family Sues Police After Death of Doug Martin
Doug Martin 逝世後，家屬起訴警方
Introduction
Doug Martin was a professional football player. His parents are now suing the police and an ambulance company because Doug died.
Doug Martin 曾是一名職業美式足球員。由於 Doug 逝世，他的父母目前正起訴警方和一家救護車公司。
Main Body
Doug had a mental health problem. Police found him in a house. The parents say police pushed on his back too hard. This stopped him from breathing.
Doug 有精神健康問題。警方在一間屋子裡發現了他。父母表示警方過度壓迫他的背部，導致他無法呼吸。
The parents say the police did not call for help quickly. They think the police thought Doug was sleeping. The ambulance took too long to arrive and did not help him fast enough.
父母表示警方沒有迅速請求救援。他們認為警方以為 Doug 在睡覺。救護車到達時間太長，未能及時提供救助。
Doctors are now looking at Doug's brain. They want to see if football hurt his brain. The city police say Doug fought them during a crime.
醫生目前正在檢查 Doug 的大腦，想確認美式足球是否對其大腦造成傷害。市警則稱 Doug 在犯罪過程中與他們發生肢體衝突。
Conclusion
The court will decide who is wrong. People are waiting for more medical reports.
法院將決定誰對誰錯。人們正等待更多的醫療報告。
Vocabulary Learning
⚡ Action Words (Past Tense)
In this story, everything already happened. To talk about the past, we often add -ed to the end of the word.
Look at these changes:
- Push Pushed
- Stop Stopped
- Wait Waited
⚠️ The 'Special' Words
Some words are rebels. They do not follow the -ed rule. You must memorize these:
- Find becomes Found
- Think becomes Thought
- Do becomes Did
💡 Quick Tip for A2
When you see "did not", the next action word stays in its simple form.
- Correct: They did not call (Not "did not called").
- Correct: The ambulance did not help (Not "did not helped").