Police Investigate Death of Ketan Agarwal

警方調查 Ketan Agarwal 死亡事件


Introduction

Police in Pune are looking into the death of Ketan Agarwal. They think his fiancée and another man killed him.

浦那警方正在調查 Ketan Agarwal 的死亡事件。他們認為其未婚妻和另一名男子殺害了他。

Main Body

Ketan Agarwal died on June 18. He fell from Lohagad Fort. Police arrested his fiancée, Siya Goyal, and a man named Chetan Chaudhary. Police say Siya and Chetan planned to kill Ketan because Siya did not want to marry him.

Ketan Agarwal 於 6 月 18 日死亡,他是從 Lohagad Fort 墜落。警方逮捕了他的未婚妻 Siya Goyal 以及一名叫 Chetan Chaudhary 的男子。警方表示,由於 Siya 不想與 Ketan 結婚,因此 Siya 與 Chetan 計劃殺害他。

Siya and Chetan were secret lovers. They talked on the phone for many hours. Siya did not like that Ketan used a hair patch. She did not want to marry him, but the wedding was very expensive.

Siya 與 Chetan 是秘密戀人。他們在電話中交談了許多小時。Siya 不喜歡 Ketan 使用補髮片,所以不想嫁給他,但婚禮費用非常昂貴。

Police found a video of Chetan. He wore strange clothes for a hot day. Siya and Chetan also deleted their messages. The government wants a fast trial for this case.

警方發現了一段 Chetan 的影片。他在炎熱的天氣穿著奇怪的衣服。Siya 與 Chetan 還刪除了他們的訊息。政府希望此案能快速審理。

Conclusion

The police are still working on the case. The two suspects are in jail.

警方仍在調查此案。兩名嫌疑人目前在獄中。

Vocabulary Learning

⚡ THE 'PAST' SWITCH

In this story, things happened in the past. To tell a story, we often add -ed to the end of a word.

Look at these changes:

  • Plan \rightarrow Planned
  • Arrest \rightarrow Arrested
  • Delete \rightarrow Deleted

⚠️ THE 'REBELS' (Irregular Verbs)

Some words are 'rebels.' They do not follow the -ed rule. They change completely. You must memorize these to reach A2 level.

NowThen (Past)
DieDied (This one follows the rule!)
FallFell
WearWore
DoDid

💡 QUICK TIP: 'DID NOT'

When we want to say 'No' in the past, we use did not + the normal word.

  • \checkmark Siya did not want to marry him.
  • ×\times Siya did not wanted (Never add -ed after 'did not')

Pattern: Did not \rightarrow Action Word (Simple Form)

Vocabulary Learning

investigate (v.)
To try to find out the truth about something
Example:The police investigate the crime to find the killer.
fiancée (n.)
A woman who is going to get married
Example:Siya is the fiancée of Ketan.
arrested (v.)
When police take someone away to the police station
Example:The police arrested the man for stealing.
expensive (adj.)
Something that costs a lot of money
Example:The wedding was very expensive.
deleted (v.)
To remove something from a computer or phone
Example:He deleted the messages from his phone.
trial (n.)
A meeting in court to decide if someone is guilty
Example:The trial will start next month.
suspects (n.)
People that police think committed a crime
Example:The two suspects are now in jail.
Practice A2 words in a crossword