Plane Hits Tall Building in Beijing
飛機在北京撞上高層建築
Introduction
A small plane hit the CITIC Tower in Beijing on Friday evening. One person died and many people were hurt.
週五晚間，一架小型飛機撞上北京的中信大廈。造成一人死亡，多人受傷。
Main Body
The plane hit the top of the tall building at 5:55 PM. The glass windows broke. All people in the building left quickly.
飛機於下午 5:55 撞上高層建築的頂部。玻璃窗破裂。大樓內的所有人員迅速撤離。
Firefighters put out small fires on the ground. Police stopped people from coming near the building.
消防員撲滅了地面上的小型火災。警方阻止民眾靠近該建築。
The pilot died in the crash. Thirteen other people were hurt. Beijing has very strict rules for planes and drones.
飛行員在墜機中喪生。另有 13 人受傷。北京對於飛機和無人機有非常嚴格的規定。
The government removed videos of the crash from the internet. They did not give much information to the news.
政府將墜機影片從網路上移除。他們並未向新聞媒體提供太多資訊。
Conclusion
The pilot is dead and 13 people are hurt. The police are looking for the cause of the crash.
飛行員死亡，13 人受傷。警方正在調查墜機原因。
Vocabulary Learning
🕒 Time and Action
In English, we use PM to show the afternoon or evening.
- Example: 5:55 PM → Late afternoon.
🛠️ Simple Past Actions
When something happened and finished, we often add -ed to the action word. This is the easiest way to talk about the past.
- Stop → Stopped
- Hurt → Hurt (This one stays the same!)
- Remove → Removed
Quick Guide:
Action Past Action
Break Broke
Leave Left
📦 Describing Things
To make a sentence a bit more detailed, put the describing word before the object:
- Tall building
- Small plane
- Strict rules
Pattern: [Describing Word] [Thing]