Police Arrest British Man in Ecuador
厄瓜多警方逮捕一名英國男子
Introduction
Police in Ecuador arrested a British man. His name is Matthew Ashley Foster-Smith. He is 46 years old. Police say he killed a woman in Colombia.
厄瓜多警方逮捕了一名英國男子，他的名字是 Matthew Ashley Foster-Smith，今年 46 歲。警方表示他在哥倫比亞殺害了一名女子。
Main Body
Police caught the man at the airport in Quito. Police from Colombia, Ecuador, and the UK worked together. The man left Colombia and went to Ecuador before the police caught him.
警方在基多機場逮捕了該男子。哥倫比亞、厄瓜多和英國警方共同合作。該男子在被警方逮捕前，離開哥倫比亞前往厄瓜多。
Police say the man went into a woman's home in Bogotá. They say he killed her. Then, he put her body in a suitcase to hide it. Workers found the body in a bathroom.
警方表示該男子進入了一名位於波哥大女性的家中。他們稱他殺害了該女子，隨後將屍體放入行李箱以隱藏罪行。工人隨後在浴室發現了屍體。
The man says he did not do it. He says he was watching a sports game. He also says bad people threatened him. Now, the UK government is helping him.
該男子否認所為。他聲稱當時正在觀看體育比賽。他還表示有人威脅他。目前英國政府正在為其提供協助。
Conclusion
Colombia wants the man to come back to their country. He must go to court for the crime.
哥倫比亞希望該男子返回其國家，他必須就該項罪行出庭。
Vocabulary Learning
⚡ The 'Past' Power-Up
In this story, we see a lot of Action Words (verbs) that tell us things already happened. To move to A2, you need to see how these words change from the present to the past.
The Pattern:
- Catch → Caught (The police caught the man)
- Leave → Left (He left Colombia)
- Go → Went (He went to Ecuador)
- Say → Said (He said he did not do it)
- Find → Found (Workers found the body)
💡 Pro Tip: Most words just add "-ed" (like arrested), but these special words change completely. You must memorize these "irregular" changes to tell a story in English.
📍 Location Words
Look at how we describe where things happen using in, at, and to:
- IN (Inside a city or country) In Ecuador, In Bogotá.
- AT (A specific point/building) At the airport.
- TO (Moving toward a place) Went to Ecuador.