Police Kill Baby in Mississippi
密西西比州警察槍殺嬰兒
Introduction
A police officer shot and killed a one-year-old boy named Kohen Wiley on June 14. Now, the family and the city are very angry.
一名警察於6月14日開槍擊斃一名叫Kohen Wiley的一歲男童。目前，該家庭與整個城市都非常憤怒。
Main Body
Police went to a Walmart store. They thought people stole things. A car tried to leave. Police say the car drove at an officer, so the officer shot. The mother says the car was moving away. She says she told the police about the baby.
警察前往一家Walmart超市。他們認為有人偷竊。有一輛車試圖離開。警方稱該車衝向一名警員，因此警員開槍。但母親表示該車當時正開離。她說她已經告知警方車內有嬰兒。
Many people in the city do not trust the police. They say the police are too mean. Some people want to stop buying things at Walmart. People wanted to have a meeting with candles, but the city said no.
城市裡許多人不信任警方。他們認為警察太殘暴。有些人想停止在Walmart購物。人們希望能舉行一次點蠟燭的集會，但市政府不同意。
The family wants to see the police videos. The investigators say no. They say they need six to nine months to finish the work. The officer is not working right now.
該家庭希望能查看警方的錄影。但調查人員表示不行。他們稱需要六到九個月的時間來完成工作。該名警員目前處於停職狀態。
Conclusion
The investigators are still looking at the case. The family wants the officer to pay for what happened.
調查人員仍在調查此案。該家庭希望該名警員能為所發生的事情承擔責任。
Vocabulary Learning
💡 The "Action-Result" Pattern
In this story, we see how one action leads to another. This is the easiest way to move from A1 to A2: connecting two ideas.
1. The Simple Link: "So" When one thing happens because of another, we use so.
- The car drove at an officer so the officer shot.
2. Word Shift: Now vs. Then Notice how the story moves from the past to the present:
- Past (What happened): Shot, killed, went, thought, tried.
- Present (The situation now): Are angry, do not trust, want, is not working.
3. Common A2 Word Pairs Look at these opposites from the text to build your vocabulary:
- Moving away Driving at
- Working Not working
- Yes No