Problem with the Lincoln Memorial Pool
林肯紀念堂水池出現問題
Introduction
Police are looking at damage to the Lincoln Memorial pool. They want to know if a person broke it or if the pool is just old.
警方正在調查林肯紀念堂水池的損壞情況。他們想知道是有人蓄意破壞，還是水池單純因為老舊而損壞。
Main Body
The government spent a lot of money to fix the pool. Now, the blue bottom of the pool is peeling. President Trump and Secretary Burgum say people used knives to cut the pool. They also found bad writing on the walls.
政府花了很多錢來維修水池。現在水池底部的藍色部分正在剝落。川普總統與 Burgum 部長表示，有人使用刀具切割水池。他們還在牆上發現了惡意的塗鴉。
Some engineers disagree. They say the pool broke because the work was bad. The police arrested seven people. One man says he did not break the pool. He only wanted to look at the trash.
一些工程師並不認同。他們認為水池損壞是因為施工品質不佳。警方逮捕了七人。其中一名男子表示他沒有破壞水池，他只是想看看垃圾。
The government says breaking national monuments is a big crime. People can go to prison for ten years. Also, some birds died near the pool. A nature group wants to know why the birds died.
政府表示破壞國家紀念碑是嚴重罪行。違者最高可被判處十年監禁。此外，水池附近有鳥類死亡。一個自然組織想了解鳥類死亡的原因。
Conclusion
The pool has a fence around it. Workers are trying to fix it before the July 4th holiday.
水池周圍目前設有圍欄。工人正嘗試在 7 月 4 日假期前完成修復。
Vocabulary Learning
🕒 Time & Action
Look at how the story talks about the past. When something already happened, we often add -ed to the action word.
- Fix Fixed
- Want Wanted
- Arrest Arrested
🛑 The "No" Words
To say something is NOT true, put did not before the action:
"He did not break the pool."
Simple Rule: When you use "did not," the action word stays in its basic form. You do not add -ed here!
🧱 Word Building
Notice how we describe things using simple adjectives before the noun:
- Blue bottom
- Bad writing
- Big crime
- National monuments