Big Earthquakes in Venezuela Cause Many Problems
委內瑞拉大地震導致多項問題
Introduction
Two big earthquakes hit northern Venezuela on June 24, 2026. Many people died and many buildings fell down.
2026年6月24日，委內瑞拉北部發生兩次大地震。許多人死亡，許多建築物倒塌。
Main Body
The earthquakes hit Caracas and La Guaira. The government says 1,700 people died. But other people say many more are missing. NASA says almost 60,000 buildings are broken.
地震襲擊了加拉加斯與拉瓜伊拉。政府表示有1,700人死亡。但其他人則稱有更多人失蹤。NASA表示有近60,000棟建築物被毀壞。
President Delcy Rodriguez says the government is helping. But people are angry. They say the government is too slow. Some soldiers stole things instead of helping people.
總統德爾西·羅德里格斯表示政府正在提供援助。但民眾感到憤怒，認為政府行動太慢。部分士兵甚至趁機偷竊而非協助民眾。
More than 20 countries are helping now. The USA sent money and workers to fix the airport and the port. Now, workers are only finding dead bodies because too much time passed.
目前有超過20個國家提供援助。美國派遣資金與人員來修復機場與港口。然而，由於時間拖延太久，目前工人只能發現屍體。
Venezuela has political problems. The USA removed the old president in January 2026. Now, some people think the government wants to stop the next elections because of the disaster.
委內瑞拉面臨政治問題。美國在2026年1月撤換了前任總統。現在有人認為政府想利用這場災難來阻止下次選舉。
Conclusion
The situation is very bad. Venezuela needs help from other countries because the government cannot fix the problems.
情況非常糟糕。委內瑞拉需要其他國家的援助，因為政府無法解決這些問題。
Vocabulary Learning
🚩 THE 'ACTION' PATTERN
In this story, we see a simple way to describe what happened in the past. Look at these words:
- Hit (The earthquakes hit...)
- Died (People died...)
- Fell (Buildings fell down...)
- Stole (Soldiers stole things...)
- Sent (USA sent money...)
The Rule for A2: To talk about a finished event, we change the action word (the verb).
Simple Changes: Help → Helped Fix → Fixed
Tricky Changes (Irregular): Fall → Fell Steal → Stole Send → Sent
Example Sentence Construction: Subject + Past Action + Object
→ The government + helped + the people. → The workers + fixed + the airport.