Bad Things Happen to Children in India
印度兒童遭遇不幸事件
Introduction
Police and courts are working on many crimes against children in four parts of India.
警方與法院正處理印度四個地區發生的多起針對兒童的犯罪案件。
Main Body
In Delhi, a man worked at a school. He hurt a three-year-old child. The court put the man in jail. The government may close the school because it is not safe.
在德理,一名男子在學校工作。他傷害了一名三歲的兒童。法院將該男子關押入獄。政府可能會關閉該學校,因為該處並不安全。
In Rajasthan, bad people took a 13-year-old girl. Many men hurt her in hotels. Police arrested eight people. Now, political leaders want to destroy the illegal hotels.
在拉賈斯坦邦,歹徒綁架了一名13歲的女孩。許多男子在酒店傷害了她。警方逮捕了八人。現在,政治領袖希望拆除這些非法酒店。
In Tamil Nadu, a 17-year-old boy killed a nine-year-old boy. In Haryana, a woman took two young girls. She gave them a drug to make them sleep. The police were slow to help.
在泰米爾納德邦,一名17歲的少年殺害了一名九歲的男孩。在哈里亞納邦,一名女子綁架了兩名小女孩。她給她們服用藥物使其入睡。警方救援速度緩慢。
Conclusion
The police are still looking for more bad people. The courts want to put these criminals in prison.
警方仍在追緝更多歹徒。法院希望將這些罪犯關入監獄。
Vocabulary Learning
🟢 How to describe age
In this text, we see a pattern for saying how old someone is:
three-year-old child13-year-old girl17-year-old boynine-year-old boy
The Rule: When the age describes the person (like an adjective), we use hyphens (-) and the word 'year' stays singular (no 's').
Example Change:
- Incorrect: A 13 years old girl Correct: A 13-year-old girl
🔵 Action Words (Past Time)
Most actions in this story happened in the past. Notice how the words change:
- work worked
- hurt hurt (stays the same!)
- take took
- arrest arrested
- kill killed
Quick Tip: If the word ends in -ed, it usually means it happened yesterday or a long time ago.