Australian Man Arrested for Killing a Girl in Thailand

澳洲男子在泰國殺害少女被捕

Jun 30, 2026, 20:01

Introduction

Police in Thailand arrested an Australian man. His name is Simon Peter Carman. He killed a 17-year-old girl.

泰國警方逮捕了一名澳洲男子，他名叫 Simon Peter Carman，他殺害了一名 17 歲的少女。

Main Body

Mr. Carman met the girl near a beach in Pattaya. They went to his apartment. They fought about money. Police say Mr. Carman killed her by squeezing her neck.

Carman 先生在芭達雅的一個海灘附近認識了該名少女。他們隨後前往他的公寓。他們因為金錢問題而發生爭執。警方表示 Carman 先生透過掐住她的脖子將其殺害。

He put the girl's body in a suitcase. He took the suitcase to a railway line on a motorcycle. He tried to fly back to Australia on Friday, but police stopped him at the airport.

他將少女的屍體放入一個行李箱中。他隨後騎摩托車將行李箱運到一條鐵路旁。他原定於週五飛回澳洲，但被警方在機場攔截。

Police found the body in the suitcase. Mr. Carman says he did not do it. But he told police he killed her after they showed him video from cameras. Police are now checking if he killed other women too.

警方在行李箱中發現了屍體。Carman 先生聲稱自己沒有作案。但在警方向他出示監視器畫面後，他承認殺害了該名少女。警方目前正在調查他是否還殺害過其他女性。

Conclusion

Mr. Carman is now in Pattaya Prison. He may go to prison for a long time or die by the death penalty.

Carman 先生目前在芭達雅監獄服刑。他可能會被判處長期徒刑或死刑。

Vocabulary Learning

🕰️ The "Past Story" Pattern

To reach A2, you need to tell a story about things that already happened. Look at how the text uses Simple Past verbs to move the story forward.

How it works: Most of these words just add -ed at the end. This tells the listener: "This is finished."

Examples from the text:

Arrest $\rightarrow$ Arrested
Kill $\rightarrow$ Killed
Stop $\rightarrow$ Stopped

The "Rule Breakers" (Irregular Verbs): Some words change completely. You must memorize these because they are very common in daily English:

Now	Then (Past)
Meet $\rightarrow$ Met
Go $\rightarrow$ Went
Put $\rightarrow$ Put (no change!)
Tell $\rightarrow$ Told

💡 Quick Tip for A2: When you see a sentence starting with "He [verb]-ed...", you are looking at a sequence of events.

Example: He met $\rightarrow$ They went $\rightarrow$ He put $\rightarrow$ Police found.

Vocabulary Learning

arrested (v.)

When police take someone to the police station because they think they did something wrong.

Example:The police arrested the man for stealing a car.

apartment (n.)

A set of rooms for living in, usually on one floor of a building.

Example:She lives in a small apartment in the city.

squeezing (v.)

Pressing something hard from opposite sides.

Example:He is squeezing the lemon to get the juice.

suitcase (n.)

A large bag used for carrying clothes when you travel.

Example:I put all my clothes in a big suitcase for my holiday.

railway line (n.)

The metal tracks that a train travels on.

Example:The train moves quickly along the railway line.

death penalty (n.)

A legal punishment where a person is killed because they committed a very serious crime.

Example:Some countries still use the death penalty for murder.

Practice A2 words in a crossword→