The Search for Nancy Guthrie
尋找 Nancy Guthrie
Introduction
Police are looking for 84-year-old Nancy Guthrie. She disappeared from her home in Arizona on January 31.
警方正在尋找 84 歲的 Nancy Guthrie。她於 1 月 31 日在亞利桑那州的家中失蹤。
Main Body
Bad people asked the family for $4 million in Bitcoin. The family did not pay. The FBI says do not pay if you do not see the person. Some people sent fake messages to the news.
歹徒要求家屬支付 400 萬美元的比特幣。家屬並未支付。FBI 表示，如果在沒見到人的情況下不要支付。有些人向新聞媒體發送了偽造訊息。
Police looked for Nancy near the Mexico border. A group found some graves in Mexico. But Nancy was not there.
警方在墨西哥邊境附近尋找 Nancy。一個小組在墨西哥發現了一些墳墓。但 Nancy 並不在其中。
Sheriff Nanos arrested some people. These people make videos about crimes. They caused problems in the neighborhood.
警長 Nanos 逮捕了一些人。這些人製作關於犯罪的影片。他們在社區中製造了麻煩。
Conclusion
Nancy Guthrie is still missing after four months. Police do not have a suspect.
Nancy Guthrie 失蹤四個月後依然下落不明。警方目前沒有嫌疑人。
Vocabulary Learning
🛑 Stop and Start: The 'Do Not' Rule
In this story, we see a very important way to tell people not to do something.
The Pattern:
Do not + Action
Examples from the text:
- Do not pay → ❌ 💸
- Do not see → ❌ 👀
How to use it in real life: If you want to give a simple command or a warning, just put "Do not" before the verb.
- Do not touch!
- Do not run!
- Do not worry!
Quick Tip: In a normal conversation, people usually say Don't.
- Do not pay (Formal/Police style) → Don't pay (Friendly/Everyday style)