Police Say No to Help in Search for Nancy Guthrie

警方拒絕協助搜尋 Nancy Guthrie


Introduction

The Pima County Sheriff's Office does not want help from a group called the United Cajun Navy. This group wanted to help find Nancy Guthrie.

皮馬縣警長辦公室不希望得到一個名為「聯合卡真海軍」的組織協助。該組織曾希望能幫忙尋找 Nancy Guthrie。

Main Body

The United Cajun Navy is a group that finds missing people. They offered drones and dogs to the police. Brian Trascher from the group said the police said no to all outside help.

聯合卡真海軍是一個尋找失蹤人員的組織。他們向警方提供無人機與搜救犬。該組織的 Brian Trascher 表示,警方拒絕了所有外界的協助。

Trascher thinks the police should look near the Arizona border. He says the dogs and drones can still find Nancy's body now. This would help her family.

Trascher 認為警方應該在亞利桑那州邊境附近搜尋。他表示搜救犬與無人機現在仍能找到 Nancy 的遺體。這將有助於她的家人。

Now, the FBI is also unhappy. FBI Director Kash Patel says the police did not let FBI agents go to the crime scene for four days.

現在,FBI 也不滿。FBI 局長 Kash Patel 表示,警方在四天之內都沒有允許 FBI 特員前往犯罪現場。

Conclusion

Nancy Guthrie is still missing after five months. The police have no suspects and they still work alone.

Nancy Guthrie 失蹤五個月後仍未被尋獲。警方目前沒有嫌疑人,且仍維持單獨行動。

Vocabulary Learning

🔍 Focus: Word Pairs for 'Giving and Getting'

In this story, people try to give help, but the police say no. Let's look at how we use these words to talk about actions:

1. The Action → The Thing

  • Offerdrones and dogs (To say "I can give you this")
  • Findmissing people (To get something that was lost)
  • Wanthelp (To wish for something)

2. Simple Opposites

  • Yes (Agree) vs\text{vs} No (Disagree)
  • Alone (Only one person/group) vs\text{vs} Outside help (Other people helping)

3. Time Words (The 'How Long' part)

  • For four days \rightarrow a short time.
  • After five months \rightarrow a long time.

Quick Tip: When you want to say someone is not there, use "missing." It is a very common A2 word for people or objects.

Vocabulary Learning

missing (adj.)
Someone who cannot be found
Example:The police are looking for the missing child.
offered (v.)
To say that you will give or do something
Example:He offered to help me carry the bags.
border (n.)
The line that divides two countries or states
Example:They crossed the border into Canada.
agents (n.)
People who work for a government department
Example:The FBI agents are investigating the case.
crime scene (n.)
The place where a bad or illegal thing happened
Example:The police put tape around the crime scene.
suspects (n.)
People the police think may have committed a crime
Example:The police have two suspects in the robbery.
Practice A2 words in a crossword