Bad Accidents on the Water
水上嚴重事故
Introduction
Many people died in water accidents in Canada and the USA.
許多人在加拿大和美國的水上事故中喪生。
Main Body
In Ontario, a man died in a river. The boat driver drank alcohol. The police arrested the driver.
在安大略省,一名男子在河中喪生。船隻駕駛員飲酒了。警方已逮捕該名駕駛員。
In Nova Scotia, two accidents happened. One young man died near an island. On a lake, a 70-year-old man died. A 58-year-old man is still missing.
在新斯科舍省,發生了兩起事故。一名年輕男子在島嶼附近喪生。在湖上,一名70歲的男子喪生。一名58歲的男子目前仍失蹤。
In Massachusetts, police found an old man on a beach. He died because he went under the water and could not breathe.
在麻薩諸塞州,警方在海灘上發現一名老人。他因潛入水中無法呼吸而喪生。
Conclusion
Police are still looking for more information about these deaths.
警方仍在尋找關於這些死亡事件的更多資訊。
Vocabulary Learning
🚨 The 'Past' Pattern
Look at these words from the text:
- died (not die)
- drank (not drink)
- arrested (not arrest)
- happened (not happen)
- found (not find)
The Secret: To tell a story about something that is finished, we change the action word.
Most words just get an -ed at the end:
arrest → arrested
happen → happened
Some words are rebels and change completely:
drink → drank
find → found
Quick Example for A2:
- Today: I drink water.
- Yesterday: I drank water.