Former Olympic Athlete in Trouble for Pool Damage
前奧運選手因損壞水池而陷入麻煩
Introduction
David Hearn is a former Olympic athlete. A court in Washington, D.C. says he broke a part of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool.
David Hearn 是一位前奧運選手。華盛頓特區的一座法院表示他損壞了林肯紀念館反思池的一部分。
Main Body
On June 19, David Hearn went to the pool. Park workers say he pulled off the bottom cover of the pool. They say he was angry when they told him to stop. The damage cost more than $1,000. He could go to prison for ten years.
6月19日，David Hearn 前往該水池。公園工作人員表示他扯掉了水池的底蓋。他們說當他們要求他停止時，他感到很憤怒。損壞金額超過 1,000 美元。他可能會被判處十年監禁。
David Hearn says he did not do it. He was riding his bicycle for 64 miles. He stopped to look at the pool. He says he only touched a piece that was already broken.
David Hearn 表示他沒有這麼做。他當時騎單車行駛了 64 英里。他停下來觀察水池。他說他僅觸碰了一個已經損壞的部件。
The pool is in bad shape. The government spent $14 million to fix it, but the paint is peeling. President Trump says people are breaking the pool. Other people say the pool is bad because the work was poor.
該水池目前的狀況很糟糕。政府花費了 1,400 萬美元進行修繕，但油漆依然在剝落。川普總統表示是人們損壞了水池。其他人則認為水池狀況不佳是因為工程品質低劣。
Conclusion
David Hearn is still in legal trouble. The police are looking for other people who broke the pool.
David Hearn 仍陷入法律麻煩中。警方正在尋找其他損壞水池的人。
Vocabulary Learning
🚨 THE "PAST" PATTERN
Most of this story is about things that already happened. To reach A2, you must know how to change action words to the past.
The Simple Switch Just add -ed to the end of the word:
- Pull Pulled
- Stop Stopped
The Rule-Breakers (Irregular) Some words change completely. You must memorize these:
- Go Went
- Say Said
- Do Did
The 'No' Version When someone says they didn't do something, we use did not + the original word:
- Wrong: He did not did it.
- Right: He did not do it.
💰 MONEY WORDS
Notice how we talk about costs:
- Cost: "The damage cost $1,000."
- Spent: "The government spent $14 million."
Difference: Cost is the price of the item; Spent is the action of paying the money.