Bus Accident in Pakistan
巴基斯坦巴士事故
Introduction
A bus fell into a deep hole on Friday. 40 people died and 8 people were hurt.
週五有一輛巴士墜入深坑，造成 40 人死亡及 8 人受傷。
Main Body
The bus had 48 people. It went from Quetta to Islamabad. The bus fell 70 to 80 feet. The bus had too many people inside.
該巴士載有 48 人，從奎他前往伊斯蘭馬巴德。巴士墜落了 70 到 80 英尺。當時車內乘客過多。
Police say the driver went too fast. Maybe the steering wheel broke. One person said the driver and a passenger fought.
警方表示司機車速過快。可能是方向盤損壞。一名目擊者表示司機與一名乘客發生爭執。
Rescue workers used big machines to help. The mountains were very steep. This made the work hard.
救援人員使用大型機械進行救援。由於山勢非常陡峭，使得救援工作十分艱難。
Many accidents happen in Pakistan. The roads are bad. The buses are old. The police do not stop bad drivers.
巴基斯坦經常發生許多事故。道路條件惡劣，巴士設備老舊，且警方並未制止違規駕駛的司機。
Conclusion
The hurt people went to a hospital in Zhob. Police are still looking for the cause of the accident.
受傷者被送往若布的一家醫院。警方仍在調查事故原因。
Vocabulary Learning
The 'Past' Pattern
Look at these words from the story:
- fell (fall → fell)
- died (die → died)
- went (go → went)
- broke (break → broke)
What is happening? These words tell us about things that already happened. To move to A2, you need to recognize that some words just add "-ed" (like died), but some words change completely (like go becomes went).
Describing Things (Adjectives)
In English, we put the describing word before the thing:
- Deep hole (Not: hole deep)
- Big machines (Not: machines big)
- Bad drivers (Not: drivers bad)
- Old buses (Not: buses old)
Rule: Describing Word Object