Police Find Link Between Fires and Shooting in Adelaide
警方發現阿德萊德多起火災與槍擊案有關
Introduction
Police in Adelaide found that some fires and a shooting are connected. Bad people in a crime group did these things.
阿德萊德警方發現部分火災與一起槍擊案有關。這些行為是由犯罪集團中的歹徒所為。
Main Body
Police say three events are linked. Someone shot a gun at a house in Rostrevor. Also, fires happened at a car wash in Malvern and an office in Payneham. These were not accidents. The people did this because of business problems.
警方表示有三起事件相互關聯。有人在 Rostrevor 的一棟房屋開槍。此外，Malvern 的一家洗車場和 Payneham 的一間辦公室也發生了火災。這些並非意外，而是因為商業糾紛而導致的。
The fires caused a lot of damage. The car wash lost $500,000. The office lost $3 million. Police arrested three men between February and June.
這些火災造成了嚴重損失。洗車場損失了 50 萬美元，辦公室則損失了 300 萬美元。警方在 2 月至 6 月期間逮捕了三名男子。
In Rostrevor, a person used a shotgun at a house. No one was hurt. Police say more fires are not likely. But the shooting is a big problem. These crimes are not like old fires at tobacco shops.
在 Rostrevor，有人使用散彈槍向一棟房屋射擊。沒有人受傷。警方表示不太可能再發生火災，但槍擊案是一個嚴重問題。這些犯罪行為與以往煙草店的火災不同。
Conclusion
Police want help from the public. Please call Crime Stoppers if you know something.
警方希望獲得公眾協助。如果您知情，請撥打 Crime Stoppers 熱線。
Vocabulary Learning
The 'Happened' Pattern
In this story, we see how to talk about things that finished in the past. Look at these changes:
- Happen Happened
- Link Linked
- Cause Caused
Why this matters for A2: To tell a story, you just add -ed to the end of the action word.
Examples from the text:
- "Fires happened at a car wash." (It is finished now).
- "The fires caused a lot of damage." (The damage is already there).
Money Words
When you see a dollar sign ($), read it as "dollars".
- **\rightarrow$ Five hundred thousand dollars.
- **\rightarrow$ Three million dollars.