People Protest Against Violence in France
法國民眾抗議暴力事件
Introduction
Many people walked in the streets of France on Saturday. They are sad and angry because an 11-year-old girl died.
週六有許多人在法國街頭遊行。由於一名 11 歲女孩死亡，人們感到悲傷且憤怒。
Main Body
A girl named Lyhanna disappeared in May. A 41-year-old man is the suspect. Other people said this man hurt children before, but the police did not stop him. Now, 100,000 people protested in Paris and many others protested in different cities.
一名叫 Lyhanna 的女孩在五月失蹤。一名 41 歲的男子是嫌疑人。其他人表示這名男子以前曾傷害兒童，但警方並未阻止他。目前有 10 萬人在巴黎抗議，許多其他人也在不同城市抗議。
People say the courts in France are bad. One leader said that the police stop 94 percent of rape cases without a trial. The government does not have enough judges. They also do not check phones and computers enough to find the truth.
人們認為法國的法院很糟糕。一位領導者表示，警方在 94% 的強姦案件中，在沒有審判的情況下就結案。政府缺乏足夠的法官。他們也沒有對手機和電腦進行足夠的檢查以發現真相。
President Macron is worried. He knows people do not trust the government. The Justice Minister said this is a 'huge failure'. He told judges to check 70,000 old cases about child abuse by July 14.
馬克宏總統感到擔憂。他知道人們不信任政府。司法部長表示這是一個「巨大的失敗」。他要求法官在 7 月 14 日前檢查 7 萬宗關於虐待兒童的舊案。
Conclusion
The government wants to fix the courts. People still want new and better laws to stop violence.
政府希望改善法院。但人們仍然希望有更新、更好的法律來停止暴力。
Vocabulary Learning
⚡ THE 'S' RULE (Present Tense)
Look at these two different ways we talk about people in the story:
Group A: Many people
- They are sad.
- People say the courts are bad.
- They do not check phones.
Group B: One person
- The government does not have enough judges.
- President Macron is worried.
- He knows people do not trust him.
The Secret for A2: When you talk about one person (He/She/It), the verb usually needs an -s or a change in the helper word.
- I say He says
- They do He does
Quick Guide: do not ("They do not check") does not ("The government does not have")