Austrian Court Punishes Two Former Syrian Officers
奧地利法院懲處兩名前敘利亞軍官
Introduction
A court in Vienna gave two former Syrian officers eight years in prison. They hurt people who disagreed with the government.
維也納的一家法院判處兩名前敘利亞軍官八年監禁。他們傷害了反對政府的人。
Main Body
Khaled al-Halabi and Musab Abu Rukbah worked for the police and intelligence in Syria. They hurt prisoners. They used electricity and beat people. Twelve victims told their stories in court.
Khaled al-Halabi 和 Musab Abu Rukbah 曾在敘利亞的警察與情報部門工作。他們虐待囚犯，使用電擊並毆打他人。共有十二名受害者在法庭上陳述了他們的經歷。
Austria used a special law. This law says the court can punish very bad crimes from any country. Other countries like Germany and France also do this for crimes in Syria.
奧地利採用了一項特別法律。該法律規定法院可以懲處來自任何國家的嚴重罪行。德國和法國等其他國家也針對敘利亞的罪行採取類似做法。
Both men came to Austria in 2015. Some reports say secret spies helped them move. Al-Halabi said he only followed orders from his boss, but the court did not believe him.
這兩名男子於 2015 年抵達奧地利。一些報告指出有秘密特務協助他們遷移。Al-Halabi 聲稱他僅是服從上級命令，但法院並不採信。
Conclusion
The two men say they are not guilty. They can ask the court to change the decision.
這兩名男子聲稱自己無罪，他們可以要求法院重新審理。
Vocabulary Learning
🛑 The "Past Power" Pattern
Look at these words from the story:
- gave
- hurt
- worked
- used
- told
- came
The Simple Secret: Most of these words describe things that happened before today. To tell a story in English, we change the action word.
How it works →
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The Regular Way: Just add -ed.
- work → worked
- use → used
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The Surprise Way: Some words change completely. You just have to remember them!
- give → gave
- tell → told
- come → came
Quick Check: If you want to say someone did something yesterday, don't say "I work yesterday." Say "I worked yesterday."