Many People Die in Landslides in Bangladesh
孟加拉山崩導致多人死亡
Introduction
Heavy rain in Bangladesh caused landslides. Many Rohingya refugees died or were hurt.
孟加拉強降雨引發山崩，導致許多羅興亞難民死亡或受傷。
Main Body
On Wednesday, a wall at a school fell. Eight girls died and five people were hurt. On Monday, eight more people died. Five of them were children. There were 193 landslides in the hills.
週三，一所學校的牆壁坍塌，導致八名女孩死亡及五人受傷。週一又有八人死亡，其中五名是兒童。山區共發生了 193 起山崩。
More than 1.2 million refugees live here. They live in simple houses made of bamboo and plastic. These houses are on steep hills. The houses are not strong. More heavy rain will come in the next three days.
這裡居住著超過 120 萬名難民。他們住在用竹子和塑膠片搭建的簡陋房屋中，這些房屋位於陡峭的山坡上，且並不堅固。接下來的三天將會有更多強降雨。
The government moved 1,000 people to safe places. Some people did not want to leave their homes. Bangladesh wants other countries to help. They want the refugees to go back to Myanmar, but the refugees have no passports.
政府已將 1,000 人遷移至安全地點。但有些人不想離開家園。孟加拉希望其他國家提供援助，並希望難民返回緬甸，但難民們沒有護照。
Conclusion
The weather is still bad. Rescue teams are helping people and moving them to safe areas.
天氣依然惡劣。救援隊正在協助民眾並將其遷移至安全區域。
Vocabulary Learning
🌧️ The 'Past' vs. 'Now' Switch
Look at how the story changes from things that already happened to things that are happening now.
1. The Past (Finished Actions) We use a special ending for action words to show the event is over.
- Fall → Fell
- Die → Died
- Cause → Caused
2. The Now (Current States) When describing how things are right now, we use small connector words like is or are.
- The weather is bad.
- The houses are not strong.
Quick Guide for A2: If you want to tell a story about yesterday add -ed (usually). If you want to describe a picture use is/are.