Australia and India Return Old Objects and People
澳洲與印度互相歸還古物與遺骸
Introduction
Australia and India agree to give back old objects and human remains to each other.
澳洲與印度同意將古物與人體遺骸交還給對方。
Main Body
Australia is sending three old statues back to India. These statues are from old temples in Tamil Nadu. They are very old.
澳洲將把三尊古雕像送回印度。這些雕像來自泰米爾納德邦的古廟。它們年代非常久遠。
India is also sending back the remains of an Australian First Nations person. Australia will send back some remains from India too.
印度也將送回一名澳洲原住民的遺骸。澳洲同樣會將部分在印度的遺骸送回。
Prime Minister Modi visited Australia. The two countries agreed to work together on security and energy. Many Indian people living in Australia help the two countries be friends.
莫迪總理訪問了澳洲。兩國同意在安全與能源方面展開合作。許多居住在澳洲的印度人促進了兩國的友好關係。
Conclusion
Giving back these objects helps Australia and India become better partners.
歸還這些物件有助於澳洲與印度成為更好的合作夥伴。
Vocabulary Learning
📦 The 'Giving' Pattern
In this story, we see a very useful way to describe moving things from one place to another.
The Key Phrase: "Send back" When you have something that belongs to someone else, you send it back.
- Example: Australia is sending back three statues.
- Meaning: Australia India (The statues go home).
Simple Word Swaps To reach A2, you can change the object to talk about your own life:
- Send back a book I finished the library book, so I send it back.
- Send back a phone The phone is broken, so I send it back to the shop.
Quick Tip: "Old" vs "Very Old" Notice how the text uses "old" and then "very old".
- Old: Not new.
- Very old: Ancient / from a long time ago.
Statues Old Very old.