Police Look Into Death of Nolan Wells
警方調查 Nolan Wells 死亡事件
Introduction
Police and lawyers are looking into the death of 18-year-old Nolan Wells. They found his body in the water at Horn Island on July 6.
警方與律師正在調查 18 歲的 Nolan Wells 死亡事件。他們於 7 月 6 日在 Horn Island 的水域發現了他的屍體。
Main Body
Nolan went to the island by boat with friends on July 4. He did not come home. His mother told the police. Many groups searched for him and found his body on Monday.
Nolan 於 7 月 4 日與朋友乘船前往該島。他沒有回家，其母親隨後告知警方。許多搜救團隊對其進行搜尋，並於週一發現了他的屍體。
Nolan's family has a lawyer. The lawyer wants a new doctor to check the body in Washington, D.C. He wants to know if Nolan drowned or if someone hurt him. He thinks the police are not working hard enough because Nolan is Black.
Nolan 的家人聘請了一位律師。律師希望由另一位醫生在華盛頓特區重新驗屍。他想知道 Nolan 是溺水而死，還是遭人傷害。他認為警方因為 Nolan 是黑人，而未盡全力調查。
Sheriff John Ledbetter says there is no proof of a crime. But he says some text messages on Nolan's phone are gone. Police are also looking at a video from social media. The video shows a fight on the island.
警長 John Ledbetter 表示目前沒有犯罪證據。但他指出 Nolan 手機中的部分簡訊已消失。警方目前也在查看一段來自社交媒體的影片，影片中顯示該島上發生了一場鬥毆。
Conclusion
The police are still working. Everyone is waiting for the doctors to find the cause of death.
警方仍在調查中。所有人都在等待醫生找出死因。
Vocabulary Learning
🕒 The "Past" Pattern
In this story, we see how to talk about things that already happened. To reach A2, you need to know how to change a word to show it is in the past.
Regular words (Just add -ed):
- Search → Searched*
- Want → Wanted*
Special words (They change completely):
- Go → Went*
- Find → Found*
- Do → Did*
🔍 Spotting the Action
Look at these two sentences from the text:
- "He did not come home."
- "They found his body."
Notice that when we say "no" (negative), we use did not + the normal word. When we say "yes" (positive), we change the word to the past version.