Trains Start Again After a Problem
故障後列車恢復運行
Introduction
The 1 Line and 2 Line trains are working again. They stopped for a short time between Northgate and Capitol Hill stations.
1 線和 2 線列車已恢復運行。先前在 Northgate 與 Capitol Hill 站之間短暫停駛。
Main Body
The trains stopped on Thursday morning at 6:45. People could not travel between Northgate and Capitol Hill. Sound Transit used buses to help the passengers.
列車於週四早上 6:45 停駛。乘客無法在 Northgate 與 Capitol Hill 之間往返。Sound Transit 派遣巴士協助乘客。
A door on top of one train opened by mistake. This door hit the power wires near the University of Washington station. This broke the wires.
其中一列火車頂部的門意外開啟。該門撞擊了華盛頓大學站附近的電源線，導致電線損壞。
Some people thought someone stole the copper wires. But the company says this is not true. It was only a machine problem. They will check the trains to stop this problem in the future.
部分人士認為是有人偷走銅線，但公司表示這並不屬實，僅為機械故障。他們將檢查列車以防止未來再次發生此問題。
Conclusion
The workers fixed the wires. All trains started again at 10:00 PM on Thursday.
工作人員已修復電線。所有列車於週四晚上 10:00 恢復運行。
Vocabulary Learning
🕒 Talking About the Past
In this story, we see how to describe things that already happened. We simply add -ed to the action word.
Examples from the text:
- Stop → Stopped*
- Open → Opened*
- Fix → Fixed*
💡 The "Could Not" Pattern
When you want to say someone was unable to do something in the past, use: Could not + Action
- Example: "People could not travel."
- Meaning: They wanted to go, but it was impossible.
🛠 Useful Everyday Words
- By mistake → You did not mean to do it. (Oops!)
- In the future → The time that has not happened yet.
- A short time → Not long; quickly.