Graham Platner Leaves the Senate Race
Graham Platner 退出參議員競選
Introduction
Graham Platner stopped his run for the U.S. Senate in Maine. He left because of bad news and crimes.
Graham Platner 停止了在緬因州競選美國參議員。他退出是因為一些醜聞與犯罪記錄。
Main Body
Two people, Daniel Moraff and Leanne Fan, helped Graham start his campaign. They liked that he was a soldier and a farmer. But the team did not check his past carefully. They only looked for three days.
Daniel Moraff 與 Leanne Fan 兩人協助 Graham 開始競選。他們很欣賞他身為士兵與農民的背景。但團隊並未仔細調查他的過去，僅核對了三天。
People found a bad tattoo on his skin. He wrote mean things on the internet. Also, some women said he hurt them. One woman said he forced her to have sex.
人們在他的皮膚上發現了一個不雅紋身。他在網路上發表過惡毒的言論。此外，有些女性指稱他傷害過她們。其中一名女性表示他強迫她發生性關係。
Some leaders in the Democratic Party were sad. Other leaders were angry. Now the party must find a new person to run against Senator Susan Collins.
民主黨的一些領導人感到遺憾，其他領導人則感到憤怒。現在該黨必須尋找一名新的人選來對抗參議員 Susan Collins。
Conclusion
Mr. Platner signed the papers to leave. The Democratic party will now pick a new person.
Platner 先生已簽署退出文件。民主黨現在將選出新的人選。
Vocabulary Learning
🕰️ The 'Past' Trick
Look at how the story tells us what happened. To talk about the past in English, we often just add -ed to the word.
See the pattern:
- Stop Stopped*
- Like Liked*
- Check Checked*
Wait! Some words are 'rebels' and change completely. You must memorize these:
- Find Found*
- Write Wrote*
- Say Said*
💡 Quick Tip for A2: If you want to say something is not true in the past, use did not + the normal word.
Example: "The team did not check his past." (Note: We don't say 'did not checked')