Workers Lose Jobs in Kolkata and Chandigarh

加爾各答與錢德加爾工人失業


Introduction

Some government workers in Kolkata and Chandigarh lost their jobs. They did not follow the rules.

加爾各答與錢德加爾的一些政府雇員失去了工作,因為他們沒有遵守規定。

Main Body

In Kolkata, two police leaders, Bidhan Saha and Partha Pratim Das, are not working now. They wrote bad things about a politician in a WhatsApp group. The police boss says this is wrong.

在加爾各答,兩名警察領導 Bidhan Saha 和 Partha Pratim Das 目前被停職。他們在一個 WhatsApp 群組中發表關於一名政治人物的負面言論。警察局長表示這樣做是不正確的。

In Chandigarh, three workers at a cow home did not work. A video showed them giving massages to each other during work time. This is not professional behavior.

在錢德加爾,三名在牛舍工作的員工沒有工作。一段影片顯示他們在工作時間互相按摩。這是不專業的行為。

The city leaders in Chandigarh fired these workers. They say the workers did not do their jobs.

錢德加爾的市領導解雇了這些工人。他們表示這些工人沒有履行職責。

Conclusion

Both cities punished workers who broke the rules.

這兩個城市都懲罰了違反規定的員工。

Vocabulary Learning

The 'Action' Pattern

Look at how we describe things that happened in the past. We take a simple word and add -ed to the end.

  • follow → followed
  • punish → punished* (Wait! The text says punished)
  • fire → fired*

Wait, what about 'Lose' and 'Write'? Some words are 'rebels' and change completely. You just have to memorize them:

  • Lose \rightarrow Lost
  • Write \rightarrow Wrote

Quick Tip for A2: If you see a word ending in -ed, the person is talking about yesterday, last week, or a finished event. It is a 'Done' action.

Vocabulary Learning

government (n.)
The group of people who control a city or country
Example:The government makes new laws for the city.
politician (n.)
A person who works in the government
Example:The politician spoke to the people about the new school.
professional (adj.)
Doing a job with a good attitude and following the rules
Example:Wearing a suit to a meeting is professional behavior.
fired (v.)
To tell a worker they must leave their job
Example:The boss fired the man because he was always late.
punished (v.)
To make someone suffer for doing something wrong
Example:The teacher punished the student for talking in class.
Practice A2 words in a crossword