Police Investigate Three Bad Crimes in India
警方調查印度三起嚴重犯罪案件
Introduction
Police in three cities are looking for people who hurt children and a young woman.
三個城市的警方正在尋找傷害兒童和一名年輕女性的嫌疑人。
Main Body
In Ghaziabad, a seven-year-old girl died. Police found her body in a building. Her family says two men took her and hurt her. Police are checking the body now.
在 Ghaziabad，一名七歲女童死亡。警方在一棟建築物中發現了她的屍體。她的家人表示有兩名男子將她擄走並傷害她。警方目前正在對屍體進行檢查。
In Ganjam, a 57-year-old man is in jail. He is the father of a 22-year-old woman. The woman set herself on fire because her father hurt her for a long time. He also used photos to scare her.
在 Ganjam，一名 57 歲男子被監禁。他是名 22 歲女性的父親。該女性因長期受到父親虐待而自焚。他還利用照片恐嚇她。
In Sivasagar, police caught a 48-year-old man. He hurt a 12-year-old girl many times. He did this when her parents were at work. The girl became sick, and then the police found out.
在 Sivasagar，警方逮捕了一名 48 歲男子。他多次傷害一名 12 歲女孩。他在女孩父母工作時對她下手。女孩隨後生病，警方才發現此事。
Conclusion
The police are still working on these three cases. They want to find more proof.
警方仍在調查這三起案件，希望能找到更多證據。
Vocabulary Learning
The 'Age' Pattern
In this text, we see a very common way to describe people using their age. This is a key skill for A2 English.
The Pattern: Number + - + year-old + Person
Look at these examples from the story:
- 7 → seven-year-old girl
- 22 → 22-year-old woman
- 48 → 48-year-old man
Why this is useful: Instead of saying "The girl who is seven years old," you can simply say "The seven-year-old girl." It turns the age into a description (like 'big' or 'happy').
Watch out! When you use this pattern before a person, we use dashes ( - ) and we do not add an 's' to the word "year".
❌ Wrong: 7-years-old girl ✅ Right: 7-year-old girl
Quick Shift → If you talk about the age after the person, the rule changes:
- "The girl is seven years old." (No dashes, add the 's').