Bad Fire in Orange, New Jersey
紐澤西州 Orange 發生嚴重火災
Introduction
A house fire in Orange killed two people on July 11.
7 月 11 日在 Orange 發生的房屋火災導致兩人死亡。
Main Body
The fire started at 8:54 in the morning at 212 Park Place. The fire was very big. It destroyed the whole house. Omilia Mereste was 70 years old. Her granddaughter Bianca was 8 years old. Both women died.
火災於早上 8 點 54 分在 Park Place 212 號發生。火勢非常猛烈，燒毀了整棟房屋。Omilia Mereste 當時 70 歲，她的孫女 Bianca 則 8 歲，兩名女性均不幸喪生。
Other houses nearby had problems. People left the house at 210 Park Place because it was not safe. The house at 216 Park Place had fire damage on the outside.
附近的其他房屋也受到影響。由於安全性不足，Park Place 210 號的住戶已撤離。Park Place 216 號的房屋外牆則遭到火災損毀。
Police do not know why the fire started. They want help from the public. People can call a special phone line to give information.
警方目前尚不清楚起火原因，希望能獲得民眾協助。民眾可撥打專線提供相關資訊。
Conclusion
Two people died. The police are looking for the cause of the fire.
兩人死亡，警方正在調查起火原因。
Vocabulary Learning
🏠 Talking about the Past
Look at how we describe things that already happened in the story. We change the action word to show it is over.
The Pattern: Adding -ed
- start started*
- destroy destroyed*
The Special Ones (Irregular) Some words change completely. You just have to remember them:
- is/are was/were*
- leave left*
- die died*
Simple Usage Examples
- The fire was big. (State of being in the past)
- People left the house. (Movement in the past)
- It destroyed the home. (Action in the past)