U.S. Politician Stopped in West Bank

美國政治人物在西岸被攔截


Introduction

Ro Khanna is a politician from the U.S. He visited the West Bank. Some people stopped him and held him for a short time.

Ro Khanna 是一位來自美國的政治人物。他訪問了西岸,被一些人攔截並短暫扣留。

Main Body

On Wednesday, armed settlers stopped Ro Khanna's cars. Khanna says four Israeli soldiers helped the settlers. He says they held him for 90 minutes. The U.S. Embassy helped him leave.

週三,武裝定居者攔截了 Ro Khanna 的車輛。Khanna 表示有四名以色列士兵協助了定居者。他稱自己被扣留了 90 分鐘。美國大使館協助他離開。

The Israeli army says this is not true. They say the soldiers wanted to open the road. Ro Khanna wants a police report. He says the settlers are dangerous.

以色列軍方表示這並非事實。他們稱士兵們是想要開通道路。Ro Khanna 要求警方報告。他表示定居者很危險。

Some Israeli leaders say Ro Khanna did this for photos. They say he wants to be President of the U.S. in the future. Other people say the West Bank is a dangerous place now.

一些以色列領導人表示 Ro Khanna 這麼做是為了拍照。他們稱他未來想成為美國總統。其他人則表示西岸目前是一個危險的地方。

Conclusion

Ro Khanna wants the truth. Israeli leaders say he is just playing politics.

Ro Khanna 想要真相。以色列領導人則說他只是在玩政治遊戲。

Vocabulary Learning

🕒 Talking about the Past

In this story, things already happened. We use -ed to change a word from 'now' to 'before'.

The Pattern:

  • Visit \rightarrow Visited
  • Stop \rightarrow Stopped
  • Help \rightarrow Helped

Quick Note: Some words are 'rebels' and don't use -ed.

  • Example: Is \rightarrow Was (The army says it is not true \rightarrow The army said it was not true).

🚩 Key Word Pairs

Learn these opposites from the text to describe a situation:

WordOpposite
True \checkmarkNot true ×\times
Dangerous ⚠️Safe ✅
Future ⏩Past ⏪

Vocabulary Learning

politician (n.)
A person who works in government and helps make laws.
Example:The politician spoke to the people about the new school.
armed (adj.)
Having weapons, like guns.
Example:The armed guards stood at the door of the bank.
settlers (n.)
People who go to live in a new place.
Example:The settlers built small houses on the hill.
embassy (n.)
The office of one country's government in another country.
Example:I went to the U.S. embassy to get a new passport.
dangerous (adj.)
Something that can hurt you or cause problems.
Example:It is dangerous to walk alone in the dark forest.
Practice A2 words in a crossword