Graham Platner Leaves the Election
Graham Platner 退出選舉
Introduction
Graham Platner wanted to be a Senator in Maine. Now, he is not in the race.
Graham Platner 原本想在緬因州參選參議員，但現在他已退出競選。
Main Body
The Democratic party chose Graham Platner because he looked good. They did not check his past carefully. This was a big mistake.
民主黨選擇 Graham Platner 是因為他的形象良好。他們沒有仔細審查他的過去，這是一個巨大的錯誤。
Two women said Graham Platner hurt them. Other people said he had a bad tattoo and wrote mean messages. Graham said these things were not true, but he quit the race.
兩名女性表示 Graham Platner 傷害了她們。其他人則說他有一個糟糕的紋身並寫過惡意的訊息。Graham 表示這些內容不實，但他仍決定退出競選。
Some people say Apple and Google hid the bad news about him. Google said this is not true. They said their computers just show different news to different people.
有些人認為 Apple 和 Google 隱瞞了他相關的負面新聞。Google 則表示這並不屬實，稱其系統僅僅是向不同用戶顯示不同的新聞內容。
Conclusion
Graham Platner is gone. The Democratic party must find a new person for the election.
Graham Platner 已離開，民主黨必須為選舉找一名新的人選。
Vocabulary Learning
🛑 Talking about the Past
When we talk about things that already happened, we often add -ed to the action word.
Look at these examples from the text:
- Choose Chose (Special change)
- Look Looked
- Check Checked
- Hurt Hurt (No change!)
✍️ How to say "No" in the past
If you want to say someone did NOT do something, use this simple formula: DID NOT + Action Word (Normal form)
- Wrong: He did not checked.
- Right: He did not check.
- Right: These things were not true.
Quick Tip: Once you use "did not," the action word goes back to its normal, present-day look.