New Story by Edith Wharton
伊迪絲·華頓的新故事
Introduction
The Strand Magazine has a new story. It is called 'The Men Who Saved the World'. Edith Wharton wrote it, but she did not finish it.
《海 Strand 雜誌》有一篇新故事，名稱為《拯救世界的人》。這是由伊迪絲·華頓所著，但她當時並未完成。
Main Body
People found the story at Yale University. It is from 1918. This is not the first time people found old papers by this writer.
人們在耶魯大學發現了這個故事。它源自 1918 年。這並非人們第一次發現這位作家的舊文件。
The story is about World War I. Rich people and soldiers are in a big house in France. The rich people want to have a party. But the table for the party was once a table for doctors in a war hospital.
故事關於第一次世界大戰。富人們與士兵們身處法國的一棟大房子裡。富人們想要舉辦派對，但派對用的桌子曾經是戰爭醫院醫生的手術桌。
Edith Wharton lived in Paris during the war. She helped poor people and refugees. In the story, a nurse sees that the rich people do not understand the war. The soldiers are very sad and hurt.
伊迪絲·華頓在戰爭期間住在巴黎。她幫助過貧困者與難民。在故事中，一名護士發現富人們並不理解戰爭，而士兵們則感到非常悲傷且深受傷害。
Conclusion
You can read this story in The Strand Magazine now. It helps us understand how the war felt.
您現在可以在《海 Strand 雜誌》閱讀這個故事。它能幫助我們理解戰爭當時的感受。
Vocabulary Learning
🕒 The 'Past' Secret
To reach A2, you need to talk about things that already happened. Look at these words from the text:
- Write Wrote
- Live Lived
- Help Helped
Wait! One is different.
Lived and Helped just add -ed. These are the easy ones.
Wrote changes completely. This is an 'irregular' word.
Quick Tip: The 'Not' Rule
When the text says "she did not finish it," we don't say "did not finished."
Wrong: did not finished Right: did not finish
When you use did not, the action word goes back to its normal, present shape.