Mayor Stops Youth Speech at Pride Event

市長在同志慶祝活動中阻止青少年演講


Introduction

Mayor Jan Liggett of Cambridge, Ontario, is in trouble. She stopped a young person from speaking at a Pride event.

安大略省劍橋市的市長 Jan Liggett 陷入了麻煩。她在一次同志活動中阻止了一名青少年演講。

Main Body

Sophie Mills is 17 years old. Sophie talked about a city leader named Adam Cooper. Adam Cooper wrote a bad post on the internet before. Mayor Liggett moved the microphone. She stopped Sophie from talking.

Sophie Mills 今年 17 歲。Sophie 談到了名為 Adam Cooper 的城市領導人。Adam Cooper 之前在網上發布過不當貼文。Liggett 市長移開了麥克風,阻止了 Sophie 演講。

Mayor Liggett says the speech was not the correct version. Sophie says the city did not check the speech. Sophie also says the Mayor used the wrong words for their gender. The Mayor says she does not know those words well.

Liggett 市長表示演講內容並非正確版本。Sophie 則表示市府並未檢查演講稿。Sophie 還指稱市長使用了錯誤的性別稱謂。市長則表示她並不熟悉這些詞彙。

Now, a group called Grand River Pride is angry. They want Mayor Liggett to leave her job. They say the Mayor stopped a person's freedom of speech. The Mayor says people are sending scary messages to her family.

現在,一個名為 Grand River Pride 的團體感到非常憤怒。他們要求 Liggett 市長辭職。他們表示市長剝奪了個人的言論自由。市長則表示有人向她的家人發送恐嚇訊息。

Conclusion

The Mayor will not leave her job. The group still wants a formal investigation.

市長不會辭職。但該團體仍要求進行正式調查。

Vocabulary Learning

⚡ Focus: Action Words (The Past)

In this story, things already happened. We use -ed to show the past.

  • Stop → Stopped
  • Talk → Talked
  • Move → Moved
  • Use → Used

Quick Tip: If a word already ends in 'e' (like move), just add 'd'.


🔍 Simple Sentence Patterns

Look at how we describe people and their jobs. It is a simple line:

Person + is/are + Job/Description

Sophie Mills is 17 years old.Mayor Liggett is in trouble.


🛠️ Useful Words for A2

WordMeaningExample from text
CorrectRight / Not wrong...not the correct version
FreedomBeing free...freedom of speech
FormalOfficial / Serious...a formal investigation

Vocabulary Learning

trouble (n.)
A difficult or unpleasant situation.
Example:The student is in trouble because he did not do his homework.
version (n.)
A specific form of a story or a document.
Example:I read a different version of the story.
gender (n.)
Whether a person is male, female, or another identity.
Example:The form asks for your name, age, and gender.
freedom (n.)
The power to do or say what you want.
Example:Freedom of speech is important in many countries.
formal (adj.)
Following official rules or serious behavior.
Example:He wore a formal suit to the wedding.
investigation (n.)
An official search for the truth about something.
Example:The police started an investigation after the accident.
Practice A2 words in a crossword