Man Arrested After Son's Death
兒子死亡後父親被捕
Introduction
Police in Washington arrested a 36-year-old man. His four-year-old son is dead.
華盛頓警方逮捕了一名36歲男子。他的四歲兒子死亡。
Main Body
Police looked for a six-year-old girl on May 12. They found the girl. Then they looked for the son, Aiden. The father told lies about the boy. He said the boy lived with family. Later, he said the boy had an accident.
警方在5月12日尋找一名六歲女孩。他們找到了女孩，接著開始尋找兒子Aiden。父親對男孩謊稱，男孩住在親戚家。隨後，他又稱男孩發生了意外。
On May 15, police found the boy's body. The body was in a trash bag under a house. Doctors said the boy did not die in an accident. Someone hit the boy.
5月15日，警方發現了男孩的屍體。屍體位於一棟房屋下方的垃圾袋中。醫生表示男孩並非死於意外，而是被人毆打致死。
Other parents took care of the boy before. They told the government the boy was not safe. The government did not listen. The boy went back to his father.
此前有其他家長照顧過男孩。他們向政府反映男孩處境不安全，但政府並未採納。男孩隨後回到了父親身邊。
Conclusion
The man is in jail. Police are still studying the case.
該男子目前在獄中。警方仍在研究此案。
Vocabulary Learning
🕒 The 'Past' Pattern
Look at these words from the story:
- Look → Looked
- Tell → Told
- Say → Said
- Find → Found
The Rule: Most of the time, we just add -ed to the end of the word to show it happened yesterday or a long time ago.
The Tricky Part: Some words are 'rebels' and change completely. You just have to memorize them:
- Tell becomes Told
- Say becomes Said
- Find becomes Found
🏠 Using 'The' for Specific Things
Notice how the writer uses 'the':
- The man
- The boy
- The government
When we say 'a man', it could be any man in the world. When we say 'the man', we mean the specific person we are talking about in the story.
Quick Guide: General thing a / an Specific thing the