Reports of Violence Against Children in South Asia
南亞兒童遭受暴力報告
Introduction
There are two stories about violence against children in Bangladesh and India.
有兩則關於孟加拉與印度兒童遭受暴力的故事。
Main Body
In Bangladesh, a 12-year-old girl is pregnant. A 60-year-old neighbor hurt her for seven months. The man told the girl to be quiet. He said he would kill her parents.
在孟加拉，一名12歲的女孩懷孕了。一名60歲的鄰居傷害了她七個月。該男子要求女孩保持沉默，並威脅會殺掉她的父母。
Police in Bangladesh cannot start a case yet. The family did not write a formal letter to the police. The man is not in jail.
孟加拉警方目前尚無法立案。由於家屬未向警方提交正式信函，該男子尚未入獄。
In India, a 14-year-old girl had a father who hurt her. The father lived in South Africa for six years and then came back to India. He gave the girl medicine and told her not to tell anyone.
在印度，一名14歲的女孩遭到父親傷害。其父親曾在南非居住六年後返回印度。他給女孩服用藥物，並叮囑她不要告訴任何人。
The mother told the police on May 20. The father tried to run away, but the police caught him. Now he is in jail.
母親於5月20日向警方報案。父親企圖逃跑，但被警方逮捕。目前他已在獄中。
Conclusion
The man in Bangladesh is free. The man in India is in jail.
孟加拉的男子目前自由身，而印度的男子則在獄中。
Vocabulary Learning
⏳ Time and Sequence
Look at how we talk about things that happened in the past. We change the action word (verb) to show the time is over.
The Pattern:
- Now Then
- Tell Told (The man told the girl...)
- Give Gave (He gave the girl medicine...)
- Come Came (He came back to India...)
- Catch Caught (Police caught him...)
📍 Who is Where?
We use simple words to show a person's status or location.
- In jail Not free. (The father is in jail.)
- Free Not in jail. (The man is free.)
👣 Moving from A to B
Notice how the text describes movement between countries:
South Africa India
We use "came back to" when someone returns to their home country.