City Workers Destroy Illegal Buildings

市政府工人拆除違章建築


Introduction

The city government in Ahmedabad is removing buildings that people built without permission.

艾哈邁達巴德市政府正在拆除未經許可而興建的建築物。

Main Body

Workers destroyed 37 houses in Motera. These houses were on government land. The city told the people one year before. The city gave families 10,000 rupees every month for rent.

工人在 Motera 拆除了 37 棟房屋。這些房屋位於政府土地上。市政府在一年前就通知了居民。市政府每月向這些家庭提供 10,000 盧比作為租金補貼。

Police helped the workers. Four police teams and 125 officers were there. Two people fought the police, so the police took them away.

警察協助工人執行任務。現場有 4 個警察小隊和 125 名警員。有兩人與警察發生衝突,因此被警方帶走。

Workers also destroyed three shops and one building on Barota Road. These buildings were dangerous. They were too close to big power lines. The city wants all people to follow the building rules.

工人還在 Barota Road 拆除了三間店鋪和一棟建築物。這些建築物十分危險,因為距離高壓電線太近。市政府希望所有人都遵守建築規範。

Conclusion

The city will continue to remove illegal buildings. They tell people not to build without permission.

市政府將繼續拆除違章建築。他們提醒民眾不要在未經許可的情況下興建建築物。

Vocabulary Learning

🧱 Talking About the Past

Look at these words from the story:

  • Destroyed (from destroy)
  • Told (from tell)
  • Gave (from give)
  • Helped (from help)
  • Fought (from fight)
  • Took (from take)

The Secret: To talk about things that already happened, we change the action word.

Easy Pattern: Most words just get an -ed at the end.

  • HelpHelped
  • DestroyDestroyed

Tricky Pattern: Some words change completely! You just have to remember them.

  • GiveGave
  • TellTold

Example from the text: "The city gave families 10,000 rupees." (This happened in the past, not right now.)

Vocabulary Learning

government (n.)
The group of people who control a city or country
Example:The city government makes the rules for everyone.
removing (v.)
Taking something away from a place
Example:The workers are removing the old trash from the street.
permission (n.)
When someone tells you that you are allowed to do something
Example:You need permission from your teacher to leave the room.
destroyed (v.)
Damaged something so badly that it cannot be used
Example:The fire destroyed the old house.
rent (n.)
Money you pay every month to live in a house you do not own
Example:I pay my rent on the first day of every month.
dangerous (adj.)
Something that can hurt you
Example:It is dangerous to play near the big road.
illegal (adj.)
Something that is against the law
Example:It is illegal to drive a car without a license.
Practice A2 words in a crossword
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