Many Shootings in the US and Brazil
美國與巴西發生多起槍擊事件
Introduction
Many people died or got hurt in shootings in the US and Brazil.
美國與巴西的槍擊事件導致許多人死亡或受傷。
Main Body
In Birmingham, Alabama, a man and a woman died. Five other people got hurt. Police used a helicopter to look for the bad people.
在阿拉巴馬州的伯明翰，一名男子和一名女子死亡。另有五人受傷。警方使用直升機搜尋犯罪者。
In Philadelphia, two men died. One man worked for a pizza shop. In Georgia and Maryland, other people got shot. In Orange County, a man killed two small children and then killed himself.
在費城，兩名男子死亡。其中一名男子在披薩店工作。在喬治亞州與馬里蘭州，其他人也遭到槍擊。在橙縣，一名男子殺死兩名幼童後自殺。
In Londrina, Brazil, a man died. He tried to protect a woman. Two people on social media had a fight and shot them.
在巴西的龍林德拉，一名男子死亡。他當時試圖保護一名女子。社交媒體上的兩個人發生爭執並將他們擊斃。
Conclusion
Police are still looking for the people who did these crimes.
警方仍在搜尋犯罪者。
Vocabulary Learning
💡 Focus: Past Action Words
In this story, we see how to talk about things that already happened. We change the word to show the past.
The Simple Change (Add -ed)
- Use → Used
- Work → Worked
The Special Changes (Irregular) These words don't follow the rule. You must memorize them:
- Die → Died (Wait, this is regular! Let's look at others)
- Get hurt → Got hurt
- Kill → Killed (Also regular)
- Do → Did
Quick Pattern:
Person + Past Word + Object
Example: "A man killed two children."
Vocabulary Tip: Notice the word "Still". It means the action is not finished yet.
- Police are still looking → They started looking before, and they are looking now.