Park Worker Dies on Mount McKinley
公園員工於麥金利山遇難身亡
Introduction
A park worker died after she fell into a deep hole in the ice on Mount McKinley.
一名公園員工在麥金利山掉入一個深冰洞後身亡。
Main Body
Robin Pendery worked for the park. On Thursday, she walked on the mountain to help other climbers. She fell and died. Other workers tried to save her, but they could not.
Robin Pendery 是該公園的員工。週四，她在山上行走以協助其他登山者。她不幸墜落身亡。其他員工嘗試營救她，但未能成功。
Robin was a very good climber. She was a mountain guide and a nurse in Seattle. She started working for the park in 2024 to keep people safe.
Robin 是一位非常優秀的登山者。她在西雅圖擔任登山嚮導和護理師。她於 2024 年開始在公園工作，以維護人員的安全。
Mount McKinley is a very dangerous mountain. Many people died there in the past. Last week, three other people from Latvia died on this mountain too.
麥金利山是一座非常危險的山。過去曾有許多人在那裡喪生。上週，另外三名來自拉脫維亞的人也在這座山遇難。
Conclusion
The park workers are now looking for the reason why Robin died.
公園員工目前正在調查 Robin 死亡的原因。
Vocabulary Learning
The 'Past' Storyteller
To move to A2, you must tell stories about things that already happened. In this text, we see a pattern of Simple Past actions.
The Pattern: Most words just add -ed to the end to show they are finished.
- Walk Walked
- Start Started
- Try Tried
The Rule-Breakers: Some words are 'rebels.' They change completely. You just have to memorize them:
- Die Died (Follows the rule!)
- Fall Fell (Rebel!)
- Be Was (Rebel!)
Quick Guide for your Brain:
Today I walk Yesterday I walked
Today I fall Yesterday I fell