Problems at Delaney Hall Detention Center

Delaney Hall 拘留中心的問題


Introduction

People are fighting at the Delaney Hall center in New Jersey. The workers and the people inside are very unhappy.

新澤西州的 Delaney Hall 中心發生了衝突。中心內的人員和工作人員都非常不滿。

Main Body

The people inside the center are on a hunger strike. They say the food is old and the water is dirty. One man from Guatemala is very sick. He fell and hurt his head, but he did not get good help.

中心內的人員正在進行絕食抗議。他們表示食物過期且水源髒汙。一名來自瓜地馬拉的男子病得很嚴重,他摔傷了頭部,但未能獲得良好的醫療救治。

The government says the people inside are bad criminals. But a teacher from a university says this is not true. Most people there did not do any crimes. The company that runs the center says everything is okay, but the people inside say the guards are mean.

政府聲稱中心內的人員是危險罪犯。但一名大學教授表示事實並非如此。大多數在該處的人員並沒有犯罪。負責營運中心的公司稱一切正常,但內部人員則表示警衛態度惡劣。

Many people are protesting outside the center. Some protesters broke cars and blocked the roads. The police used pepper spray and arrested many people. They even sprayed a U.S. Senator.

許多人在中心外抗議。部分示威者毀壞車輛並封鎖道路。警方使用了胡椒噴霧並逮捕多人,甚至噴到一名美國參議員。

Conclusion

Delaney Hall is still in trouble. The people inside are still striking and the protests continue.

Delaney Hall 仍處於困境。內部人員持續抗議,外部示威也仍在進行。

Vocabulary Learning

⚡ The Power of "BUT"

In this story, we see a lot of fighting. The word but is the most important tool here because it connects two opposite ideas.

How it works: [Happy/Good Idea] \rightarrow but \rightarrow [Sad/Bad Idea]

Examples from the text:

  • He hurt his head \rightarrow but \rightarrow he did not get help.
  • The company says okay \rightarrow but \rightarrow the guards are mean.

🛠️ Simple Word Swaps

To move from A1 to A2, stop using only "bad." Use these words from the article instead:

  • Dirty (for water/clothes)
  • Mean (for people/guards)
  • Sick (for health)

🧊 The "ING" Action

Notice how we describe things happening right now:

  • Fighting
  • Striking
  • Protesting

When you see -ing, the action is moving!

Vocabulary Learning

detention center (n.)
A place where people are kept and not allowed to leave
Example:The man stayed in the detention center for two weeks.
hunger strike (n.)
When people stop eating to show they are unhappy or want change
Example:The prisoners started a hunger strike to get better food.
criminal (n.)
A person who does something against the law
Example:The police caught the criminal who stole the car.
protesting (v.)
Showing that you strongly disagree with something
Example:People are protesting in the street for better schools.
arrested (v.)
When the police take someone away to a police station
Example:The police arrested the man for breaking the window.
Practice A2 words in a crossword