Crime News from Mexico and Nigeria

墨西哥與尼日利亞的犯罪新聞


Introduction

Police in Mexico and Nigeria found bad people and drugs. There was a lot of violence in Mexico. Police in Nigeria closed a drug factory.

墨西哥與尼日利亞的警方逮捕了犯罪分子並緝獲毒品。墨西哥發生了許多暴力事件,而尼日利亞警方則查封了一座毒品工廠。

Main Body

Two drug groups in Guerrero, Mexico, are fighting. They want to control the drug trade. Police found four dead bodies in a car near a government building.

墨西哥格雷羅州的兩個毒品集團正在交戰,他們企圖控制毒品貿易。警方在政府大樓附近的一輛車內發現了四具屍體。

Many people in Guerrero are afraid. Some people left their homes because of drones and guns. A city worker also died in this area.

格雷羅州的許多民眾感到恐懼。有些人因為無人機與槍擊而被迫離開家園。該地區還有一名市府職員死亡。

In Nigeria, police found a big secret drug factory in a forest. They arrested three people from Mexico and four people from Nigeria.

在尼日利亞,警方在森林中發現了一座巨大的秘密毒品工廠。他們逮捕了三名墨西哥人與四名尼日利亞人。

Police took 2.4 tonnes of drugs. These drugs are worth a lot of money. This shows that drug groups work in many countries.

警方緝獲了2.4噸毒品。這些毒品的價值極高。這顯示出毒品集團在多個國家展開運作。

Conclusion

Groups in Mexico are fighting for land. At the same time, police in Nigeria stopped a big drug business.

墨西哥的集團正為爭奪領地而交戰。與此同時,尼日利亞警方阻止了一樁大型毒品生意。

Vocabulary Learning

🌏 Where and Who?

In this story, we see two countries: Mexico and Nigeria. To talk about people from these places, we change the word:

  • Mexico → Mexican
  • Nigeria → Nigerian

📦 The 'Amount' Words

When we talk about how much of something exists, we use these simple patterns:

  1. A lot of (Big amount) \rightarrow "A lot of violence"
  2. Some (Medium/Unknown amount) \rightarrow "Some people left"
  3. Many (A high number of people/things) \rightarrow "Many people are afraid"

🛠️ Action Words (Past)

To tell a story about things that already happened, we add -ed to the end of the action word:

  • Close \rightarrow Closed
  • Arrest \rightarrow Arrested

Careful! Some words change completely:

  • Find \rightarrow Found
  • Leave \rightarrow Left

Vocabulary Learning

violence (n.)
Physical force used to hurt someone
Example:The police want to stop the violence in the city.
control (v.)
To have power over something
Example:The boss wants to control the project.
government (n.)
The group of people who rule a country
Example:The government makes new laws for the people.
afraid (adj.)
Feeling fear; scared
Example:The small child is afraid of the dark.
arrested (v.)
Taken by the police to a station
Example:The police arrested the man for stealing a car.
tonnes (n.)
A unit of weight equal to 1,000 kilograms
Example:The truck carries two tonnes of sand.
worth (adj.)
Having a specific value in money
Example:This old painting is worth a lot of money.
Practice A2 words in a crossword