Police Fail to Protect Girl in France
法國警方未能保護女童
Introduction
An 11-year-old girl died in France. Now, people are angry because the law did not protect her.
一名 11 歲女童在法國去世。目前民眾感到憤怒，因為法律未能保護她。
Main Body
A girl named Lyhanna disappeared in May. Police found her body in a big grain tank. They arrested a man named Jérôme B. He worked at a school. He says he did not kill her.
一名叫 Lyhanna 的女孩在五月失蹤。警方在一個大型穀倉中發現了她的屍體。他們逮捕了一名叫 Jérôme B 的男子，他在學校工作。他聲稱自己沒有殺害她。
Other children said this man hurt them before. Police had reports about him since 2017. The police in Auch were very slow. They did not talk to the man for three months. This gave him time to take the girl.
其他孩子表示這名男子之前傷害過他們。警方自 2017 年起就收到關於他的舉報。歐什（Auch）的警方反應非常緩慢，三個月都沒有對該男子進行訊問。這給了他時間擄走該女孩。
President Macron says this is very bad. The Justice Minister said sorry to the family. There are 70,000 other cases about child abuse. The Minister wants to check all these cases by July 14.
馬克宏總統表示此事非常糟糕。司法部長向家屬道歉。目前還有 7 萬件關於虐童的案件，部長希望在 7 月 14 日前檢查所有這些案件。
About 6,000 people walked in a quiet march in the town. They are sad and angry. They think the state failed to stop a dangerous man.
約 6,000 人在鎮上進行安靜的遊行。他們感到悲傷且憤怒，認為國家未能阻止一名危險的男子。
Conclusion
The French government is now checking all child abuse files to find the mistakes.
法國政府目前正在檢查所有虐童檔案，以找出錯誤所在。
Vocabulary Learning
🕰️ The 'Past' Trick
Look at these words from the text:
- Died
- Disappeared
- Arrested
- Worked
- Walked
What is happening? We add -ed to the end of a word to show it happened before now.
Example: Work (Now) → Worked (Yesterday)
🛑 Saying 'NO' in the Past
When we want to say something did not happen, we use did not + the normal word. We don't use -ed here!
- Wrong: He did not killed her. ❌
- Right: He did not kill her. ✅
Pattern:
Did not + Action Past Negative