Court Ends Long Marriage in India
印度法院終結一段長久婚姻
Introduction
The Supreme Court of India gave a divorce to a husband and wife. Both people are doctors. They did not live together for fifteen years.
印度最高法院判准一對夫婦離婚。兩人皆為醫生，他們已經分開生活十五年。
Main Body
The couple married in 2007. The wife did not want to be close to her husband. The court said this was a form of mental pain. This is a reason for divorce.
這對夫婦於2007年結婚。妻子不想與丈夫親近，法院表示這是一種精神痛苦，是離婚的理由。
The wife said she lived in Rajasthan. But the court found she worked in Gujarat. She did not want to live with her husband again.
妻子稱她住在拉賈斯坦邦，但法院發現她其實在古吉拉特邦工作。她不想再與丈夫同居。
The court used a special law to help them. The judges said the marriage was dead. They want the two people to be free and happy.
法院使用了一項特別法律來協助他們。法官表示這段婚姻已經破裂，希望兩人能獲得自由與快樂。
Conclusion
The marriage is now over. The long legal fight is finished.
這段婚姻現在結束了，漫長的法律之爭終於落幕。
Vocabulary Learning
⚡ The 'Action' Shift
Look at how the story changes from now to before. This is the secret to A2 English.
1. The 'Now' (Present)
- The marriage is now over.
- They want to be free.
- Rule: Use this for facts that are true today.
2. The 'Before' (Past)
- The couple married in 2007.
- The court found she worked in Gujarat.
- Rule: Add -ed to the action word to move it to the past.
Quick Map: Live → Lived Want → Wanted Work → Worked
Why this matters? If you can switch between is and was, or work and worked, you can tell any story in English.
Example from text: "The marriage is now over" (Fact) "The couple married in 2007" (History).