Plane Crash in Dominican Republic
多明尼加共和國飛機失事
Introduction
A small US plane crashed on Sunday in the Dominican Republic. Two pilots died in the accident.
週日有一架美國小飛機在多明尼加共和國失事，兩名機師在事故中喪生。
Main Body
The plane started in Puerto Rico. It stopped for fuel at La Romana Airport. Then it tried to fly to Texas. The pilots said the plane had a big problem and they needed to land again.
該飛機從波多黎各出發，在羅馬納機場停靠加油，隨後嘗試飛往德克薩斯州。機師表示飛機出現嚴重問題，需要再次著陸。
The plane landed too fast. It went off the runway and broke. Then the plane caught fire and burned. Two American men, Erick Javier Diago and Rudy Ghazal, died. There were no passengers on the plane.
飛機降落速度過快，衝出跑道並毀損。隨後飛機起火焚毀。兩名美國男子 Erick Javier Diago 與 Rudy Ghazal 喪生。機上沒有乘客。
Airport workers and police arrived quickly. They stopped all flights at the airport to put out the fire. Now, experts are looking at the plane to find the problem.
機場員工與警察迅速趕到。他們停止了機場的所有航班以撲滅火災。目前專家正在檢查飛機以找出問題原因。
Conclusion
The plane is gone and the pilots died. Experts are still studying why the plane broke.
飛機已毀損且機師喪生。專家仍在研究飛機損毀的原因。
Vocabulary Learning
🕒 The "Happened Already" Pattern
Look at these words from the story:
- Started
- Stopped
- Tried
- Landed
The Secret: Most of these words just add -ed at the end. This tells us the action is finished. It is not happening now; it happened in the past.
Simple Map: Now Start (Past) Started Now Stop (Past) Stopped
⚠️ The Rule-Breakers
Some words are lazy. They don't use -ed. They change completely.
- Go Went ("It went off the runway")
- Say Said ("The pilots said...")
Quick Tip: When you see Went or Said, think: 'This is a finished action.'