Mayor Stops Young Person's Speech
市長阻止年輕人演講
Introduction
Mayor Jan Liggett of Cambridge is in trouble. Many city leaders want her to leave her job. This happened because she stopped a 17-year-old girl from speaking at a Pride event on June 1.
劍橋市市長 Jan Liggett 陷入困境。許多市領導希望她離職。這是因為她在 6 月 1 日的一場 Pride 活動中，阻止了一名 17 歲女孩發言。
Main Body
Sophie Mills is 17 years old. She talked about a bad Facebook post by a city leader named Adam Cooper. Mayor Liggett took the microphone away. She told Sophie to stop talking. The Mayor said the words were not helpful.
Sophie Mills 今年 17 歲。她當時談到了由一名叫 Adam Cooper 的市領導所發佈的糟糕 Facebook 貼文。市長 Liggett 拿走了麥克風，要求 Sophie 停止演講。市長表示那些話沒有幫助。
Some city leaders are angry. They say the Mayor must respect young people. Mayor Liggett says she wanted the event to be happy. She says Sophie changed her speech.
部分市領導感到憤怒。他們表示市長必須尊重年輕人。市長 Liggett 則表示她希望活動氣氛愉快，並稱 Sophie 更改了她的演講內容。
About 100 people marched in the street. They want a special officer to check the Mayor's actions. They say the Mayor stopped the girl's freedom of speech.
約 100 人在街頭遊行。他們要求由一名專門官員調查市長的行為。他們表示市長剝奪了該女孩的言論自由。
Conclusion
The Mayor does not say sorry. Protesters want her to quit her job now.
市長沒有道歉。抗議者要求她立即辭職。
Vocabulary Learning
💡 The 'Action' Word Shift
In this story, we see words that describe things happening right now versus things that already happened.
The Past (Done)
- Stopped (Stop → Stopped)
- Talked (Talk → Talked)
- Marched (March → Marched)
The Present (Now)
- Want (They want it now)
- Say (They say it now)
Key Rule for A2: To talk about yesterday or a finished event, we usually just add -ed to the end of the action word.
Quick Examples from Text:
- Sophie talked → It is finished.
- People marched → It is finished.
- Mayor stopped → It is finished.