Robert Coles: A Teacher and Doctor
羅伯特·科爾斯：一名教師與醫生
Introduction
Robert Coles was a doctor and a professor at Harvard University. He died at the age of 97.
羅伯特·科爾斯是哈佛大學的教授與醫生。他在 97 歲時去世。
Main Body
Robert studied children in poor places. He wrote five books called 'Children of Crisis'. These books showed how children live in hard times. He won a big prize called the Pulitzer Prize for this work.
羅伯特研究貧困地區的兒童。他撰寫了五本書，名為《危機中的兒童》。這些書展示了孩子們在艱苦時期是如何生活的。他因這項工作贏得了著名的普立策獎。
He worked as a teacher at Harvard University. He taught students about right and wrong. He also worked as a doctor for the Air Force in the 1960s.
他在哈佛大學擔任教師。他教授學生關於對錯的知識。他在 1960 年代也曾在空軍擔任醫生。
Some other doctors did not agree with him. They said his books were like news stories and not like science. Robert also felt sad because he was rich but the children he helped were very poor.
其他一些醫生並不認同他的觀點。他們認為他的書像新聞報導而非科學研究。羅伯特也感到難過，因為他很富有，而他所幫助的孩子們卻非常貧困。
Conclusion
Robert died on Thursday in Massachusetts. He had three sons.
羅伯特於週四在麻薩諸塞州去世。他有三個兒子。
Vocabulary Learning
Talking about the Past
In the story, we see words that end in -ed. This is how we talk about things that already happened.
The Pattern: Word + ed → Past Action
Examples from the text:
- Study → Studied
- Work → Worked
Special Words (The 'Rule Breakers'): Some words change completely. You must memorize these:
- Write → Wrote
- Win → Won
- Feel → Felt
Quick Guide for A2: If you want to say someone did something yesterday or years ago, look for the -ed or the special change.
Example: "He worked as a teacher" (Past) "He works as a teacher" (Now).