A Story About a Crime in Emmerdale
關於《Emmerdale》中的一宗犯罪故事
Introduction
The TV show Emmerdale has a new story. Dr. Caitlin Todd hurt Charity Dingle.
電視節目《Emmerdale》有一個新故事。Caitlin Todd 醫生傷害了 Charity Dingle。
Main Body
Dr. Todd knew a secret about a baby. She asked Charity for £100,000 to keep the secret. Charity did not pay all the money. Dr. Todd then attacked Charity while Charity was asleep.
Todd 醫生知道一個關於嬰兒的秘密。她要求 Charity 支付 10 萬英鎊以保守秘密。Charity 沒有支付全部金額。隨後 Todd 醫生在 Charity 睡覺時攻擊了她。
Charity told the police. The police checked her body. They arrested Dr. Todd. Charity says it was rape, but the police call it sexual assault.
Charity 報警了。警察檢查了她的身體。他們逮捕了 Todd 醫生。Charity 稱之為強姦，但警察稱其為性侵犯。
Charity is very sad and scared. She does not tell her family. She tells a doctor she is sick for another reason. She drinks alcohol and takes pills to sleep.
Charity 非常悲傷且恐懼。她沒有告訴家人。她告訴醫生她是因其他原因而生病。她喝酒並服用安眠藥。
Conclusion
The police are still talking to Dr. Todd. Charity is still hiding her pain from her family.
警察仍在與 Todd 醫生進行訊問。Charity 仍向家人隱瞞她的痛苦。
Vocabulary Learning
⚡ The 'Action' Pattern
Look at how we describe things that happened in the past:
- knew (now: know)
- asked (now: ask)
- attacked (now: attack)
- told (now: tell)
The Rule: To talk about yesterday or a story, we often add -ed to the end of the word. Some words are 'special' (like knew and told) and change their shape completely.
🛠️ Building a Negative Sentence
How do we say 'No' for actions?
Subject + did not + Action
Example from text: "Charity did not pay the money."
Notice: We use "did not," and the action word (pay) stays in its simple form. We don't say "did not paid."
📦 Useful Word Pairs
- Keep a secret To not tell anyone.
- Hide pain To pretend you are okay.