Sabrina Dhowre Elba and a Bad Experience in London
Sabrina Dhowre Elba 在倫敦的糟糕經歷
Introduction
Sabrina Dhowre Elba is a model from Canada. She had a car accident in London. After the accident, a driver was mean to her.
Sabrina Dhowre Elba 是一位來自加拿大的模特兒。她在倫敦發生了車禍。車禍後，一名駕駛對她很粗魯。
Main Body
A woman hit Ms. Elba's car. The woman was angry. She asked Ms. Elba many questions about her home country. Ms. Elba told her she is from Canada, but the woman did not stop.
一名女子撞上了 Ms. Elba 的車。該女子非常憤怒。她詢問了 Ms. Elba 許多關於其家鄉的問題。Ms. Elba 告訴她自己來自加拿大，但該女子仍不停止。
Ms. Elba thinks the woman did this on purpose. The woman did not want to talk about the car accident. She wanted to talk about where Ms. Elba is from.
Ms. Elba 認為該女子是故意這麼做的。該女子不想討論車禍，而想討論 Ms. Elba 來自哪裡。
Ms. Elba says this happens in the UK. Some people are angry at people from other countries. These people think they can be mean to others in the street.
Ms. Elba 表示這種情況在英國很常見。有些人對來自其他國家的人持有憤怒情緒。這些人認為他們可以在街道上對他人粗魯。
Conclusion
Ms. Elba wrote about this on the internet. She wants people to know about racism in the UK.
Ms. Elba 在網路上寫下了這件事。她希望人們能了解英國的種族歧視問題。
Vocabulary Learning
Talking about the Past 🕒
Look at these words from the story:
- hit hit
- was was
- told told
- wrote wrote
The Rule: In English, we change the verb to show the action is finished.
Easy Patterns:
- The 'ED' Group: (Common but not in this text) walked, played
- The 'Changing' Group: (Like in the text)
- tell becomes told
- write becomes wrote
Example from the story: "Ms. Elba wrote about this on the internet." (She did it yesterday, not now.)
Quick Tip for A2: When you see "was", it is the past of "is".
- Now: She is from Canada.
- Past: The woman was angry.