Woman Goes to Prison for Killing Her Mother
女子因殺害母親被判入獄
Introduction
A 64-year-old woman must go to prison for eight years. She killed her old mother in Wiltshire.
一名64歲的女子將被判處八年監禁。她在威爾特郡殺害了她的年邁母親。
Main Body
Stefania Glowka killed her 86-year-old mother, Tamara, on December 25. Stefania used a belt to kill her. After that, Stefania tried to kill herself, but she did not die. She called the police for help.
Stefania Glowka 於 12 月 25 日殺害了她 86 歲的母親 Tamara。Stefania 使用腰帶殺害了她。之後，Stefania 試圖自殺，但未能成功。她隨後撥打電話向警方求助。
Stefania took care of her mother for 17 years. Her mother had a very bad mental illness. Stefania also had a mental illness. She felt very sad and hopeless. The court said she was not thinking clearly.
Stefania 照顧她的母親長達 17 年。她的母親患有嚴重的精神疾病。Stefania 本身也患有精神疾病。她感到非常悲傷且絕望。法院表示她當時神智不清。
Stefania told the judge she is very sorry. She loved her mother very much. She wants to help other people in prison now.
Stefania 告訴法官她深感抱歉。她非常愛她的母親。她現在希望在監獄中幫助他人。
Conclusion
The court said Stefania is guilty. She will stay in prison for eight years.
法院裁定 Stefania 有罪。她將在監獄中服刑八年。
Vocabulary Learning
🕰️ Talking about the Past
In this story, we see how to talk about things that already happened. We change the action word (verb) to show the time is in the past.
1. The Regular Pattern (Add -ed) Most words just need -ed at the end.
- Call → Called
- Want → Wanted
2. The Special Changes (Irregular) Some words change completely. You must memorize these:
- Go → Went
- Feel → Felt
- Say → Said
3. The Negative (Did not) When we say something did not happen, we use did not + the normal word. We do NOT add -ed here.
- Correct: She did not die.
- Wrong: She did not died.
Quick Look: A2 Word Bank
- Guilty → You did something wrong/illegal.
- Hopeless → You feel there is no way to make things better.