Man Gets First Sentence Under New Law

男子根據新法首度被判刑

Jun 9, 2026, 18:46

Introduction

A 44-year-old man is the first person to get a punishment under a new law about harassment in England and Wales.

一名 44 歲男子是英格蘭與威爾斯關於騷擾新法下，首位受到懲處的人。

Main Body

David Stroud harassed a woman on a train. He touched her hair and said bad things to her. The woman felt very scared.

David Stroud 在火車上騷擾一名女子。他觸摸她的頭髮並對她說了不恰當的話。該名女子感到非常恐懼。

Stroud also followed a woman for 22 months. He said he drank alcohol and was joking. The judge did not believe him.

Stroud 還跟蹤一名女子長達 22 個月。他聲稱自己飲酒了，且僅是在開玩笑。法官並不相信他的說法。

Police arrested 26 people under this new law since April. Many women report sexual crimes on trains in the UK. Police want to make trains safer for women.

警方自 4 月以來，根據這項新法逮捕了 26 人。許多英國女性舉報在火車上遭遇性犯罪。警方希望讓火車對女性而言更加安全。

Conclusion

David Stroud must do community work and go to a special program. This is the first time a judge used this new law.

David Stroud 必須執行社區服務並參加一個特別計畫。這是法官首次運用這項新法。

Vocabulary Learning

⚡ The 'Past Action' Pattern

Look at these words from the story: touched, said, felt, followed, arrested.

To tell a story about the past in English, we usually add -ed to the end of the action word. This is the fastest way to move from A1 to A2.

How it works:

Follow $\rightarrow$ Followed
Arrest $\rightarrow$ Arrested
Touch $\rightarrow$ Touched

The 'Rule Breakers' (Irregular): Some words change completely. You must memorize these because they are very common:

Say $\rightarrow$ Said
Feel $\rightarrow$ Felt

Quick Tip: When you see -ed, the event is finished. It is not happening now; it happened yesterday or in the past.

Vocabulary Learning

punishment (n.)

A penalty for doing something wrong

Example:The punishment for stealing is often a fine.

harassment (n.)

Behavior that makes someone feel scared or upset

Example:The company has a strict rule against harassment at work.

scared (adj.)

Feeling afraid

Example:The little girl was scared of the dark.

arrested (v.)

When police take someone to the police station

Example:The police arrested the man for stealing a car.

community work (n.)

Work that a person does for free to help others as a punishment

Example:He had to do 50 hours of community work by cleaning the park.

Practice A2 words in a crossword→