Student Dies After Shooting in Philadelphia
費城發生槍擊事件，一名學生不幸身亡
Introduction
Police are looking for people who shot 22-year-old Billy Schmidt. He died on Saturday morning in Philadelphia.
警方正在尋找槍擊 22 歲 Billy Schmidt 的嫌犯。他在週六早晨於費城身亡。
Main Body
Billy was a student at Penn State. On Saturday, two men in dark clothes stole his phone. Billy tried to stop them. Then, one man shot him in the chest. He died quickly.
Billy 是賓州州立大學的學生。週六時，兩名身穿深色衣服的男子搶走了他的手機。Billy 試圖阻止他們，結果一名男子在他胸口開槍，導致他很快便身亡。
Police found the phone and a piece of a bullet. They do not have the men yet. The police want people to help them find the killers.
警方找到了手機和一片子彈碎片，但尚未逮捕這兩名男子。警方希望民眾能協助找出兇手。
Billy's family needs money for the funeral. People gave them $63,000 on GoFundMe. Penn State University is very sad. People will meet on Thursday to ask for more safety in the city.
Billy 的家人需要籌措喪葬費用。民眾已透過 GoFundMe 捐款 63,000 美元給他們。賓州州立大學對此深表遺憾。人們將於週四集會，要求城市提高安全性。
Conclusion
The police are still looking for the killers.
警方仍在尋找兇手。
Vocabulary Learning
🕰️ Talking about the Past
In this story, we see how to describe things that already happened. We use a special form of the word for the action.
The Pattern: Most words just need an -ed at the end.
- Try → Tried
- Look → Looked
The Rule-Breakers: Some words change completely. You must memorize these!
- Die → Died (Regular)
- Steal → Stole (Irregular)
- Find → Found (Irregular)
- Give → Gave (Irregular)
Quick Guide: Action now Action before Steal Stole Give Gave
👤 People & Things (Pronouns)
Notice how we stop saying "Billy" and start using He or Them. This makes English sound natural.
- Billy He (One man)
- Two men They / Them (More than one person)
- The family Them (Group of people)