Bad Accidents and One Good Story
慘痛事故與一個溫馨故事
Introduction
Many people died or got hurt in car and boat accidents in India and the Netherlands.
在印度與荷蘭,許多人在車禍與船難中死亡或受傷。
Main Body
In Mumbai, a bus hit people and one person died. A big truck hit a woman and she died. A heavy metal plate fell on a worker and he died.
在孟買,一輛巴士撞到行人導致一人死亡。一輛大卡車撞死一名女子。一塊沉重的金屬板掉落在一名工人身上,導致其死亡。
In other parts of India, many cars crashed. Five people died in Uttar Pradesh. Four people died in Uttarakhand. In Beed, a boat had too many people and it sank. Two people died.
在印度的其他地區,發生多起車禍。北方邦有五人死亡,北阿坎德邦有四人死亡。在比德,一艘船因超載而沉沒,造成兩人死亡。
In the Netherlands, a car hit some students on bikes. Four people died. But in Kerala, a bus driver stopped quickly. He saved a small child.
在荷蘭,一輛汽車撞到了幾名騎單車的學生,造成四人死亡。但在喀拉拉邦,一名巴士司機緊急煞車,救了一名小孩。
Conclusion
Many people died because drivers were not careful. Only a few drivers were safe.
由於駕駛員不小心,導致許多人死亡。只有少數駕駛員能確保安全。
Vocabulary Learning
🚨 The 'Past Action' Pattern
Look at these words from the story:
- hit (happened before)
- died (happened before)
- fell (happened before)
- sank (happened before)
- saved (happened before)
The Simple Rule: To talk about things that are finished, we often add -ed to the end of the word.
- Example: Save Saved
- Example: Die Died
The 'Rule Breakers' (Special Words): Some words change completely. You just have to memorize them!
- Fall Fell
- Sink Sank
- Hit Hit (This one stays the same!)
How to use it:
[Person/Thing] + [Past Word] A truck hit a woman.