Bad Weather in the United States
美國天氣惡劣
Introduction
Big storms and hot weather hit the Midwest and East Coast. Many houses broke and one person died.
強風暴與高溫天氣襲擊了中西部與東岸，許多房屋受損且有一人死亡。
Main Body
Strong storms hit Illinois, Indiana, and Wisconsin on June 11 and 12. Many tornadoes destroyed homes. In Iowa, a tree fell and killed a man.
6月11日與12日，強風暴襲擊了伊利諾州、印第安納州與威斯康辛州。許多龍捲風摧毀了房屋。在愛荷州，一棵樹倒塌導致一名男子死亡。
Many people had no electricity. Three big airports stopped flights. Over 1,000 flights were late or cancelled. A baseball game in Chicago did not happen.
許多人失去了電力供應。三個大機場停止航班運行。超過1,000個航班延遲或被取消。芝加哥的一場棒球賽事未能舉行。
New York and New Jersey were very hot. The temperature was over 100 degrees. Philadelphia opened cool centers to help people. Some storms also hit the East Coast.
紐約與紐澤西非常炎熱。氣溫超過了100度。費城開設了避暑中心以幫助民眾。部分風暴也襲擊了東岸。
Conclusion
People are now cleaning the Midwest. The East Coast is still very hot.
目前人們正在清理中西部。東岸依然非常炎熱。
Vocabulary Learning
🌪️ The 'Past' Pattern
Look at these words from the story: hit, broke, died, fell, stopped.
In English, when we talk about things that happened yesterday or last week, we change the action word.
Simple Change → Special Change
- stop stopped (just add -ed)
- break broke (the word changes)
- die died (just add -d)
- fall fell (the word changes)
Why this matters for A2: If you want to tell someone about your day or a news story, you cannot use 'present' words.
Wrong: "A tree fall and kill a man." Right: "A tree fell and killed a man."
📍 Where & When
Notice how the writer puts the place and time at the end of the sentence:
- ...on June 11 and 12.
- ...in Chicago.
- ...in Iowa.
Pattern: [Action] [Place/Time] Example: The game did not happen in Chicago.