Police Catch Man in Gold Scam
警方逮捕金幣詐騙男子
Introduction
Police in Michigan arrested a 20-year-old man. He tried to steal money from an old woman.
密西根州警方逮捕了一名20歲男子，他企圖從一名老婦人身上騙錢。
Main Body
A man called a 79-year-old woman. He told her she was in trouble with the law. He told her to buy gold coins with all her money. She spent $700,000 on gold.
一名男子打電話給一位79歲的老婦人，告訴她觸犯了法律。他要求她用所有資金購買金幣，老婦人因此花費了70萬美元購買金幣。
She went to a gold shop. The shop owner saw that she was confused. He called the police to help her.
她前往一家金店，店主發現她神情困惑，於是撥打電話請警方協助。
Police put chocolate in the gold boxes. A man came to pick up the gold. Police arrested him. He said a man named Bhawsh told him to do this on WhatsApp.
警方在金盒中放入了巧克力。一名男子前來取金，隨即被警方逮捕。他聲稱一名叫Bhawsh的人在WhatsApp上指示他這樣做。
Conclusion
The man is now in jail. He must pay $100,000 to leave.
該男子目前在獄中，必須支付10萬美元保釋金才能獲釋。
Vocabulary Learning
🔑 The 'Past Action' Pattern
To talk about things that already happened (like in a news story), we often just add -ed to the end of the action word.
Look at these examples from the story:
- arrest arrested
- call called
⚠️ The 'Rule Breakers'
Some words are rebels. They don't use -ed. You just have to memorize their new form:
| Now | Then (Past) |
|---|---|
| spend spent | |
| go went | |
| see saw | |
| say said |
💡 Quick Tip for A2
When you see a sentence starting with "He told her..." or "She went to...", you know the story is in the past. Use these patterns to tell your own simple stories about yesterday!