Man Goes to Prison for Helping Person Kill Themselves
男子因協助他人自殺被判入獄
Introduction
Dylan Phelan is 21 years old. He must go to prison for six years and four months. He told a man from the USA to kill himself.
Dylan Phelan 今年 21 歲。他必須入獄 6 年 4 個月。他要求一名美國男子自殺。
Main Body
Dylan had a secret group on the internet. He found people who were sad. He told a man named Travis to spend all his money on drugs. He told Travis to cut his skin.
Dylan 在網上有一個秘密群組。他尋找那些心情沮喪的人。他要求一名叫 Travis 的男子將所有錢花在毒品上。他還要求 Travis 割傷皮膚。
One day, Dylan and two other men talked to Travis on video. They told Travis to use a gun to kill himself. Travis did not want to do it at first. But the men kept talking. Travis killed himself and Dylan laughed.
有一天，Dylan 和另外兩名男子透過視訊與 Travis 交流。他們要求 Travis 用槍自殺。Travis 起初並不願意，但那些男人持續遊說，最終 Travis 自殺了，而 Dylan 則在笑。
Dylan also had bad pictures of children on his computer. The judge said Dylan wanted to control other people. The judge said this was a very bad crime.
Dylan 的電腦中還有兒童色情圖片。法官表示 Dylan 想要控制他人，並認定這是一項非常嚴重的罪行。
Conclusion
Dylan is now in prison. This case shows that the police can find people who do bad things online.
Dylan 現在已入獄。此案表明警方能夠找到在網上從事不法活動的人。
Vocabulary Learning
⚡ The 'Past Action' Pattern
Look at how the story tells us what happened. Most sentences use a simple pattern: Person + Action Word.
Examples from the text:
- Dylan had a group.
- He found people.
- He told a man.
- Travis killed himself.
🛠 How to build this:
To talk about the past, we often just add -ed to the end of the word.
- Talk Talked
- Laugh Laughed
- Want Wanted
Watch out! Some words are 'rule-breakers' (Irregular). You must memorize these:
- Have Had
- Find Found
- Tell Told
💡 Pro Tip for A2
When you want to say someone did not do something in the past, use did not + the normal word.
- Correct: Travis did not want to do it.
- Wrong: Travis
did not wanted.