Reports on Fires in India and the USA
印度與美國火災報告
Introduction
Many fires happened in big cities. Some people died and some people are hurt. Most fires started because of bad electricity.
許多大城市發生了火災。有人死亡,也有人受傷。大多數火災是因為電路問題引起的。
Main Body
A big fire happened in New Delhi on Friday. A house had five floors, but the law says it can only have four. The house had no fire exits. Three people died. Police think an electric scooter started the fire. They also saw a strange woman on a camera.
週五在新德里發生了一場大火。該房屋共有五層,但法律規定只能有四層。該房屋沒有消防出口。三人死亡。警方認為是一輛電動滑板車引起了火災。他們還在監視器中看到一名陌生女子。
Other fires happened in India too. In one place, an old couple survived a fire. In another place, a chemical shop caught fire, but no one died. In New Delhi, 32 people died in three different fires in two weeks because the buildings were not safe.
印度其他地方也發生了火災。在某地,一對老夫婦在火災中倖存。在另一個地方,一家化學品店起火,但沒有人死亡。在新德里,兩週內發生了三場不同的火災,導致 32 人死亡,因為建築物不安全。
In Utah, USA, a fire started in one apartment. The fire moved to 20 other apartments. No one died, but eight police officers got sick from the smoke. In Navi Mumbai, four people were stuck in a lift because the power stopped.
在美國猶他州,一間公寓起火。火勢蔓延到另外 20 間公寓。沒有人死亡,但有 8 名警察因吸入煙霧而生病。在新孟買,四個人因為停電而被困在電梯中。
Conclusion
Police in New Delhi are now looking for the woman on the camera. They want to find the real cause of the fire.
新德里警方目前正在尋找監視器中的那名女子。他們希望找出火災的真正原因。
Vocabulary Learning
💡 The 'Something Happened' Pattern
To reach A2, you must talk about the past. In this text, we see a very simple way to do this: Person/Thing + happened/started/died.
1. Action words for the past
- Happen → Happened (Something occurred)
- Start → Started (It began)
- Die → Died (Life ended)
2. How to build these sentences
| Subject | Past Action | Extra Info |
|---|---|---|
| A fire | happened | in New Delhi. |
| The fire | started | in one apartment. |
| Three people | died. | (Simple end) |
3. Quick Note: 'But' for Contrast Notice how the text connects two opposite ideas:
- The house had five floors BUT the law says four. (Wrong vs. Right)
- A shop caught fire BUT no one died. (Danger vs. Safety)