Police Study Fire That Destroyed Voting Machines
警方調查燒毀投票機的火災
Introduction
A special police team is looking into a fire in Alipore. The fire destroyed 4,000 voting machines in a government building.
警方一個特別小組正在調查 Alipore 發生的一場火災。該場火災燒毀了政府大樓內的 4,000 部投票機。
Main Body
The fire started on Wednesday morning. Ten fire trucks came to help. The fire burned the eighth and ninth floors. These floors had the voting machines. The floors in the middle did not burn.
火災發生在週三上午。十輛消防車趕赴現場救援。火災燒毀了第八層與第九層，這兩層正是存放投票機的地方。中間的樓層則沒有被燒毀。
Many machines from ten different areas are gone. Police took some samples from the building. They want to know how the fire started.
許多來自十個不同區域的機器被毀。警方從大樓中採集了一些樣本，希望能查明起火原因。
Some political parties are angry. They say the fire is strange. They think someone started the fire to hide evidence. They want the government to explain what happened.
部分政黨對此感到憤怒，認為這場火災十分蹊蹺。他們懷疑有人故意放火以湮滅證據，要求政府對此事作出解釋。
Conclusion
The Kolkata Police are still studying the fire. They want to find the truth about the lost machines.
加爾各答警方仍在調查這場火災，希望能查明投票機遺失的真相。
Vocabulary Learning
🚩 The 'Past' Connection
In this story, everything already happened. To talk about the past in English, we often just add -ed to the action word.
Look at these changes:
- Start Started*
- Burn Burned*
- Destroy Destroyed*
Wait! Some words are rebels and change completely. They don't use -ed.
The Rebels:
- Come Came*
- Take Took*
📦 Number Words (Counting Stuff)
When we talk about a lot of things, we put the number first:
- 4,000 voting machines (A huge amount!)
- Ten fire trucks (A small group)
- Eighth/Ninth floors (This tells us the position, not the amount)
💡 Quick Tip for A2
If you see -ed at the end of a word, it usually means the action is finished. You are looking at a memory or a report, not something happening right now.