Three Car Accidents
三起車禍
Introduction
This report is about three car accidents in three different cities.
本報告關於三個不同城市發生的三起車禍。
Main Body
On June 8, a car hit a police car. Officer Jess Turnbull was in the car. She died two days later. Police arrested a 73-year-old man.
6月8日，一輛車撞上了一輛警車。Jess Turnbull 警員當時就在車內。她在兩天後去世。警方逮捕了一名73歲的男子。
In Edmonton, a four-year-old girl ran into the street. A Jeep hit the girl. She went to the hospital, but she died. The driver was not fast and did not drink alcohol.
在埃德蒙頓，一名四歲女孩跑進了街道。一輛 Jeep 撞到了該女孩。她被送往醫院，但隨後去世。駕駛人開車速度並不快，且沒有飲酒。
In Abington, a black car drove into a house. The people in the house are okay. The driver had some injuries and went to the hospital. The house is now broken and people cannot live there.
在阿賓頓，一輛黑色汽車衝進了一棟房屋。屋內的人平安無事。駕駛人受傷並被送往醫院。該房屋目前已損毀，人們無法居住。
Conclusion
Two people died and one house is broken. Police are still looking for answers.
兩人死亡，一棟房屋損毀。警方仍在調查原因。
Vocabulary Learning
⚡ The 'Action' Pattern
Look at how the story tells us what happened. It uses simple words to show an action that is finished.
The Pattern:
Person/Thing Action Word What happened
Examples from the text:
- A car hit a police car.
- A girl ran into the street.
- A black car drove into a house.
Simple Rule: When we talk about the past, the word changes.
- Drive becomes Drove
- Run becomes Ran
- Hit stays Hit
Quick Tip for A2: To make a sentence negative (saying it did NOT happen), use did not + the normal word.
Correct: The driver did not drink alcohol.