Police Arrest Man for 2017 Bridge Attack
警方逮捕一名男子，涉嫌 2017 年大橋襲擊案
Introduction
Police arrested a 44-year-old man. They think he tried to hurt a woman on Putney Bridge in 2017.
警方逮捕了一名 44 歲男子。他們認為他在 2017 年試圖在 Putney Bridge 傷害一名女子。
Main Body
On May 5, 2017, a man pushed a woman in front of a big bus. The bus driver stopped the bus quickly. The woman was safe. The man came back 15 minutes later, but he did not talk to her.
在 2017 年 5 月 5 日，一名男子將一名女子推到一台大公車前面。公車司機迅速將車停住。該名女子平安無事。該男子在 15 分鐘後返回，但他沒有與她交談。
Police talked to 50 people and arrested three people before 2018. Then they stopped the case. Later, a play about the story started. Police think the play helped them find new information.
警方詢問了 50 人，並在 2018 年前逮捕了三人。隨後他們停止了此案。後來，一部關於此故事的劇作開始演出。警方認為該劇幫助他們找到了新資訊。
The man is a bank director. He was a soldier in the army. He lives in a very expensive house in London. Some people say he knows royal families, but the police do not say this is true.
該男子是一名銀行董事。他曾是軍隊中的一名士兵。他住在倫敦一棟非常昂貴的房子裡。有些人說他認識皇室成員，但警方並未表示這是事實。
Conclusion
The man is in jail now. Police are asking him more questions.
該男子目前在獄中。警方正在對他進行更多詢問。
Vocabulary Learning
🕰️ Time Travel: Past vs. Now
In this story, we see two ways of talking about time. One is for things that are finished, and one is for things happening right now.
The Finished Past (Past Simple) We use this for a specific date or a finished action.
- He pushed a woman (Happened in 2017)
- Police arrested three people (Finished action)
- The bus driver stopped (Action is over)
The Right Now (Present Continuous) We use this for actions that are still going on. Look for the word -ing.
- Police are asking him questions → This is happening at this moment.
💡 Quick Pattern: The "Not" Rule
To say something didn't happen in the past, we don't change the main action word. We just add did not before it.
❌ He not talked (Wrong) ✅ He did not talk (Correct)
Vocabulary to remember:
- Jail Prison
- Director A high-level boss at a company