The Case of Luigi Mangione
Luigi Mangione 案
Introduction
Luigi Mangione is in jail in New York. He shot Brian Thompson in December 2024. Brian Thompson was a boss at a big health company.
Luigi Mangione 目前在紐約入獄。他在 2024 年 12 月槍擊了 Brian Thompson。Brian Thompson 是一家大型醫療公司的主管。
Main Body
Mangione has two trials in 2026. One trial is for murder. One trial is for stalking. He cannot get the death penalty, but he can stay in prison for his whole life. Police found a gun and a notebook in his bag.
Mangione 在 2026 年將面臨兩場審判。一場是謀殺罪，另一場是跟蹤罪。他不會被判處死刑，但可能會被終身監禁。警方在他的包裡發現了一把槍和一本筆記本。
Many people like Mangione. They gave him more than 1.5 million dollars. These people are angry at health insurance companies in the USA. They call themselves 'The Mangionistas'.
許多人很支持 Mangione。他們捐給他超過 150 萬美元。這些人對美國的醫療保險公司感到憤怒。他們自稱為「Mangionistas」。
The company UnitedHealth lost a lot of money. The company now has more security for its bosses. The police found words on the bullets. The words say 'deny' and 'delay'. This shows Mangione was angry at the company.
UnitedHealth 公司損失慘重。該公司目前為其主管增加了更多安保措施。警方在子彈上發現了文字，寫著「拒絕」與「延遲」。這顯示 Mangione 對該公司非常憤怒。
Conclusion
Mangione is still in jail in Brooklyn. People have very different ideas about him.
Mangione 仍被關押在布魯克林。人們對他的看法截然不同。
Vocabulary Learning
🛑 Action Words (Past Simple)
In the story, we see words that tell us things already happened. We add -ed to the end of the word to move it to the past.
- Like → Liked (Wait, the text says "like" for now, but if it happened yesterday, it is liked).
- Stay → Stayed
- Call → Called
Watch out! Some words are "rebels" and change completely:
- Find → Found (Police found a gun).
- Give → Gave (People gave him money).
📦 The "Possessive" S
When something belongs to a person, we put 's at the end of their name.
- Mangione's bag → The bag belongs to Mangione.
- Company's bosses → The bosses belong to the company.
Simple Rule: Name + 's + Object = Ownership.