Police Investigate Death of Russian Man in Poland
波蘭警方調查俄羅斯男子死亡事件
Introduction
Police in Poland are looking for information about the death of Semyon Skrepetsky. He was a Russian artist. Someone shot him in the city of Biała Podlaska.
波蘭警方正在尋找關於 Semyon Skrepetsky 死亡的資訊。他是一位俄羅斯藝術家，在比亞武波德拉斯卡市被槍擊身亡。
Main Body
The man died on a Monday morning. A killer shot him five times. The police say the killer planned this attack.
該男子於週一早晨死亡。兇手向他開了五槍。警方表示兇手計畫了這次襲擊。
Police arrested two men from Belarus. These men were near the Belarus office. Semyon lived in Poland because he was afraid of the Russian government.
警方逮捕了兩名來自白俄羅斯的男子。這兩名男子當時在白俄羅斯辦公室附近。Semyon 因為害怕俄羅斯政府而住在波蘭。
Semyon drew funny and mean pictures of Russian leaders. He drew President Putin. Poland says Russia and Belarus are doing bad things to hurt other countries.
Semyon 畫了關於俄羅斯領導人既幽默又刻薄的畫作，其中包括普丁總統。波蘭表示俄羅斯與白俄羅斯正採取惡劣手段傷害其他國家。
Conclusion
The police and judges are still working. They want to know why the two men from Belarus killed him.
警方與法官仍在調查中。他們想知道為何那兩名白俄羅斯男子要殺掉他。
Vocabulary Learning
📌 THE "PAST ACTION" PATTERN
To move to A2, you must master how to tell a story about things that already happened. In this text, we see a pattern: Subject + Simple Verb (Past).
Look at these examples from the story:
- He was a Russian artist. (State of being)
- Someone shot him. (Action)
- Semyon lived in Poland. (Long-term action)
- He drew pictures. (Action)
💡 Key Change: Regular vs. Irregular
Some verbs are easy (just add -ed), and some change completely.
| Regular (Easy) | Irregular (Change) |
|---|---|
| live → lived | is → was |
| plan → planned | shoot → shot |
| arrest → arrested | draw → drew |
⚠️ Pro Tip: Use these to describe your own day!
- Wrong: I draw a picture yesterday.
- Right: I drew a picture yesterday.