Karmelo Anthony Goes to Prison
Karmelo Anthony 獲判入獄
Introduction
Karmelo Anthony must go to prison for 35 years. He killed Austin Metcalf in Texas.
Karmelo Anthony 必須入獄 35 年。他在德州殺害了 Austin Metcalf。
Main Body
Karmelo Anthony killed 17-year-old Austin Metcalf at a school sports event. Austin told Karmelo to leave. Then Karmelo stabbed him. Now, Karmelo is in a Texas prison.
Karmelo Anthony 在一次學校體育活動中殺害了 17 歲的 Austin Metcalf。Austin 要求 Karmelo 離開，隨後 Karmelo 刺傷了他。現在，Karmelo 正在德州的監獄中。
Some people are angry about the trial. One professor says the jury was not fair. She says the jury did not have enough Black people. Other people say Karmelo was only protecting himself.
有些人對這次審判感到憤怒。一名教授表示陪審團並不公正，她認為陪審團中的黑人人數不足。其他人則認為 Karmelo 僅是在保護自己。
A prison worker named Donna Robinson lost her job. She wrote mean things about the victim's family on the internet. Also, a man named Charleston White promised money for a new trial. He took the money back because he fought with Karmelo's father.
一名叫 Donna Robinson 的監獄員工失去了工作。她在網路上對被害者家屬發表了惡劣言論。此外，一名叫 Charleston White 的男子曾承諾出資進行重新審理，但由於他與 Karmelo 的父親發生爭執，他收回了這筆資金。
Conclusion
Karmelo Anthony is in prison now. He wants a new trial.
Karmelo Anthony 現在身在監獄。他希望能夠重新審理。
Vocabulary Learning
🕒 Talking About the Past
In this story, we see a pattern: Action Past Form.
- Kill Killed
- Tell Told
- Stab Stabbed
- Lose Lost
- Write Wrote
- Fight Fought
The Simple Secret: To talk about things that already happened, we often add -ed to the word. But some words are 'rebels' (irregular) and change their whole shape (like write becoming wrote).
💡 Quick Vocabulary Group
People in the Story:
- Jury: The group of people who decide if someone is guilty.
- Victim: The person who was hurt.
- Professor: A teacher at a college.
Action Words:
- Protecting: Keeping someone or something safe.
- Promised: Said they would definitely do something.