Court Looks at Death of Woman After Home Birth
法院調查女子在家生產後死亡事件
Introduction
A court in Victoria is looking at why Stacey Warnecke died. She was 30 years old. She died after she had a baby at home in Melbourne.
維多利亞州的一家法院正在調查 Stacey Warnecke 死亡的原因。她當時 30 歲，在墨爾本家中生產後死亡。
Main Body
Stacey paid Emily Lal $6,000 to help her. Emily was not a doctor. Stacey did not want to go to a hospital. After the baby was born, Stacey lost a lot of blood and could not breathe. Emily saw the blood, but she did not call an ambulance for a long time.
Stacey 支付了 6,000 美元請 Emily Lal 協助。Emily 不是醫生。Stacey 不想去醫院。孩子出生後，Stacey 大量失血且無法呼吸。Emily 看到了血液，但她很長時間都沒有撥打救護車。
Emily told the court she is like a friend, not a doctor. She said she did not have to keep the mother safe. After Stacey died, Emily cleaned the blood from the floor. She did this before the police arrived.
Emily 告訴法庭，她就像是一個朋友，而不是醫生。她表示自己不需要負責確保母親的安全。在 Stacey 死亡後，Emily 在警方到達前清理了地板上的血液。
Emily said she cleaned the house to help the husband. Now, the health office stopped Emily from working.
Emily 表示她清理房屋是為了幫助丈夫。目前，衛生部門已禁止 Emily 工作。
Conclusion
The court is still deciding if the lack of doctors caused the death.
法院仍在決定缺乏醫生是否導致了死亡。
Vocabulary Learning
The 'Did Not' Pattern
In this story, we see a lot of things that did not happen. This is how we talk about the past when something is missing or wrong.
The Logic:
Did not + Action Word = No action in the past.
Examples from the text:
- Stacey did not want to go to a hospital.
- Emily did not call an ambulance.
- Emily did not have to keep the mother safe.
A2 Tip:
Notice that when we use did not, the action word stays simple.
Wrong: did not wanted Right: did not want
Quick Vocabulary Bridge:
- Paid gave money
- Caused made it happen