Student Arrested for Burning a Wooden Cross
學生因焚燒木製十字架被捕
Introduction
Police arrested a 21-year-old student from the University of Illinois Chicago. He burned a wooden cross in a public park.
警方逮捕了一名來自伊利諾大學芝加哥分校的 21 歲學生。他在一座公共公園內焚燒了一個木製十字架。
Main Body
On June 9, Merlin Lu burned a wooden cross in Grant Park. He used lighter fluid and toilet paper. Police saw him on camera and arrested him. He now faces many crimes, including hate crimes and arson.
6 月 9 日，Merlin Lu 在 Grant Park 焚燒了一個木製十字架。他使用了打火機油和衛生紙。警方透過監視器看到他並將其逮捕。他目前面臨多項指控，包括仇恨罪和縱火罪。
Lu says he did not hate any group of people. He says he wanted to protest against President Donald Trump. He put a red hat on the cross to show this.
Lu 表示他並不仇視任何群體。他說他是想抗議總統川普。為了表達這一點，他在十字架上放置了一頂紅帽子。
Other people are angry. Reverend Michael L. Pfleger says the cross is a symbol of hate. He says the cross is from the Ku Klux Klan. Later, people put a heart sculpture at the park to show strength.
其他人感到憤怒。牧師 Michael L. Pfleger 表示十字架是仇恨的象徵。他說這個十字架源自三K黨（Ku Klux Klan）。隨後，人們在公園放置了一個心形雕塑以展現力量。
Conclusion
The student is in jail. He is waiting for his court date.
該名學生目前在監獄中，等待出庭日期。
Vocabulary Learning
🕒 Talking about the Past
In this story, we see a pattern: Action → Past Form.
To reach A2, you must move from is/do to was/did. Look at how the words change to show the event already happened:
- Burn Burned
- Use Used
- See Saw
- Put Put (This one stays the same!)
💡 Quick Rule
Most words just need -ed at the end to go back in time. But some words are 'rebels' (irregular) and change completely, like see becoming saw.
🛠️ Word Map
- Action: Police arrested him. (Done!)
- Action: He put a hat on the cross. (Done!)
- Action: People put a heart in the park. (Done!)