Woman is Free from All Court Charges
女子被解除所有法院指控
Introduction
Maree Mavis Crabtree is not in trouble with the law anymore. The court says she did not kill her children.
Maree Mavis Crabtree 不再受到法律追究。法院表示她沒有殺害自己的孩子。
Main Body
The police said Ms. Crabtree gave bad medicine to her children, Erin and Jonathan. They said she did this in 2012 and 2017. They also said she lied to get $125,000 from insurance.
警方表示 Crabtree 女士給她的孩子 Erin 和 Jonathan 服用了錯誤的藥物。他們稱她在 2012 年和 2017 年這麼做。他們還指稱她撒謊以獲取 125,000 美元的保險金。
Ms. Crabtree went to court in Brisbane. A group of people called a jury listened to the case. They decided she did not kill Jonathan and she did not steal money.
Crabtree 女士在布里斯本出庭。一個被稱為陪審團的人群聆聽了此案。他們判定她沒有殺害 Jonathan，也沒有偷竊金錢。
Ms. Crabtree stayed in prison for six years. She left prison in February 2024. Now, the lawyers stopped all other cases against her. They stopped the case about Erin too.
Crabtree 女士被監禁了六年。她在 2024 年 2 月出獄。現在，律師停止了所有針對她的其他案件。關於 Erin 的案件也停止了。
Conclusion
Ms. Crabtree has no more court cases for murder or fraud.
Crabtree 女士已不再面臨任何關於謀殺或詐欺的法院案件。
Vocabulary Learning
The 'Past' Power-Up
Look at these words from the story:
- said
- gave
- lied
- stayed
- stopped
Most of these tell us things that happened before now.
The Simple Pattern: For many words, you just add -ed to the end to move them into the past.
Stop Stopped Stay Stayed
The 'Rule Breakers': Some words are rebels. They change completely. You have to memorize these:
Say Said Give Gave Lie Lied (this one follows the rule, but looks different!)
Why this helps you reach A2: To tell a story or explain what happened yesterday, you must switch from 'I do' to 'I did'. Start by spotting these -ed words in your reading!