Police Kill Dog in Canoga Park
警方在 Canoga Park 擊斃犬隻
Introduction
The Los Angeles Police (LAPD) showed a video. The video shows a police officer killing a pet dog.
洛杉磯警察局 (LAPD) 公開了一段影片，影片顯示一名警員擊斃了一隻寵物狗。
Main Body
A neighbor called 911. She heard a woman scream. The woman, Marie Marseille, was happy because her sports team won. The police came to her house. They saw a big dog named Jameson.
一名鄰居撥打了 911，因為她聽到一名女性在尖叫。該名女性 Marie Marseille 當時因為她支持的球隊獲勝而感到開心。警方來到她家中，看到一隻名叫 Jameson 的大狗。
The dog barked in the hall. The owner said the dog was nice. One officer shot the dog many times. The dog died. Some people say the officer also pointed a gun at the woman.
狗在走廊吠叫，主人表示狗很溫馴。然而一名警員對該狗多次開槍，導致狗死亡。部分人士表示，該名警員當時還將槍口指向該名女性。
Mayor Karen Bass is sad. She says the video is bad. She wants new rules for police and pets. The family started a group to help animals. They want the police to say they made a mistake.
市長 Karen Bass 表示很遺憾，她認為影片內容令人震驚，並希望為警方與寵物之間的互動制定新規範。該家庭成立了一個動物救援組織，要求警方承認錯誤。
Conclusion
The LAPD is looking at the case. The study will finish in one year.
LAPD 正在調查此案，調查將於一年內完成。
Vocabulary Learning
💡 Spotting the 'Action' (Past Tense)
Most of this story happened in the past. To tell a story, we often add -ed to the end of a word.
- Call → Called
- Scream → Screamed
- Bark → Barked
⚠️ The 'Rule Breakers'
Some words don't follow the -ed rule. You just have to memorize them. These are very common in A2 English:
| Now | Then (Past) |
|---|---|
| Say | Said |
| See | Saw |
| Win | Won |
| Come | Came |
🛠️ Quick Sentence Build
Look how we move from a simple fact to a story:
- Fact: The police come to the house. (Happens every day)
- Story: The police came to the house. (Happened once in the past)