Gas Leak at Seafood Factory in Tamil Nadu
泰米爾納杜海鮮工廠發生氣體洩漏
Introduction
A dangerous gas leak happened on Sunday at a seafood factory. Some people died and many people went to the hospital.
週日一家海鮮工廠發生危險的氣體洩漏,導致部分人員死亡,許多人被送往醫院。
Main Body
The gas was ammonia. It is used to keep food cold. Many women worked there. They came from other states. They felt sick and could not breathe.
洩漏的氣體是氨氣,用於保持食物低溫。該廠有許多女性員工,她們來自其他邦。她們感到不適且無法呼吸。
A special rescue team came to help. They used special tools to stop the gas. They took the workers to different hospitals in Chennai.
一支特別救援隊隨後抵達協助。他們使用專門工具阻止氣體洩漏,並將工人送往清奈的不同醫院。
The police arrested the owner of the factory. The leader of the state, Chief Minister C Joseph Vijay, is angry. He asked three experts to find the problem. They must write a report in three days.
警方逮捕了工廠老闆。該州領導人 C Joseph Vijay 表示憤怒,他要求三位專家查明問題,並必須在三天內提交報告。
Conclusion
The government is helping the sick workers and looking for the cause of the accident.
政府目前正在協助不適的工人,並調查事故原因。
Vocabulary Learning
⚡ THE 'ACTION' PATTERN
Look at how the story describes things that already happened. We use a simple change to the word to show the past.
1. The Normal Way (Just add -ed)
- Work → Worked
- Stop → Stopped*
- Ask → Asked
2. The Special Way (The word changes completely)
- Come → Came
- Feel → Felt
💡 Quick Guide for A2: If you want to tell a story about yesterday, don't use "now" words.
Wrong: The team come to help. Right: The team came to help. → (It is finished!)
📝 Key Word List
- Breathe: To take air into your lungs.
- Expert: A person who knows a lot about one thing.
- Cause: Why something happened.