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Kai Ching Estate gunshot case

 

九龍灣啟晴邨發生兩死槍擊案 ，事件震驚海內外傳媒：

A murder suspect was found dead after exchanging fire with Hong Kong police at a high-rise residential block and is believed to have shot him himself.

 

suspect 疑犯

►　suspect (noun 名詞/adjective 形容詞) [su`spect]

 

(adjective 形容詞) 例子：Police evacuated the building when a suspect package was found.

 

►　suspect (verb 動詞) [suspe`ct]

 

例子：The man was suspected to have killed his neighbour.

例子：I suspect you are right. (禮貌用，聽起來不那麼直接)

 

exchange fire 駁火

►　an exchange of fire  

 

standoff 僵持（狀態）

例子：Several shots were fired during a standoff that lasted around an hour.

 

burst into / out of a place (rush) 衝

例子：Police said the man was found dead when they burst into his flat.

► burst into tears (noun 名詞) / burst out crying (v-ing)

 

A jobless ex-convict who shot himself dead yesterday 12 hours after allegedly killing a resident of his public housing estate had previously been jailed for wounding another neighbour. 

 

convict 罪犯

名詞與動詞，串法一樣，只靠重音辨別！

► a convict (noun 名詞) [co`nvict] = a prisoner

 

► convict (verb 動詞) [convi`ct] = 證明[宣判]…有罪

例子：The man was convicted of murder.

 

allege 聲稱

(verb 動詞)

= claim

例子：The police alleged that the man killed a resident.

 

傳媒報道所見，現場氣氛緊張，警方也把握時間疏散圍觀人士：

Television showed a horde of armed police tactical unit officers, some of them wearing helmets and others with gas masks and bulletproof vests, arriving in the Choi Hung district Sunday morning, while residents and journalists were shepherded away.

 

horde 一大群

(noun 名詞)

 

= crowd/large group

例子：The event attracted a horde of onlookers / bystanders.

 

shepherd 牧羊人  [she`p-erd] (“h” 不發音)

(noun 名詞)

 

► shepherd 帶領〔一羣人〕/ 引導〔人羣〕

(verb 動詞)

 

 

Kevin 教室

 

The murder suspect is believed to have shot himself. （相信謀殺案的疑兇已經吞槍。）

 

to have done  vs.  to do

"may do", "might do" 跟 "may have done" 又有什麼分別？萬勿錯過Kevin的解說！

   
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