Cricket Results in the County Championship
郡冠軍賽板球賽果
Introduction
Many cricket matches finished recently. Some teams won big games and changed their place in the league.
近期許多板球賽事結束。部分球隊贏得了重要比賽，改變了在聯賽中的排名。
Main Body
In Division One, Leicestershire won a big game. This is their first win in this group since 2003. Hampshire and Nottinghamshire also won their matches.
在第一組，萊斯特郡贏得了一場大賽。這是他們自 2003 年以來在該組別的首場勝利。漢普郡與諾丁漢郡也贏得了各自的比賽。
Essex lost their game. Their leader, Chris Silverwood, says the team did not play well. Now Essex is in third place.
埃塞克斯輸掉了比賽。他們的領隊 Chris Silverwood 表示球隊表現不佳。目前埃塞克斯排名第三。
In Division Two, Derbyshire won against Lancashire. Joe Moore played very well. Other games are not finished yet.
在第二組，德比郡擊敗了蘭開夏郡。Joe Moore 表現出色。其他賽事尚未結束。
Some players left their teams. Ben Stokes and Gus Atkinson went to play for the England national team.
部分球員離開了球隊。Ben Stokes 與 Gus Atkinson 前往為英格蘭國家隊效力。
Conclusion
The teams will stop playing this type of cricket now. They will start again on August 20.
球隊目前將停止進行此類板球賽事，並於 8 月 20 日重新開始。
Vocabulary Learning
Talking about the Past
When we tell a story about things that already happened, we often add -ed to the action word.
Examples from the text:
- finish → finished
- change → changed
- play → played*
The Special Case (Irregular) Some words are rebels. They change completely instead of adding -ed. Look at these:
- win → won
- lose → lost
- go → went
Quick Guide:
Past Action Something that is over
"Leicestershire won" The game is finished.