New Players for Two Football Teams
兩支足球隊購入新球員
Introduction
Two football teams in Europe bought new players.
歐洲有兩支足球隊購入了新球員。
Main Body
Olympique Lyonnais bought Mads Bidstrup from RB Salzburg. He is 25 years old and from Denmark. The team paid 10 million euros. His contract is until 2031.
里昂足球會從薩爾茨堡紅牛購入了 Mads Bidstrup。他 25 歲，來自丹麥。球隊支付了 1000 萬歐元。他的合約直到 2031 年。
RB Salzburg is selling many players now. They did not win their league title. They want to change the team.
薩爾茨堡紅牛目前正在出售許多球員。他們未能贏得聯賽冠軍。他們希望對球隊進行調整。
Heart of Midlothian FC bought Sabri Guendouz from Beerschot. He is 26 years old and from France. He is a very good player. He helped his old team score ten goals last year.
心臟足球會從 Beerschot 購入了 Sabri Guendouz。他 26 歲，來自法國。他是一位非常優秀的球員。他去年幫助原球隊攻入十球。
Hearts bought six new players this year. They finished second in the Scottish league last season. They want to be better now.
心臟足球會今年購入了六名新球員。他們上賽季在蘇格蘭聯賽中獲得亞軍。他們現在希望取得更好的成績。
Conclusion
Both teams have new players to help them win.
兩支球隊現在都有了新球員來幫助獲勝。
Vocabulary Learning
🚩 THE 'ACTION' STORY
Notice how the text tells us about things that already happened. This is the Past Simple. To talk about the past, we often just add -ed to the word.
Look at these changes:
- Buy → Bought
- Help → Helped
- Finish → Finished
🌍 WHO AND WHERE?
To describe a person, we use a very simple pattern:
[Person] + is + [Description/Place]
Examples from the text:
- He is 25 years old.
- He is from Denmark.
- He is a very good player.
🔢 COUNTING STUFF
Numbers help us give details. In English, we put the number before the thing we are counting:
10 million → euros
six → new players
ten → goals