Haiti's World Cup Games
海地的世界盃賽事
Introduction
The Haiti football team is out of the World Cup. They lost three games.
海地足球隊在世界盃出局了，他們輸了三場比賽。
Main Body
Haiti played in the World Cup for the first time in 52 years. They lost to Scotland 1-0 and Brazil 3-0. They lost to Morocco 4-2. Haiti scored two goals against Morocco. This is a new record for the team.
海地是52年來第一次參加世界盃。他們分別以0-1輸給蘇格蘭，以及0-3輸給巴西。他們也以2-4輸給摩洛哥。海地在對陣摩洛哥的比賽中攻入兩球，這是球隊的新紀錄。
Haiti has many problems at home. There is violence and danger in the country. The team did not play games in Haiti. Most players live in other countries. The coach did not visit Haiti.
海地在國內面臨許多問題，國家內部存在暴力與危險。球隊並未在海地進行比賽。大多數球員居住在其他國家。教練也沒有訪問海地。
Duckens Nazon played in the last game. He is the best scorer for Haiti. The captain, Johny Placide, is the goalkeeper. He stopped many goals. Now, he is retiring from international football.
Duckens Nazon 出賽了最後一場比賽，他是海地的最佳得分手。隊長 Johny Placide 是守門員，他擋住了許多球。現在，他將從國際足球賽場退役。
Conclusion
Haiti got zero points. The team wants to play in the next World Cup.
海地獲得零分。球隊希望能在下次世界盃參賽。
Vocabulary Learning
⚽ Talking About the Past
Look at these words from the story:
- lost (not lose)
- played (not play)
- scored (not score)
- did not (used for things that didn't happen)
The Pattern → To talk about things that already happened, we often add -ed to the end of the word.
Examples:
- Play → Played
- Score → Scored
The Exception → Some words are 'rebels' and change completely.
- Lose → Lost
Negative Action → When we say 'no', we use did not + the normal word.
- Correct: They did not play in Haiti.
- Wrong: They did not played.
Quick Vocabulary Map
- Goalkeeper → The person who stops the ball.
- Retiring → Stopping work or sport forever.