Cricket Players Talk About Game Times
板球球員談論比賽時間
Introduction
Two English cricket players, Kate Cross and Alex Hartley, spoke about a problem with the game schedule.
兩名英國板球球員 Kate Cross 和 Alex Hartley 談到了比賽賽程的問題。
Main Body
The ICC planned the World Cup games. They wanted India to play at a time when many people in India could watch. Cross and Hartley said this was not fair to other teams.
ICC 計劃了世界盃的比賽。他們希望印度隊在許多印度人都能觀看的時間進行比賽。Cross 和 Hartley 表示這對其他球隊並不公平。
Many people became angry online. Some people sent very mean messages and threats to the two players. The players said they were not angry at India. They were only angry at the ICC rules.
許多人在網路上感到憤怒。有些人向這兩名球員發送了非常刻薄的訊息和威脅。球員們表示他們並非對印度隊憤怒，而僅僅是對 ICC 的規則感到憤怒。
Later, India lost a game and left the tournament. The ICC used the normal schedule for the other teams. The problem ended.
隨後，印度隊輸掉了一場比賽並被淘汰。ICC 對其他球隊恢復使用正常賽程。問題隨之結束。
Conclusion
The players explained their ideas and the tournament used the normal rules.
球員們解釋了他們的想法，而賽事則恢復使用正常規則。
Vocabulary Learning
⚡ The 'Past Action' Pattern
Look at how the story describes things that already happened. We add -ed to the end of the action word to move it to the past.
The Pattern:
Now Then
- Plan Planned
- Want Wanted
- End Ended
⚠️ The 'Special' Words Some words are rebels. They don't follow the -ed rule. You must memorize these:
- Say Said (Not 'sayed')
- Become Became
- Lose Lost
Quick Tip: When you see -ed, think of a finished movie. The action is over!