Santi Cazorla Stops Playing Football

山地卡索拉停止足球生涯


Introduction

Santi Cazorla is 41 years old. He played football for Spain and Arsenal. Now, he stops playing professional football.

山地卡索拉現年 41 歲。他曾代表西班牙和阿仙奴足球俱樂部效力。現在,他停止了職業足球生涯。

Main Body

Cazorla played for many years. He won two cups with Arsenal. He also won two big championships with Spain.

卡索拉踢球多年。他在阿仙奴贏得了兩座獎盃。他也代表西班牙贏得了兩次重大賽事冠軍。

In 2016, he became very sick. He had eleven operations on his leg. Doctors said he could not play again, but he worked hard and returned.

2016 年,他的身體狀況惡化。他的腿部共接受了 11 次手術。醫生曾說他無法再次上場,但他努力奮鬥並成功回歸。

Finally, he played for his first club, Real Oviedo. He took very little money. He gave money from his shirts to young players at the club.

最後,他回到了他的第一家球會歐維多。他僅領取極少薪水,並將球衣所得的收益捐給球會的年輕球員。

Conclusion

Cazorla finished his career at Real Oviedo. The club wants him to stay and help them in the future.

卡索拉在歐維多結束了他的職業生涯。球會希望他能留下來,在未來提供幫助。

Vocabulary Learning

🕒 Talking about the Past

To move from A1 to A2, you need to describe things that already happened. Look at these changes from the text:

  • play \rightarrow played
  • stop \rightarrow stopped
  • work \rightarrow worked
  • finish \rightarrow finished

The Secret Rule: When a word describes an action, just add -ed at the end to move it into the past.

Special Words (The Rule-Breakers): Some words don't follow the -ed rule. You just have to memorize them:

  • win \rightarrow won
  • become \rightarrow became
  • take \rightarrow took
  • give \rightarrow gave

Quick Example:

  • Now: I play football.
  • Past: I played football.

Vocabulary Learning

professional (adj.)
Doing something as a job to earn money
Example:He is a professional football player.
championships (n.)
Important competitions to find the best team or player
Example:Spain won two big championships.
operations (n.)
Medical work on a part of the body by a doctor
Example:He had eleven operations on his leg.
career (n.)
The series of jobs a person has in their life
Example:Cazorla finished his football career at Real Oviedo.
Practice A2 words in a crossword