England Wins in Football and Cricket
英格蘭足球與板球賽雙雙獲勝
Introduction
England's men's football team and women's cricket team both won their games. Now they go to the next part of the World Cup.
英格蘭男足球隊與女板球隊均贏得了各自的比賽，現在將進入世界盃的下一階段。
Main Body
England's men's football team played the Democratic Republic of Congo. Congo scored first. Then, Harry Kane scored two goals. England won 2-1. Now they play Mexico.
英格蘭男足球隊與剛果民主共和國對賽。剛果隊先得分。隨後，Harry Kane 攻入兩球。英格蘭以 2-1 獲勝。現在他們將對陣墨西哥。
England's women's cricket team played South Africa. Two players, Nat Sciver-Brunt and Heather Knight, scored many runs. England scored 169 runs. South Africa scored 129 runs.
英格蘭女板球隊與南非對賽。兩名球員 Nat Sciver-Brunt 與 Heather Knight 取得了大量得分。英格蘭共得 169 分，南非則得 129 分。
England won the cricket match by 40 runs. Now the women's team goes to the final match. They play Australia on Sunday.
英格蘭在板球賽中以 40 分之差獲勝。現在女隊將進入決賽，於週日對陣澳洲。
Conclusion
The men's team prepares for a game in Mexico. The women's team prepares for the final game.
男隊正準備與墨西哥比賽，女隊則準備迎接決賽。
Vocabulary Learning
⚡️ Action Words: Now vs. Then
In this story, we see two different ways to talk about time. This is the secret to moving from A1 to A2.
1. The Past (Things that finished) We add -ed to the end of the word to show it happened before.
- Play → Played
- Score → Scored
- Win → Won (This one is special! It doesn't use -ed)
2. The Present (Things happening now/soon) We use the word as it is, or add a small -s if it's one person or one team.
- Now they go...
- The team prepares...
- They play Australia...
Quick Look: The 'S' Rule
- They play (Many people)
- The team prepares (One group → add -s)
Pattern Summary:
- Past Event Played / Won
- Future/Now Event Play / Go