New Youth Bosses for FC Barcelona and Inter Milan
巴塞隆納與國際米蘭聘請新任青年隊主管
Introduction
FC Barcelona and Inter Milan have new directors. These men will find and train young players.
巴塞隆納與國際米蘭聘請了新總監。這些人將負責挖掘並培訓年輕球員。
Main Body
FC Barcelona hired Daniele Placido. He is the Head of Emerging Talent. He looks for great players between 16 and 21 years old. He wants to buy these players before other teams do.
巴塞隆納聘請了 Daniele Placido。他是新興人才主管。他負責尋找 16 至 21 歲之間的優秀球員。他希望在其他球隊出手前搶先簽下這些球員。
Placido worked at Modena and AS Roma before. Now he works with Deco and Joao Amaral. They want more young players from Africa.
Placido 之前曾在 Modena 和 AS Roma 工作。現在他與 Deco 和 Joao Amaral 共同工作。他們希望挖掘更多來自非洲的年輕球員。
Inter Milan hired Fulvio Pea. He is the Technical Director for youth and women's football. Pea worked at Inter from 1998 to 2011. He also worked for the Albanian Football Federation.
國際米蘭聘請了 Fulvio Pea。他是青年與女足的技術總監。Pea 在 1998 年至 2011 年間曾在國際米蘭工作。他也曾在-巴尼亞足球協會工作。
Conclusion
Both clubs now have experienced leaders to help young players grow.
兩家球會現在都擁有經驗豐富的領導者，以協助年輕球員成長。
Vocabulary Learning
🕒 Talking about the Past
When we talk about jobs people had before, we change the action word (verb) to show it is finished.
The Rule: Most of the time, just add -ed to the end of the word.
- Hire (now) → Hired (past)
- Work (now) → Worked (past)
Examples from the text:
- "FC Barcelona hired Daniele Placido." (This happened in the past).
- "Placido worked at Modena." (He is not there now).
📍 People and Places
To connect a person to a company or country, use the word at or for.
- At + [Specific Place]: Worked at Inter.
- For + [Organization]: Worked for the Federation.
Quick Tip: Use these to describe your own work history in A2 English!