Ben Stokes Stops Playing Cricket
Ben Stokes 停止打板球
Introduction
Ben Stokes stopped playing international cricket. His last game was against New Zealand.
Ben Stokes 停止參加國際板球賽。他的最後一場比賽是對陣紐西蘭。
Main Body
Ben Stokes played for fifteen years. He was a great player. He scored many runs and took many wickets. He is the only player to do some very special things in Test cricket.
Ben Stokes 打了十五年球。他是一位出色的球員，得分很高且拿了許多 wicket。他是唯一在測試賽中完成過某些非常特別成就的球員。
Ben had some problems with his team. He and a teammate stayed out too late at night. The team leaders were angry. Ben did not play in one game because of this.
Ben 與他的隊伍之間有一些問題。他與一名隊友在深夜才回家。隊伍領導層對此感到憤怒。因為這個原因，Ben 有一場比賽沒有上場。
Ben's last game was a loss. England lost to New Zealand. Ben wrote a message on the internet. He said thank you to his friends and fans.
Ben 最後一場比賽以失敗告終。英格蘭輸給了紐西蘭。Ben 在網路上發表了一則訊息，感謝他的朋友和球迷。
Conclusion
Ben Stokes is now retired. He was a very important player for England.
Ben Stokes 現在退休了。他曾是英格蘭隊一名非常重要的球員。
Vocabulary Learning
🕒 Talking About the Past
In this story, we see how to change a word to show something happened before now.
The Rule: Just add -ed to the end of the action word.
- stop stopped*
- play played*
Wait! Some words are different: Some words don't follow the -ed rule. We call these 'special' words because they change completely:
- is was*
- write wrote*
Example from the text: "Ben Stokes played for fifteen years." (This tells us he is not playing now; it is finished.)