Joey Chestnut and Miki Sudo Win Hot Dog Contest
Joey Chestnut 與 Miki Sudo 贏得熱狗吃速比賽
Introduction
Joey Chestnut and Miki Sudo won the hot dog eating contest on July 4, 2026, in New York.
Joey Chestnut 與 Miki Sudo 於 2026 年 7 月 4 日在紐約贏得了熱狗吃速比賽。
Main Body
The weather was very hot. It was 90 to 99 degrees. The hot dog buns were hard to eat because of the heat.
天氣非常炎熱。溫度在 90 到 99 度之間。由於高溫，熱狗麵包很難食用。
Joey Chestnut ate 66 hot dogs in ten minutes. He won his 18th title. He had some legal problems in Indiana, but the judges let him play.
Joey Chestnut 在十分鐘內吃了 66 根熱狗。他贏得了第 18 個冠軍。雖然他在印第安那州有一些法律問題，但評審允許他參賽。
Miki Sudo ate 38.75 hot dogs. She won her 12th title. She is very good at this sport.
Miki Sudo 吃了 38.75 根熱狗。她贏得了第 12 個冠軍。她在這項運動中非常出色。
The winners got $10,000 each. Many people watched the contest on TV.
贏家每人獲得 10,000 美元。許多人在電視上觀看了這場比賽。
Conclusion
Joey Chestnut and Miki Sudo are still the best hot dog eaters in the world.
Joey Chestnut 與 Miki Sudo 仍然是世界上最頂尖的熱狗吃速選手。
Vocabulary Learning
🕒 Talking about the Past
In this story, we see words like won, was, and ate. These are "Past Action" words. They tell us something already happened.
The Pattern:
- Win → Won (Joey won the contest)
- Is → Was (The weather was hot)
- Eat → Ate (Miki ate hot dogs)
Quick Rule: When you talk about July 4th (yesterday or last year), you cannot use "win" or "eat." You must change the word to show the time has passed.
Example Shift: Today: I eat a hot dog. → Yesterday: I ate a hot dog. Today: He is the best. → Yesterday: He was the best.