Brandon Jones Wins Race in Chicago
Brandon Jones 在芝加哥賽車賽事中奪冠
Introduction
Brandon Jones won a big car race at Chicagoland Speedway. He beat Chase Elliott at the end of the race.
Brandon Jones 在芝加哥蘭賽道場 (Chicagoland Speedway) 的一場大型賽車賽事中獲勝。他在比賽末段擊敗了 Chase Elliott。
Main Body
It rained a lot. The race started late at night. The leaders did not want to change the date. The race finished very early on Sunday morning.
當時下了大雨。比賽在深夜才開始。領先者不想更改日期。因此比賽在週日清晨很早便結束了。
Connor Zilisch was fast at the start. Then his car had problems with fuel. He hit the wall and finished in tenth place. Chase Elliott drove well and stayed near the front.
Connor Zilisch 在起跑時速度很快。隨後他的賽車出現燃料問題。他撞到了牆，最終獲得第十名。Chase Elliott 駕駛表現出色，一直維持在前排。
At the end, the tires were old. Many cars crashed. Brandon Jones drove faster than Chase Elliott on the last lap. Jones won by a very small time.
到最後時，輪胎已經磨損。許多賽車發生碰撞。Brandon Jones 在最後一圈的速比 Chase Elliott 快。Jones 以極小的時間差距獲勝。
Conclusion
Brandon Jones came in first. Chase Elliott came in second. Connor Zilisch came in tenth.
Brandon Jones 獲得第一名。Chase Elliott 獲得第二名。Connor Zilisch 獲得第十名。
Vocabulary Learning
Comparing Two People
In the story, we see how Brandon Jones won because he was faster than Chase Elliott.
When we compare two things or people in English, we often add -er to the short word and use than.
Pattern: [Person A] + [Word-er] + than + [Person B]
- Fast Faster than
- Small Smaller than
Examples from the text:
- Brandon Jones drove faster than Chase Elliott.
- (Imagine) The gap was smaller than a second.
Past Action Words
To tell a story about a race that already happened, we change the ends of words to -ed. This tells us the action is finished.
| Now | Past (Finished) |
|---|---|
| Start | Started |
| Finish | Finished |
| Crash | Crashed |
Note: Some words are rebels and change completely, like Win Won.