Parramatta Eels Win Against Manly Sea Eagles

Parramatta Eels 擊敗 Manly Sea Eagles


Introduction

The Parramatta Eels won the game 23-14. They won even though some of their best players did not play.

Parramatta Eels 以 23-14 贏得比賽。即便部分頂尖球員未能出賽,他們依然獲勝。

Main Body

Parramatta did not have Mitchell Moses and other top players. Manly wanted to be in the top four teams. Parramatta was losing at halftime, but they played better in the second half.

Parramatta 缺少了 Mitchell Moses 及其他頂尖球員。Manly 希望能進入前四強。Parramatta 在上半場落後,但在下半場表現更佳。

Jonah Pezet scored a try for Parramatta. He did not play for a long time because of an injury. Isaiah Iongi also played great defense and stopped Manly from scoring.

Jonah Pezet 為 Parramatta 攻入一次達陣(try)。他之前因傷缺席了很長時間。Isaiah Iongi 的防守也表現出色,阻止了 Manly 得分。

Manly made many mistakes. They dropped the ball 17 times. Because of these mistakes, Parramatta moved up in the league and Manly moved down to seventh place.

Manly 犯了許多錯誤。他們失球 17 次。由於這些失誤,Parramatta 的聯賽排名上升,而 Manly 則掉到了第七位。

Conclusion

Parramatta won a difficult game. Manly lost because they made too many mistakes.

Parramatta 贏得了一場艱苦的比賽。Manly 則因犯錯過多而落敗。

Vocabulary Learning

🟢 The 'Past' Secret

To reach A2, you must master how to tell a story about things that already happened. Look at these words from the text:

  • Win \rightarrow Won
  • Do \rightarrow Did
  • Make \rightarrow Made

💡 How to use 'DID NOT'

When we say something didn't happen, we use did not + the normal word. We don't change the action word to the past.

Incorrect: They did not won. ✅ Correct: They did not play.

📉 Up and Down

Notice how the text describes movement in a list (the league):

  • Moved up \uparrow (Better position)
  • Moved down \downarrow (Worse position)

Vocabulary Learning

injury (n.)
damage to a part of the body
Example:The football player has a leg injury.
defense (n.)
the act of stopping the other team from scoring
Example:The team has a very strong defense.
mistakes (n.)
things that are done incorrectly
Example:I made some mistakes in my English homework.
difficult (adj.)
not easy; needing a lot of effort
Example:This math problem is very difficult.
Practice A2 words in a crossword