Football Player Has Bad Head Injury
足球員頭部嚴重受傷
Introduction
Nathan Fitzgerald is 27 years old. He played football in Melbourne. He has a very bad head injury and the doctors cannot save him.
Nathan Fitzgerald 今年 27 歲，他在墨爾本踢足球。他頭部嚴重受傷，醫生無法將他救回。
Main Body
The accident happened on Saturday, July 4. Nathan hit his head many times during the game. This was a very rare accident.
事故發生在 7 月 4 日週六。Nathan 在比賽過程中多次撞擊頭部。這是一次非常罕見的意外。
People at the game helped him quickly. An ambulance took him to the Royal Melbourne Hospital. The game stopped immediately.
在場的人迅速地幫助了他。救護車將他送往皇家墨爾本醫院。比賽立即停止。
Police looked at the accident. They say it was not a crime. On Sunday, Nathan became more sick. Now, he is in end-of-life care.
警方對事故進行了調查。他們表示這並非刑事案件。週日，Nathan 的病情惡化。目前他正接受臨終關懷。
Conclusion
Nathan is still in the hospital. The football club and his friends are helping each other.
Nathan 仍留在醫院中。足球俱樂部和他的朋友們正互相支持。
Vocabulary Learning
🕒 Talking About the Past
In this story, most things already happened. To do this in English, we often just add -ed to the end of the word.
Examples from the text:
- Play → Played
- Happen → Happened
- Stop → Stopped
- Look → Looked
Watch out! Some words are 'rebels' and change completely. They don't follow the -ed rule:
- Hit → Hit (Stayed the same!)
- Become → Became (Changed the vowel)
Quick Guide:
- Today: I play football. Yesterday: I played football.
- Today: I hit the ball. Yesterday: I hit the ball.