Kyle Lowry Stops Playing Basketball
Kyle Lowry 停止籃球生涯
Introduction
Kyle Lowry played basketball for twenty years. Now he is retired. He signed a short contract to finish his career with the Toronto Raptors.
Kyle Lowry 打了二十年籃球。現在他退休了。他簽署了一份短期合約，在多倫多暴龍隊結束他的職業生涯。
Main Body
Lowry stopped playing on July 7. He played for many teams like the Miami Heat and Philadelphia 76ers. He played for the Toronto Raptors for nine years. He helped the Raptors win the big championship in 2019.
Lowry 於 7 月 7 日停止比賽。他曾在許多球隊效力，例如邁阿密熱火隊和費城76人隊。他在多倫多暴龍隊效力了九年，幫助暴龍隊在 2019 年贏得總冠軍。
Lowry was a great player. He won a gold medal with Team USA. He is one of the few players to play for twenty years. Now he works as a sports expert for Prime Video.
Lowry 是一位出色的球員。他隨美國隊贏得了一枚金牌。他是少數能打滿二十年的球員之一。現在他在 Prime Video 擔任體育專家。
Lowry and his wife, Ayahna, now own part of a women's basketball team. The team is called the Toronto Tempo. They own the team with other famous people like Serena Williams. The Raptors team also took away his jersey number 7 to show he was a special player.
Lowry 與他的妻子 Ayahna 現在共同擁有一支女子籃球隊的部分股份。該球隊名為多倫多 Tempo。他們與 Serena Williams 等其他名人共同擁有這支球隊。暴龍隊也退役了他的 7 號球衣，以顯示他是一位特別的球員。
Conclusion
Kyle Lowry is not a player now. He is a boss and an owner in Toronto sports.
Kyle Lowry 現在不再是一名球員，而是多倫多體育界的老闆與所有者。
Vocabulary Learning
🕰️ Then vs. Now
Look at how the story changes from the past to the present. This is the secret to moving from A1 to A2.
The Past (Finished) We add -ed to the action words to show it is over:
- play → played
- help → helped
- stop → stopped
The Present (Current) We use simple words to describe who he is today:
- He is retired.
- He works as an expert.
- They own a team.
Quick Shift Guide
- Past: "He played for many teams" (Done ✅)
- Present: "He is a boss" (Now 🕒)