Three Cricket Stadiums Must Stop Work Because of Water Problems
三座板球場因用水問題必須停工
Introduction
A green court says three cricket stadiums cannot have games. The stadiums did not answer questions about their water.
一家綠色法庭表示三座板球場無法舉行比賽。這些球場未對其用水問題做出回答。
Main Body
The stadiums used clean ground water for the grass. They did not use recycled water. They also did not save rain water.
這些球場使用乾淨的地下水來養草皮。他們沒有使用回收水，也沒有儲存雨水。
In April, the court asked six stadiums for information. Some stadiums answered the court. Other stadiums did not answer.
四月時，法庭要求六座球場提供資訊。部分球場回答了法庭，而其他球場則沒有回答。
Three stadiums in Mumbai, Jaipur, and Raipur ignored the court. They did not pay fines. They did not send letters.
位於孟買、齋浦爾和賴普爾的三座球場無視法庭。他們既沒有支付罰金，也沒有發信說明。
Conclusion
These three stadiums cannot have sports events until August 17.
這三座球場在 8 月 17 日之前不能舉行體育活動。
Vocabulary Learning
❌ The Power of "Did Not"
In this story, we see a pattern to talk about things that did not happen in the past. To say 'no' for a past action, we use:
Did not + [Action Word]
Look at these examples from the text:
- Did not answer → They stayed silent.
- Did not use → They didn't use recycled water.
- Did not save → They didn't keep the rain water.
- Did not pay → They kept their money.
💡 Simple Rule: When you use "did not," the action word stays in its basic form. You don't change the ending of the word.
Wrong: did not answered
Right: did not answer
Quick Guide: Now → I do not save water. Past → I did not save water.