Nina Kennedy Sets New Australian Record
Nina Kennedy 刷新澳洲紀錄
Introduction
Nina Kennedy jumped very high at a sports event in Monaco. She set a new personal record.
Nina Kennedy 在摩納哥的一場體育賽事中跳得很高，刷新了個人紀錄。
Main Body
Nina jumped 4.95 metres. This is a new record for Australia. It is the best jump in the world for five years. Now, Nina wants to jump 5 metres.
Nina 跳了 4.95 公尺。這是澳洲的新紀錄，也是過去五年來全球最好的成績。現在 Nina 想要挑戰跳 5 公尺。
Nina had many injuries in the past. She did not jump for one year because of a leg injury. Now she is strong and happy.
Nina 過去受過很多傷。因為腿部受傷，她曾有一年沒有參加跳高比賽。
Other Australian athletes were there too. Kurtis Marschall won a bronze medal. Mackenzie Little came fifth in her event. Ky Robinson came eleventh in his race.
其他澳洲運動員也在場。Kurtis Marschall 贏得了一面銅牌。Mackenzie Little 在她的賽項中排名第五。Ky Robinson 在他的賽跑中排名第十一。
Conclusion
Nina has a new record. Now she is ready for the Commonwealth Games.
Nina 創下了新紀錄，現在她準備好參加 Commonwealth Games 了。
Vocabulary Learning
🏃 Moving from 'Now' to 'Before'
In this story, we see two different times. One is now (the present) and one is the past. To move to A2, you need to change your verbs when talking about things that already happened.
The Pattern: Adding -ED Most of the time, we just add -ed to the end of the action word.
- Jump Jumped
- Want Wanted
The 'Special' Words Some words are rebels. They don't follow the -ed rule. You must memorize these:
- Is Was
- Have Had
- Win Won
- Come Came
Quick Look:
- "Nina is strong" (She is strong today)
- "Nina was injured" (She was hurt before)
- "Kurtis won a medal" (The race is finished)