England and New Zealand Play Cricket at Lord's
英格蘭與紐西蘭在 Lord's 球場進行板球賽
Introduction
England and New Zealand played the first day of a cricket match. Many players lost their wickets.
英格蘭與紐西蘭進行了板球賽的第一天，許多球員失去了球門。
Main Body
New Zealand bowled first. England played badly and got 140 runs. Kyle Jamieson was very good. He took 5 wickets.
紐西蘭先投球。英格蘭表現不佳，僅得到 140 分。Kyle Jamieson 表現非常出色，拿下了 5 個球門。
Then New Zealand batted. Ollie Robinson played for England again. He was very fast. He took 3 wickets in one over.
接著由紐西蘭擊球。Ollie Robinson再次代表英格蘭出戰，他的球速非常快，在一輪投球中就拿下了 3 個球門。
Other English bowlers were also good. New Zealand had 61 runs and lost 6 players. England is now winning.
其他英格蘭投球手也表現良好。紐西蘭得到 61 分並失去了 6 名球員。英格蘭目前佔優勢。
Conclusion
At the end of day one, New Zealand is in a bad position. England has more runs.
第一天結束時，紐西蘭處於不利局面，英格蘭得分較高。
Vocabulary Learning
⚡ The 'Action' Switch
In this story, we see two ways to talk about things that already happened. This is the most important part of moving to A2 English.
1. The Simple Past (Finished Actions) When the action is done, we usually add -ed to the word.
- play played
- bowl bowled*
- lose lost (Special word!)
2. The 'Right Now' State (Current Situation) When the story tells us how things are at this moment, we use is or has.
- England is winning. (Happening now)
- New Zealand is in a bad position. (Their current state)
- England has more runs. (They possess them now)
💡 Quick Comparison
- Past: New Zealand bowled first. (The action is over)
- Present: England is winning. (The game is still going)